506145 - i cannot access the yahoo website through firefox, yet i can through internet explorer

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Alex]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1

i go to yahoo.ca but it gives me an error message, yet this doesn't happen with IE7

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to yahoo.ca
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Actual Results:  
i was not able to access the website

Expected Results:  
i should have been able to see the yahoo website

please fix this bug as i do not like using a different browser just for one website

Comment 1

[David Vo [:auscompgeek]]

this bug does not exist, I was able to go on yahoo.ca (ca.yahoo.com).

Comment 2

[Alex]

(In reply to comment #1)
> this bug does not exist, I was able to go on yahoo.ca (ca.yahoo.com).

well it does for me

Comment 3

[David Vo [:auscompgeek]]

Alex, try going on it again.
If you can connect to a server in one browser, you can in another.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

>i go to yahoo.ca but it gives me an error message
What for an error message ?

http://ca.yahoo.com/ works for me using SM trunk and FF3.5 on win32

Comment 5

[Alex]

(In reply to comment #4)
> >i go to yahoo.ca but it gives me an error message
> What for an error message ?
> 
> http://ca.yahoo.com/ works for me using SM trunk and FF3.5 on win32

oh well screw that chaps, i think it's my stupid firewall acting up

Comment 6

[David Vo [:auscompgeek]]

Probably, make sure that Firefox is allowed to communicate with the internet (although it should be able to with a firewall's default settings, Firefox only uses, by default, ports 21 (ftp), 80 (http), and 443 (https)).

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Also, please consider using the most recent Firefox 4 beta build, your bug may be resolved there.

Comment 8

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 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.