ESPN.com crashes firefox
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Crashes for me. Every time. I got a message saying Shockwave Flash performed an illegal operation and recommended i restart firefox, and then crashed... i don't get that error message anymore, espn.co just crashes.
Are there any bugs posted for this yet? For firefox or flash?
I'm running firefox 1.0.1
with extensions:
dom inspector 1.0
adblock 0.5.2.039
tab x 0.5
sessionSaver .2 d1 *nightly 25
switchProxy Tool 1.3.1
Are there any bugs posted for this yet? For firefox or flash?
I'm running firefox 1.0.1
with extensions:
dom inspector 1.0
adblock 0.5.2.039
tab x 0.5
sessionSaver .2 d1 *nightly 25
switchProxy Tool 1.3.1
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Interesting finding:
If I click on a link on the espn.com front page before it finishes loading, there's no problem. For example, in the middle of loading the front page, I clicked on Men's College Basketball scores, and I was able to get to that page with no problem.
Apparently, it's a problem specific to the espn.com front page.
If I click on a link on the espn.com front page before it finishes loading, there's no problem. For example, in the middle of loading the front page, I clicked on Men's College Basketball scores, and I was able to get to that page with no problem.
Apparently, it's a problem specific to the espn.com front page.
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Firefox 1.0 also
Crashed for me too. Running Firefox 1.0, not 1.01 on TP T23, W2K SP5. Something's up with the banner running up top of the ESPN front page. Was running Thunderbird, Yahoo Messenger, and Winamp when it happened.
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This was the first screw up I've had with 1.01. It's a Flash problem. But I fixed it by doing this:
Go to the Firefox plugins folder, which is where npswf32.dll (Flash) should be. I've got Windows ME, but under folder options make sure you click on "Show hidden files and folders." If you have "Do not show" clicked, you will crash and burn because npswf32.dll is a hidden file, even though it showed up in my folder (don't ask me to explain the rationale for a non-hidden hidden file because I can't.)
Anyway, this worked for me. I just wish it could improve my ESPN Fantasy Golf team.
Go to the Firefox plugins folder, which is where npswf32.dll (Flash) should be. I've got Windows ME, but under folder options make sure you click on "Show hidden files and folders." If you have "Do not show" clicked, you will crash and burn because npswf32.dll is a hidden file, even though it showed up in my folder (don't ask me to explain the rationale for a non-hidden hidden file because I can't.)
Anyway, this worked for me. I just wish it could improve my ESPN Fantasy Golf team.
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- jameshkong
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Adblock and Flashblock have been known to cause problems. I personally use Adblock but have not had any problems with it. Ofcourse, I also have the option for Obj-Tabs unchecked from Adblock. I went to espn.com and have no problems. It has been said before that the firefox devs do not create the extensions and any extension is capable to crashing firefox. Extensions are better thought of as third party software programs that you choose to install at your own risk. An extension can go as far as to completely delete/replace firefox or any other file in your operating system.
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add the following filter in your adblock:
http://adsatt.espn.go.com/*
this will stop the crashes. It has something to do with that flash ad that causes the crash.
http://adsatt.espn.go.com/*
this will stop the crashes. It has something to do with that flash ad that causes the crash.
- Uncanny
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ESPN also has this on one of their pages:
WHY DOES MY BROWSER CRASH WHEN I TRY TO ACCESS ESPN.COM?
Make sure you have Flash 5.0 on your computer. To download this version, click on "Install Now" at:
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/down ... _Version=S
I also often get a box from ESPN that says it is running a script that will slow my browser down if I continue to run it. I always click OK to stop running it. The overal problem, as I see it, is on ESPN's end.
WHY DOES MY BROWSER CRASH WHEN I TRY TO ACCESS ESPN.COM?
Make sure you have Flash 5.0 on your computer. To download this version, click on "Install Now" at:
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/down ... _Version=S
I also often get a box from ESPN that says it is running a script that will slow my browser down if I continue to run it. I always click OK to stop running it. The overal problem, as I see it, is on ESPN's end.
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alpox wrote:add the following filter in your adblock:
http://adsatt.espn.go.com/*
this will stop the crashes. It has something to do with that flash ad that causes the crash.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This worked WONDERS for me!!!
Chris B.
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