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[humpd]

Suddenly, I am unable to view Cnet.com in the normal way using FF 3.0.1 All of the content is simply listed without the regular view -- just a white background with blue text which link me to the proper location within cnet (i.e REVIEWS). When I view it in IE tab mode, the screen appears normal. Also, when I view the site with my wife's profile within Firefox 3.0.1 it is fine as well. I have checked to see if the No Script program is the problem and it is not. No other site if affected and all works fine except for Cnet.com. Any suggestions?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

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[PaulD]

Some previously reported 'one site' anomalies have been narrowed to a cookies problem, cause unknown.
1. Try deleting the CNET cookies.
2. If still problems, delete all cookies.
- In case you might want to do further analysis, first archive the file cookies.sqlite.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16

[humpd]

I deleted the cnet cookies but that did not work. I will wait for other ideas (if any) and then delete all cookies of necessary.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

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Windows XP: Sp2, Norton Internet Security, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot Search and Detroy, and AVG 7 for the laptop, user of SeaMonkey and Firefox 3.08. Wife uses latest SeaMonkey on her laptop.

[Fulvio]

Do you see any tab on the top row of the site? The Tabs are green in color, eight of them, and the page has white background, with blue text. You don't mention any videos, as in the top right panel, called Today on CNET.
Is the above a normal view? I checked my cookies list, and I stopped counting at fifteen. I deleted all of them, and reloaded the page. Some seven or eight were back.
I don't use any anti-ad software. I assume that you disabled your add-ons. It is very hard to diagnose something which works with one computer and not with another. I see that it is possible to login into the site, but I am not registered, so, I don't know if it could do anything different.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

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[humpd]

Fulvio: I do not see any tabs on the top of the screen. There should be windows for various topics, etc. There is only blue text. I have "solved" the problem by simply using the IE tab and rendering the site in IE. I wish I did not have to do that buy my guess is that I somehow changed something in my FF profile and I do not want to create a new profile to access the site. If I call up FF using my wife's profile, it renders the cnet page correctly. I have had site rendering problems before using FF and I have always had to create a new profile and then re-add the add-ons that I like to use and copy and paste bookmarks, etc. In any event, the problem is a mystery to me because I have cleared the cache, deleted the cookies, turned off add-ons and still the problem persists but only for the cnet site. It looks like the IE tab is the answer.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

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Windows XP: Sp2, Norton Internet Security, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot Search and Detroy, and AVG 7 for the laptop, user of SeaMonkey and Firefox 3.08. Wife uses latest SeaMonkey on her laptop.

[captjlddavis]

humpd,

Please check (about:config) - filter on:

browser.display.use_document_colors

If user set (BOLD) = False

Then Toggle to = True

I think it is set in:

Tools - Options - Content - Fonts and Colors - Colors

Select = [X] Allow pages to choose their own colors,..............

Just a thought

regards:captjlddavis

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071030 SeaMonkey/1.1.6

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[Edward]

C|Net News.com displays fine in SeaMonkey, green tabs and all. 1024x768 resolution.

I would try emptying the cache as well, close 'fox, then restart it and see what happens.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 SeaMonkey/1.1.11

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[humpd]

captjlddavis and Edward: I did all of those things. None of them has worked. I am going to compare the "about:config" in my wife's profile to the one in mine to see if there is anything different. I think this is just another FF issue that I will simply use the IE tab to work around. Thanks for your ideas.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

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Windows XP: Sp2, Norton Internet Security, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot Search and Detroy, and AVG 7 for the laptop, user of SeaMonkey and Firefox 3.08. Wife uses latest SeaMonkey on her laptop.

[captjlddavis]

What was the setting for:
browser.display.use_document_colors =
Just curious ?
What extensions do you have installed ?

regards:captjlddavis

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071030 SeaMonkey/1.1.6

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[humpd]

"true". However, I MAY have just discovered the problem. When I rendered the site using the IE tab, I found that I had been randomly selected to "test" their new beta site design. I think that may be the problem. I think selection to be a beta tester is random and is based upon log-in. In any event, I will see if other folks using FF 3.0+ have the same problem with the new look.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

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Windows XP: Sp2, Norton Internet Security, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot Search and Detroy, and AVG 7 for the laptop, user of SeaMonkey and Firefox 3.08. Wife uses latest SeaMonkey on her laptop.

[captjlddavis]

Very odd indeed.

Please keep us posted. Sorry that it didn't help.

regards:captjlddavis

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071030 SeaMonkey/1.1.6

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