recent problems accessing certain web pages when using Firefox (solved)

[Boca]

Has anyone else noticed problems in the last week or so ( since there was an upgrade to Firefox?)

With 2 separate companies, I have been unable to login to their portals but when I contact their customer service, they can log in fine.
When I then try using Chromium there is no problem

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[xenopeek]

I've had reason to log in to all my accounts recently, which was after the upgrade to FF57. No problems whatsoever.

I have been unable to login to their portals

What happens. The login fields don't show? Form buttons don't work? Your credentials aren't accepted? What?

Could it be you have a content blocking extension in Firefox (to block ads, tracking, or scripts?) that is causing a problem? Try running Firefox in safe mode by typing about:support in the Firefox address bar and click the "Restart with Add-ons Disabled" button. See if the login works now.

Else, if you want further suggestion, you'll have to share the links to those login portals if possible.

[Boca]

Thanks Xenopeek,

I tried restarting firefox as you describe and got onto both sites' login page successfully.
However, when I then restarted Firefox normally, it also successfully accessed those pages.
I do not have an ad/content blockers running.

I'll monitor the situation and report back ( with more detail on the fault) if it recurs.
If it's ok for a few days, I'll mark as Solved.

thanks for your help, Tony

[Mute Ant]

"Has anyone else noticed problems...since there was an upgrade to Firefox?" Yes. Google complains about 'unusual traffic' and asks me to solve a Captcha. I don't mind too much, I like the irony of a robot trying to determine if I am human... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

[all41]

I like the irony of a robot trying to determine if I am human...