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When trying to update Facebook status, it hangs for a few then the browser completely crashes.

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E-man69
E-man69
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I was on MSN dot com and opened a new tab, Facebook. I tried to update my status and it froze then crashed. I logged out, back in to Facebook, did it again, crashed again and again and again. I cleared cookies, history and even deleted Firefox and reinstalled it via Safari. Still crashes when trying to update status, I can browse Facebook but can't update status.....

I was on MSN dot com and opened a new tab, Facebook. I tried to update my status and it froze then crashed. I logged out, back in to Facebook, did it again, crashed again and again and again. I cleared cookies, history and even deleted Firefox and reinstalled it via Safari. Still crashes when trying to update status, I can browse Facebook but can't update status.....

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Scribe
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Hi, just an inspired guess; in the Add-ons Manager (Cmd+Shift+A), try setting Facebook Video Calling by Skype to 'Never Activate.'

If you are getting a crash report, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

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E-man69
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Thanks, I did the Skype never activate, Ill restart my browser and do it again but now it's also doing it on Safari too...

E-man69
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Nope, didn't do anything. It still stuck in "complete status update" mode. I can browse, play app games, etc. but it won't delete the incomplete status update and just keeps on crashing

Scribe
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Since you have the same issue on Safari, it's unlikely to be a Firefox problem, and therefore outside the scope of this forum, so you should try a Mac forum for more help.

(It might be worth looking at your Firewall in case that is blocking FB).

E-man69
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Actually it doesn't happen on Safari, just Firefox. Here are the 'bp' based crash reports bp-0503c7eb-2dc0-468d-bcb6-2060b2161208

bp-e1aacc28-3f0e-45ae-8e60-c50e62161202

/bp-81f1c3eb-762e-4ff0-a71f-754712161202

bp-83b4b2a5-dec5-41fe-b901-1022b2161202

bp-3d2ecc07-cd00-46a0-ae87-1bd322161202

Does this help?