Solved New Java and Firefox - Don't Play Nice Together

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share the unpleasant experience I had with the latest Java and the latest Firefox. They don't play nice together.

I downloaded both and right after that my browser started doing very strange things. Primarily, it was giving me "blank" pages and not downloading sites I have used for years. I have Verizon FIOS, so I got one of their Techs on with me thinking it was FIOS. The short of it was that it was a compatibility problem between Firefox and Java. I also have IE, which tipped the Tech off to the problem. Works fine there.

Tried contacting both Java and Firefox . . . and got nowhere. Firefox help says to contact plug in manufacturer. I couldn't find a way to do that successfully.

Tried to correct the "issue" with the help of several other resources as well. Again, no luck.

Long story short, I got soooo irritated with this that I restored my system back to Java 22 and Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 (could probably use a later Firefox, which I'll test) and guess what? Problems disappeared. I read somewhere in my search for help (may have been on this Forum) that the latest Java no longer supports the compatibility for 64-bit to 32-bit. That may be the issue? Don't know.

Just wanted to give others a heads up on this in case they experience something similar.

If someone has found a fix, please share. If I find a fix, I'll do the same.

Thanks

Meltie

I've had similar reports in my forum which supports a modified version of Firefox.

I recommend avoiding any major release of this browser until all the publishers of add-ons have had time to work out the bugs, not to mention bugs in the browser itself.

I've seen dozens of reports that FF4 has problems. I like FF, but unless you have specific reason to want a new version, give it a few months before switching.

looks like this is sufficient for everybody so I'll close the thread.
Thanks for the response
Meltie