409896 - Unable to store default for "Local" news and "Weather" from Yahoo

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Matthew Syptak]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11

From Yahoo Select Weather and try to enter "Austin, TX, 78759, USA" as the location for the weather.  The system will not accept the loction when using Firefox.

Similar problem exists then trying to read Local News



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.From Yahoo.com click on weather.  Try to enter a default location such as  "Austin, TX, 78759, USA 
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
Enter "Austin, TX, 78759, USA for location.
Get error message "We're sorry, the system is busy
Please try again in a few minutes."  System does not store the default location in Firefox.  Tried multiple times.  Failed every time.

Expected Results:  
I should only need the default location once.  IE works.  Earlier versions of Firefox worked.

Remembered the location so that it would not need to be entered everytime.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.6 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.