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Firefox 29 broke Youtube

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TheGlow
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I saw Firefox updated to 29 last night. Ehh, if I wanted Chrome, I'd download chrome. But I always give updates a shot. Now many Youtube links no longer load up for me. I've cleared cache and cookies, no dice. I've updated flashplayer and also tried setting youtube to use html5. When a video wont load, the comments wont either. With html5 enabled, I can at least see the comments. If I try in IE11, they come right up. I never thought I'd see the day where I say something is working better in IE than FireFox.

I saw Firefox updated to 29 last night. Ehh, if I wanted Chrome, I'd download chrome. But I always give updates a shot. Now many Youtube links no longer load up for me. I've cleared cache and cookies, no dice. I've updated flashplayer and also tried setting youtube to use html5. When a video wont load, the comments wont either. With html5 enabled, I can at least see the comments. If I try in IE11, they come right up. I never thought I'd see the day where I say something is working better in IE than FireFox.

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Moses
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Can you try to start Firefox in Safe Mode to see if Firefox works properly with no error? You can start Firefox in Safe Mode below:

  • Windows/Mac: Go to Help > Restart with add-ons disabled
  • Linux: Run firefox -safe-mode in the Terminal/Konsole

If Firefox opens up fine with no problems, it's probably one of your extensions that's causing the issue. You can re-enable your add-ons one by one until you find the one that causes the issue upon being re-enabled.

TheGlow
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I forgot to mention but I did that as well. The only addons I have currently are AdBlock Plus, Download them all (rarely used) and Mouse Gestures Redox.

I tried disabling all individually, same behavior.