Forum:Firefox 4 Editing problems

I can't edit wikis with the Firefox 4 Beta. When I click an edit link the page is blank between the "Back to Page" link and the Summary Box. Also the publish and review buttons don't work.

It has worked only twice in about 50 tries, which is what makes it really weird. It almost seems like the editor just doesn't load for some reason. I have reported the problem to Firefox but want to post it here to see if you guys know how to fix it.

Everything's updated, I'm running Windows XP and Chrome and Internet Explorer seem to work fine when editing wikis. (I'm using Chrome now). Any suggestions? Fulano5321 20:08, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you tried clearing your cache?  Random Time  20:23, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Just tried clearing it, didn't help, but it was almost 400MB. Don't know why in the world they think such a huge cache woudl help. The first page I tried to edit worked but it didn't work anytime after that. Fulano5321 20:31, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Check your cache again. If it's back up at a high number, your settings might be causing the problem.
 * The cash was 2.9mb when it didn't work the second time, I tried clearing it again and restarting Firefox and it still didn't work. I also noticed when I click a link to a page that isn't created Firefox 4 doesn't bring up the new page dialogue at all, it just goes to the edit page and doesn't load the editor. Just in case that was a clue to why it wasn't working. I am suspectecting it is a problem with Firefox 4 itself. Hopefully they'll fix it in the next release candidate. Fulano5321 20:51, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * That's possible too. You might also want to see if staff know anything by asking via Special:Contact.
 * "the recently released Firefox 4"
 * Are you sure that you are using firefox 4? From what I can see there is no such thing yet.
 * If you are using beta software then don't complain when it breaks stuff.
 * I was wrong earlier, I guess I could edit it since this IS a wiki and not a forum. It is a beta and it's not so critical that it works because I can use the current release. I'm just trying to identify and solve problems before it gets released. Mostly pointing it out so the devs here could check it out and see if they needed to get something fixed. I'd be a pain to have thousands of Firefox users suddenly not be able to edit wikis if the bug wasn't fixed when they released it. Thanks for the concern though. Fulano5321 02:33, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've noticed an identical issue in Firefox 3.6. I did manage to solve my issue - it was caused by an add-on script blocker, which blocked scripts coming from www.nocookie.net. While scripts from that server are blocked, the edit box does not appear. Allowing scripts from said server makes the edit box reappear. Is it possible that Firefox 4 Beta blocks third-party scripts automatically? Maybe you can try looking through the browser options to see if that feature (or any similar script-blocking feature) can be disabled. --Headrock 01:38, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I was wrong earlier, I guess I could edit it since this IS a wiki and not a forum. It is a beta and it's not so critical that it works because I can use the current release. I'm just trying to identify and solve problems before it gets released. Mostly pointing it out so the devs here could check it out and see if they needed to get something fixed. I'd be a pain to have thousands of Firefox users suddenly not be able to edit wikis if the bug wasn't fixed when they released it. Thanks for the concern though. Fulano5321 02:33, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've noticed an identical issue in Firefox 3.6. I did manage to solve my issue - it was caused by an add-on script blocker, which blocked scripts coming from www.nocookie.net. While scripts from that server are blocked, the edit box does not appear. Allowing scripts from said server makes the edit box reappear. Is it possible that Firefox 4 Beta blocks third-party scripts automatically? Maybe you can try looking through the browser options to see if that feature (or any similar script-blocking feature) can be disabled. --Headrock 01:38, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've noticed an identical issue in Firefox 3.6. I did manage to solve my issue - it was caused by an add-on script blocker, which blocked scripts coming from www.nocookie.net. While scripts from that server are blocked, the edit box does not appear. Allowing scripts from said server makes the edit box reappear. Is it possible that Firefox 4 Beta blocks third-party scripts automatically? Maybe you can try looking through the browser options to see if that feature (or any similar script-blocking feature) can be disabled. --Headrock 01:38, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've noticed an identical issue in Firefox 3.6. I did manage to solve my issue - it was caused by an add-on script blocker, which blocked scripts coming from www.nocookie.net. While scripts from that server are blocked, the edit box does not appear. Allowing scripts from said server makes the edit box reappear. Is it possible that Firefox 4 Beta blocks third-party scripts automatically? Maybe you can try looking through the browser options to see if that feature (or any similar script-blocking feature) can be disabled. --Headrock 01:38, March 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Beta software is likely to break or bug at any time. It's beta software - eg. not yet finished. You can't expect it to work all the time. You should report this to Mozilla, and wait for them to fix it.
 * @Headrock: I'll check into that
 * @Monchoman: It is reported, and it looks like something they will need to fix.
 * Fulano5321 02:33, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Fulano5321 02:33, March 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Make sure to report the issue to Wikia also. Just because FF4 is beta doesn't mean its a FF4&beta; problem. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 18 Mar 2011 8:13 AM Pacific
 * I had this problem with all of the FF4β releases but it appears to be fixed with the FF4 RC2.
 * Weatherman22 12:45, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's working here. Fulano5321 15:54, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Update From Wikia Staff
Users with Firefox 4 should now be able to edit the site just as on Firefox 3; this fix went live a few hours ago. The issue was that some JS changes in FF4 meant the browser did not recognize some basic functions on Wikia, such as the edit window.

Alpha/Beta/RC browsers are very tricky to handle because obviously we want to make sure that when they are released that they are compatible with our site, but then again our techies have to weigh that against other important bugs. Technically, our site does not yet support Firefox 4 because it has not been officially released and thus the user group is very, very small. And, of course, conversely we need to know about these issues ahead of time because we can't just flip a switch to make our site browser compatible.

In other words, use beta browsers on Wikia at your own risk. If you love testing beta browsers (and I personally am someone who does) and see something not working, please, as always, contact us. Just be prepared to have to use an older version or a different browser on Wikia as a fallback if you are beta testing. --daNASCAT http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:05, March 22, 2011 (UTC)