Java broken in Firefox

carlazai · 6 Oct 2009 at 14:00

Tried google but no luck there. Today Firefox and Java wont work. Java runs fine in chrome and IE but not FF. Does anyone know a solution for this problem i seem to be getting?

tolien · 6 Oct 2009 at 14:02

Actual Java, or JavaScript? What website? What versions of Firefox and Java?

Chrome should use the same plugin as Firefox, so any issue should be fairly common to both. Have you checked the plugin's enabled (Tools -> Addons -> Plugins)?

carlazai · 6 Oct 2009 at 14:05

Well the problem first showed when running iplayer. The window said to make sure javascript was ticked which it was. Then i went and got the latest java download but no luck.

I checked the addons part and all are enabled.

tolien · 6 Oct 2009 at 14:19

So it isn't Java at all. iPlayer doesn't use Java but rather Flash and JavaScript.

Does YouTube or something like that work?

carlazai · 6 Oct 2009 at 14:36

Yes Youtube works perfectly. So is there another solution to this e.g. flash install?

Just reinstalled flash and hasnt solved the problem, guess its javascript that's the problem

tolien · 6 Oct 2009 at 15:19

carlazai said:
So is there another solution to this e.g. flash install?

Well, installing something completely unrelated (i.e. Java) definitely won't fix it.
Do you have Flashblock or anything of the like installed? Is it the same in Firefox's safe mode?

tolien said:
What versions of Firefox...

carlazai · 6 Oct 2009 at 15:35

okay i'll try that when i get back home. chrome isnt as bad as i thought

carlazai · 8 Oct 2009 at 12:15

Solved the problem by clearing the cache and history. No idea why that sorted the problem but it did.

tolien · 8 Oct 2009 at 17:35

The cache would probably have been enough.