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when selling an item on ebay there is no text editor tool bar using firefox, but that toolbar is present using IE. Is that a defect or can it be fixed or added?

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There is no text editor when typing a description of items I'm selling on ebay with Firefox but there is a text editor (toolbar) using IE. Can firefox fix this or offer an add on for ebay sellers?

There is no text editor when typing a description of items I'm selling on ebay with Firefox but there is a text editor (toolbar) using IE. Can firefox fix this or offer an add on for ebay sellers?

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Your UserAgent string in Firefox is messed up by another program that you installed. Maybe eBay can't figure out that you're using Firefox 3.6.23.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Agent

type about:config in the URL bar and hit Enter
If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.
Filter = general.useragent.
Right-click the preferences that are bold, one line at a time, and select Reset.
Then restart Firefox

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Your UserAgent string in Firefox is messed up by another program that you installed. Maybe eBay can't figure out that you're using Firefox 3.6.23.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Agent

type about:config in the URL bar and hit Enter
If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.
Filter = general.useragent.
Right-click the preferences that are bold, one line at a time, and select Reset.
Then restart Firefox

provobis
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Thank you, that did it! I was beginning to think FF was letting me down....all the googling I could find on the subject seemed outdated but nevertheless down on FF because of that problem others had too. No one had the answer. I am also having an issue whereby XP cannot see (read) the SATA HD I have in a Addonics external enclosure so that I can copy (clone) my internal C drive using open source freeware. Never had that problem before. Is it possible that's also a related FF issue I can fix as easily? Thanks again.

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