622183 - Firefox (3.6.13) can't find the server at apps.facebook.com.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[chiauwu]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13

I have encountered intermittent problem loading page at apps.facebook.com since the past ten days. However, the facebook main/home page is work perfectly.

I have no problem access to this page in other browsers though. Please advise.  

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Connect to facebook main/page via firefox v3.6.13, it works ok.
2.When clicked to facebook applications 
3.I received message, 'Problem loading Page'- Firefox can't find the server at apps.facebook.com

Comment 1

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Could you see if the issue occurs with a new, empty profile:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic%20Troubleshooting#w_make-a-new-profile

Comment 2

[Poketoa]

(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US;
> rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US;
> rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13
> 
> I have encountered intermittent problem loading page at apps.facebook.com since
> the past ten days. However, the facebook main/home page is work perfectly.
> 
> I have no problem access to this page in other browsers though. Please advise.  
> 
> Reproducible: Sometimes
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.Connect to facebook main/page via firefox v3.6.13, it works ok.
> 2.When clicked to facebook applications 
> 3.I received message, 'Problem loading Page'- Firefox can't find the server at
> apps.facebook.com

There's an add-on called Ghostery that you might be using - blocking Facebook Connect and Facebook Social Apps trackers. You really don't want to block those, as it prevents you from sharing.

It's not just ghostery, it's anything that blocks trackers that can cause this. Kthxbai.