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Not re-directing to http

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I used to be able to visit the Bureau of Meteorology Australian weather radar sites but now I get a message "You will shortly be re-directed to http://www.bom.gov.au". Nothing happens. I've found that another browser allows me to visit those radar sites suggesting those radar sites exist and that there may be a problem in the Firefox system. Seems this may be a known problem.

I used to be able to visit the Bureau of Meteorology Australian weather radar sites but now I get a message "You will shortly be re-directed to http://www.bom.gov.au". Nothing happens. I've found that another browser allows me to visit those radar sites suggesting those radar sites exist and that there may be a problem in the Firefox system. Seems this may be a known problem.

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I've found that by using the "REFRESH FIREFOX" procedure under "HELP > More Troubleshooting Information" appears to have corrected my problem. Thanks for your participation.

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Not Redirecting properly = cookies


Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to. You may also lose any settings for that website.

If there is still a problem,

Start Firefox using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

While you are in Troubleshoot(Safe) mode;

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration in Firefox. Since this feature was added to Firefox it has gradually improved but there are still a few glitches.

How to disable Hardware Acceleration {web link}

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This website only works when the http:// protocol is used and in this special case you need to enable HTTPS-Only and click the padlock to switch HTTPS-Only to 'Off'.

Are you using Private Browsing mode as that is a possible reason the website is broken ? In that case a possible workaround for now is setting dom.security.https_first_pbm = false on the about:config page.

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I've found that by using the "REFRESH FIREFOX" procedure under "HELP > More Troubleshooting Information" appears to have corrected my problem. Thanks for your participation.

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That was very good work. Well Done.