Hover is not working over certain links. I already unistalled and reinstalled firefox but I'm still having the problem. How do I fix it?
I can't play certain games or videos on youtube. Also I can't close my browser window or select items from a drop down menu. Not only did i uninstall firefox and then reinstall but i ran firefox in safe mode and still had the same problem
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Can you give some examples of where hover is not working? Typically Firefox would follow a site's directions for any special styling to apply when you hover over a link, and display the title of the link if set by the developer. Fancier things generally require attaching some JavaScript to the "mouseover" event. If that's what's missing, make sure JavaScript is enabled on this tab:
orange Firefox button or classic Tools menu > Options > Content
If you use the NoScript extension, make sure to check its menu for any script sources you might be blocking; many sites use more than one domain for their content.
When Flash is not working do you get any error messages? Blank white space or blank black space? There is an update for Flash available (Flash 11.4); that might help.
Other info on Flash:
- There are/were some compatibility issues between Flash 11.3 and some Firefox add-ons or settings. Could you see whether anything in this article helps: Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox.
- You might also consider disabling the new protected mode in Flash 11.3, since that feature is currently being debugged. See this support article from Adobe under the heading "Last Resort": Adobe Forums: How do I troubleshoot Flash Player's protected mode for Firefox?
Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
- https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/