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When on www.nytimes.com, Firefox pop-up stating "This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved." appears.

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dmsalvay
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Starting this morning, whenever I click on a link on www.nytimes.com, a pop-up appears that says "This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved." and requires that I either click "Stay on Page" or "Leave Page". I have never seen this before and it only seems to happen on www.nytimes.com. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how can I make it go away? Is there something that may have changed in Firefox Preferences with the most recent update? See attached screen shot.

Starting this morning, whenever I click on a link on www.nytimes.com, a pop-up appears that says "This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved." and requires that I either click "Stay on Page" or "Leave Page". I have never seen this before and it only seems to happen on www.nytimes.com. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how can I make it go away? Is there something that may have changed in Firefox Preferences with the most recent update? See attached screen shot.

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It is the website that initiates this alert in case you have entered some data in a form or text area to would be lost.

If you really want to disable this notification then you can set this pref to true on the about:config page.

  • dom.disable_beforeunload = true

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

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dmsalvay
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See attached screen shot.

WestEnd
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Are you registered and logged in when you see that message when you logout?

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

It is the website that initiates this alert in case you have entered some data in a form or text area to would be lost.

If you really want to disable this notification then you can set this pref to true on the about:config page.

  • dom.disable_beforeunload = true

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

dmsalvay
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Thanks cor-el! That solved the problem.

RJB
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Does changing this in about:config affect all websites, or just NY Times'?

Modified by RJB

cor-el
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This is a global setting, so if you disable it via about:config (dom.disable_beforeunload) then you won't be alerted on other websites where it might be useful if you accidentally close the tab.

poojareddy
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Hello,

Engineers at the NYTimes have investigated this issue and it has now been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Thanks, Pooja Reddy Product Manager at NYTimes