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I consistently have two red lines on the tab of a particular website. What is happening?

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  • Last reply by cor-el

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I am running Mac OSX El Capitan and using Firefox version 43.0.1

I am running Mac OSX El Capitan and using Firefox version 43.0.1

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It's part of the web site logo.

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Can you attach a screenshot?

  • Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
  • Make sure that you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

Clear the cache and remove cookies only from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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Unfortunately, this did not help. I had read this thread earlier and had tried it. I did it again after Cor-el's reply and still have the same problem.

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Can you attach a screenshot?

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What is the web site address?

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website address is: www.bmm.org

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It's part of the web site logo.

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Thank you, Fred. It was interesting that it was only on one website. Sorry to bother with something so simple. It just didn't look right. Thanks, again.

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That is the favicon that you see on the tab bar and that would also appear if you would bookmark this website.