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Images suddenly stopped showing on websites. this a.m. Working fine on Safari.

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KrisConfused
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I went online this morning, eveyrhtign was fine. Tried to open a little pop-screen to see the various colors of a backpack, and the images didn't show. I updated my Flash (although I knew that wasn't the problem) and then just figured it was this site's problem. Re-opened Firefox, went to Facebook--signed on, and no images showed at all. Now, no images are showing on any sites. Images are showing in the navigation bar. Fine on Safari.

I went online this morning, eveyrhtign was fine. Tried to open a little pop-screen to see the various colors of a backpack, and the images didn't show. I updated my Flash (although I knew that wasn't the problem) and then just figured it was this site's problem. Re-opened Firefox, went to Facebook--signed on, and no images showed at all. Now, no images are showing on any sites. Images are showing in the navigation bar. Fine on Safari.

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ideato
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Hi KrisConfused

Try clearing Firefox's cookies and cache and check it again.

see in about:config the permissions.default.image and set it to 1 the default (right click > modify > 1)

see also for more info : Fix problems that cause images to not show


thank you

KrisConfused
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HI, Thanks for those tips. I went to the pages you linked to and read, but I'm not seeing *how* to access permissions.default.image, so I can check if it's set it to 1. ANy tips? I'm on a Mac, so no right click.  :) Thanks so much for your time!!

ideato
ideato
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type in the address bar about:config

then press the button i'll be careful i promise

then type in the bar permissions.default.image

then double-click on it, put 1, click OK,

exit firefox and restart-it.


thanks again

cor-el
cor-el
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If images are missing then check that you aren't blocking images from some domains.

  • Check the permissions for the domain in the current tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
  • Check that images are enabled: Firefox > Preferences > Content: [X] Load images automatically
  • Check the exceptions in "Firefox > Preferences > Content: Load Images > Exceptions"
  • Check the "Tools > Page Info > Media" tab for blocked images (scroll through all the images with the cursor Down key).

If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box "Block Images from..." then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.

Make sure that you do not block third-party images, the permissions.default.image pref should be 1.

There are also extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and security software (firewall, anti-virus) that can block images.

See also: