AW Redirecting to new page?

[mattl]

Lately- I guess over the last 2 or 3 weeks - when I log in I get a message in Firefox that pops up and indicates the site is redirecting me to another page.  I don't recall that happening before.  Is this something new, or is it because I upgraded to the latest Firefox and now I get the notification?

 

 

 

Edit:  when I posted this I got the message again and it would not load the page unless I allowed it...

 

[whirlcool]

I'm using Firefox 5.0 and am not getting any redirects at all. I would update my anti-virus software and run a full virus scan on my computer to make sure that nothing on your hard disk is doing this.

 

[rp2813]

I'm not having any trouble but I don't think I have the latest version of Firefox either.  I'm becoming increasingly annoyed with Firefox though, and may seek alternatives.  I've been told that some sites run faster with IE, but I'm not so sure I want to make it my default just yet.

 

[DADoES]

 
There is a redirect *within the site* that occurs as part of the login process.  You can turn the warning off in Firefox via:

Tools
  Options
    Advanced
      General tab
        Accessibility section, uncheck "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"

Enabling the warning seems reasonable for enhancing security, but many redirects are legitimate and constantly having to acknowledge them tends to get annoying.

If it's already unchecked ... then you may have some other problem happening.

 

[arbilab]

I'm on FF2, the latest that works with unmodified W98. No problems with this site, but everything from stalls to illegal ops on media sites.

 

[DADoES]

 
I use FF2 on a WinNT system, the OS is too old to support newer versions. However, FF2 also itself is too old to support the latest Flash and other plugins. Web sites that require them won't work in FF2. AT&T online account access no longer works in FF2, for example. YouTube still works (although very choppy due to the computer being a Model-T), but only via an alternate version of YouTube pages that for whatever reason they still have in place.

 

[aegokocarat]

i use internet explorer and its been fine

 

[mattl]

Funny, it's only happening on one of my computers, I guess it's the settings.  I use Firefox on all of them, I'll have to check and see what setting is different.  Thanks!

 

[arbilab]

Where do you find the alternate youtube? 10FPS is better than having to restart. For a year and a half it just locked my browser. Now it says "you're obsolete". Famous Twilight Zone episode, tributed a few years later by The Prisoner.

Flash nags me to update. But Flash is malware. The updater never looks to see whether the update is compatible. I can barely use IMDB because their flash banners ILL-OP FF2. Yes I have flashblock, but it shows just enough of a flash frame to cause the problem. If I let Flash update, it could bomb my only working browser and you have to have a version-specific uninstaller to get rid of it. Which you can't get if your system is bombed.

IOW Flash is a virus almost every advertiser uses without regard to the consequences. I got a free pizza coupon from Dominos when I told them their site bombed my browser. Their district manager also happened to have a W98 system and it bombed his too.

Yes, AT&T online billpay will no longer work with FF2. TimeWarner dropped out last month, though I can't get them to admit it. Others to follow no doubt. Back compatibility is a concept much like product integrity that has been all but abandoned by industry.

 

[DADoES]

 
I've never had a problem with or caused by Flash unless I'm not aware of it. Firefox since v3.6.4 runs Flash (and Quicktime and Silverlight) in an isolation container. Flash itself may crash occasionally, but only the embedded video, not the entire browser. Refresh the page, it self-corrects. Users with low-resource systems have reported that the process container pulls their systems to a crawl but I've not had that happen. Well, of course that isn't relevant to FF2, but the system referenced above is not my primary computer.

Try Adblock Plus and BetterPrivacy.

When a YouTube clip fails to play on the NT system, there's a link says "switch to main old page" or something like that, I don't recall exactly. Doesn't appear if there's no problem running in the normal manner.

 

[mattl]

Thanks, DADoES, checked the settings on that computer and I had checked the box.  Now that I gave it some thought, I recall doing it for some reason a month or so ago, just can't remember why.  Problem solved.