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#12770 Firefox 13 disables Admin Tools--maybe

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 25 June 2012 10:48 CDT

user40075
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? no
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes The whole admin tools pdf.
Joomla! version: 1.5.26
PHP version: (unknown)latest
MySQL version: (unknown)latest
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)Rochen
Admin Tools version: (unknown)latest

Description of my issue:

Hi Nikko!

Here is a heads up: Firefox 13 ("release edition" (Is that a Beta?)blocks Admin Tools pre login screen so you get the main login screen but nothing happens.

I have spent most of the day on this. This morning the public side of my sight was available and I could even log in in the front end. But I couldn't log into the back end.

I didn't realize at first what the problem was. First I tried turning off the admin tools plug in. Then I deleted the .htaccess file. Nothing worked. So I went to the host's vault and did a restore from last night. Nothing helped. I was composing a plea for help from the Host when I realized that the extra security of the pre login screen wasn't appearing.

I also noticed my email was acting up a bit. On a hunch, I reinstalled Firefox 12 and Voila! Everything normal.

So, be careful out there. And don't get on the Firefox automatic update release list unless you have the leisure to play with it!

Best,

Lowtech

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I don't know what a "pre-login screen" is supposed to mean. Maybe you mean the administrator password protection? That's plain and simple HTTP Basic Authentication. If Firefox 13 fails to work with it, please file a bug with Firefox. I will update my documentation to indicate that I no longer support Firefox. This browser has turned into a piece of utter crap. I can't support a broken browser anymore.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user40075
Thanks, Nikko!

Yes, I meant the administrator password protection.

Do you prefer Internet Explorer or Google or something else or are they all OK except Firefox?

Why don't you tell us what you really think about Firefox? :)

I will file a bug report with Firefox.

Best,

Lowtech

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Firefox has been in a downward quality spiral since version 4. Each new "stable" version, released every 6 weeks, has numerous bugs in various areas of the browser. There is no point in me trying to work around this crap. The next version of Firefox fixes the existing bugs and introduces new ones. IMHO, Firefox is a royal piece of crap. I recommend using Google Chrome, Safari or Internet Explorer 9+. Any of those browsers are decent (and so came the day where the unthinkable happened: I recommend IE instead of FF). I've not tried Opera a lot but let's face it: Opera is about 1% of the web's users, it's hardly a priority for any web developer.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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