Firefox problem: cannot load some BBC pages

[dops7107]

Can someone try something out for me? Recently I cannot load the blogs pages on the BBC website using Firefox (e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/06/mad_about_mac.html). This is true for all pages within http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/. The page either remains blank, eventually saying "Done", or it loads after a long delay with all CSS formatting missing. Can someone please try on their version of Firefox? Works fine with Safari and Windows Firefox. I want to know if the BBC has done something, or it's my 'puter.

Mac OS X 10.5.3, Penryn MBP, Firefox 2.0.0.14

Thanks.

 

[John T]

Hi,
I have the same version of Firefox as you and have no trouble in loading the two links on my G5.

 

[dops7107]

Weird, very weird. Does anyone have any clue what might have happened to my version of Firefox?

 

[John T]

Just a thought... why not delete and reinstall Firefox?

 

[edesignuk]

Do you have any extensions installed that might block content?

If you do View Source on the blank page, is there anything in there?

 

[clevin]

if it used to work, but stop working just now, you can first try empty caches, clear history and cookies.

 

[Am3822]

I've tried to load this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7461004.stm

In FF3 I get '404 - Page Not Found', but in Safari I get the actual page without any problems.

I have installed some content blockers (AdBlockPlus), but even disabling them does not change the situation.

 

[clevin]

does a new profile help?

 

[Am3822]

No, it doesn't.

 

[clevin]

ok, then try a new firefox installation+ a new profile.

If this doesn't help, I would suspect something outside firefox might be responsible. Maybe try a different network environment as a start.