Can you post some examples?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

Does it help if you allow redirecting?

See:

• "3-bar" menu button -> Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General
  Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"

The setting in "Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General" is meant as an accessibility feature, as you can see by the label of that section, so that people with disabilities or people who use screen readers do not get confused and is not meant as a safety protection to stop redirecting.

See also:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/settings-network-updates-and-encryption#w_general-tab

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox

FredMcD said

Can you post some examples? Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

Started in safe mode, problem persists. Colon still missing in action after clicking links. This happening in forum sites for embedded links in messages.

cor-el said

Does it help if you allow redirecting? See:

• "3-bar" menu button -> Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General
  Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"

The setting in "Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General" is meant as an accessibility feature, as you can see by the label of that section, so that people with disabilities or people who use screen readers do not get confused and is not meant as a safety protection to stop redirecting. See also:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/settings-network-updates-and-encryption#w_general-tab

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox

cor-el said

Does it help if you allow redirecting? See:

• "3-bar" menu button -> Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General
  Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"

The setting in "Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General" is meant as an accessibility feature, as you can see by the label of that section, so that people with disabilities or people who use screen readers do not get confused and is not meant as a safety protection to stop redirecting. See also:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/settings-network-updates-and-encryption#w_general-tab

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox

Thank you, but did not solve problem of colon going missing after clicking a link. Links are in forum sites and are embedded links in message read fields.

What colon is missing?

Can you attach a screenshot?

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem

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

FredMcD said

Can you post some examples?

cor-el said

What colon is missing? Can you attach a screenshot?

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem

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

In the address field the colon is missing between the http/https and the // slashes. ex: http//support.mozilla.

Putting it back works every time to go to destination of original link.

Kap2017jan8 said

cor-el said

What colon is missing? Can you attach a screenshot?

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem

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

In the address field the colon is missing between the http/https and the // slashes. ex: http//support.mozilla.

Putting it back works every time to go to destination of original link.

I believe its definitely firefox as I've used Opera and IE successfully with this forum site page. The link itself is an embedded url in a message field that typically opens automatically as an image when one reads the message. I have those suppressed in the forum personal settings as 'display embedded images' to off. When I turn the forum setting to on, the image displays correctly automatically. I do not want this setting on at all and much prefer the faster loading times of forum pages without it.

Correction. This suppressed image setting link FAILED in opera and IE as well. Sorry about the misinformation. It's starting to point to the forum site as a bug maybe.

You can use the Inspector to check the src attribute of the images. It is probably possible to come up with a bookmarklet or Greasemonkey script to fix the links if they are broken.

cor-el said

You can use the Inspector to check the src attribute of the images. It is probably possible to come up with a bookmarklet or Greasemonkey script to fix the links if they are broken.

All other browsers have failed in the same way now, so I think that probably gets firefox off the hook. I will update this question and close it when if I get confirmation from the other problem forum site. Thanks everyone for the input so far.