Found the problem! It turns out the newly installed Skype Extension for
Firefox Add-on was preventing the PDF's from loading. Once I disabled
the Skype extension, the PDF's loaded normally. It's probably time to
uninstall Skype. By the way, should this be reported to Skype or Mozilla
and how is that done?
Thanks for the PDF tests on Google and the debugging ideas. They were
helpful in narrowing down the problem.
Richard P.
Perhaps the machine itself is at fault and not Firefox?
What debugging steps have you done - besides uninstalling/reinstalling?
I run and support it on a variety of machines. If these are Windows systems, have you checked for the latest and greatest Windows updates? That seems to resolve about 98% of system related problems.
Quite often, uninstalling/reinstalling doesn't do much, except take some time.
As others have suggested in some other thread, how about creating a new profile?
Larry
Although I haven't experienced your problem, I have found firefox to be
problematic on various machines. Particularly in older installations or
older computers. It just loses functions. Often re installation doesn't
help.
db
Jordan wrote:
I'm on a Mac running Firefox and also had trouble viewing a couple
pdfs in the browser yesterday. I can't remember the last time I tried
it, I generally download pdfs and view with Preview. But it could be
something to do with the pdf. My Firefox viewer, which is the one Tony
recommends, is working fine on most pdfs. Also, I Googled "pdf test"
and tried the first one on the list and it worked for that.
Jordan
Richard P. wrote:
In the last week, I've been unable to open any PDF's through Firefox.
At first I thought it might have something to do with Adobe Reader 8,
so I went back to Version 7, which changed nothing. PDF's open
immediately in Internet Explorer in either version of Reader. When I
try to open a PDF in Firefox, it just hangs on "waiting for server"
and gets stuck in a loop with a flashing cursor. The only way out of
it is to go back one page or close Firefox. It makes me wonder if it
has anything to do with the recent Service Pack 3 installation.
Anybody else having this issue and are there any suggestions?
Win XP SP3
Firefox 2.0.0.14
Adobe Reader 7.x and 8.x
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