Firefox 1.5 in eBay

[Jose_R.A.M]

Has anyone experienced problems browsing ebay when using Firefox.

There was a little problem where sometimes a search would open up in a text format with this message

""Note: We recently made changes to enable you to view eBay search pages faster. If your eBay pages are appearing in text-only format due to these changes, please upgrade your Web browser (http://sillydog.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10649#).""

Upgraded browser recommends using firefox 1 and higher :confused:

That wasnt so much of a problem because if I repeated the search it would appear as normal.

HOWEVER,

Now, when I try to open an item, - in the same window or in a new tab - firefox tries to open the link as if it were an app.

"OPENING PQI-256MB DV...

You have chosen to open

..806222QQcategory.....cmd2ViewItem

which is a: application/octet-stream
from: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk

What should firefox do with this file?

Open with [Browse]
Save to disk"

It used to do that (on rare occasions) when sending a question to the seller...

That wasn't much of a problem, but this is preventing me from viewing and thus bidding on items..:mad:

Its annoying using I.E.

[jayesh]

ebay and firefox are quite weird at times. i am a frequent browser on ebay ( just got a std bt gps unit last week ) firefox chokes at times.

My suggestion? Upgrade to 1.6prea nightly build ... seems to handle ebay a lot better.

[Jose_R.A.M]

Thats out already?

*googles firefox 1.6a"

Where's that?

[TheZodiac]

Opera rocks also with eBay.

opera.com

[yaris1001]

Well I use IE6 and I have had the same problem with ebay telling me to upgrade my browser. Just one of those things I guess.

[jayesh]

here u go

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2006-01-25-06-trunk/

be warned its a nightly build stable but might break a few things. backup your profile before using this.

[carcomptoy]

How odd...I have no problems going on eBay with FF:confused:

[ncc1515]

I have Firefox 1.5.0.7, have been using it for over a year, and I just downloaded and installed the latest Sun Java. Ebay pages continue to 'hang' while loading. This is especially frustrating when trying (and failing) to place a bid in the last 30 sec. of an auction or trying to make a payment, because nearly every 'confirmation' button leads to a page that won't finish loading. This started happening (to me) about a week ago.

Once I walked away from the computer and came back hours later to find the page finally completed at some point, but that is certainly not reasonable or safe.

I experience the same problems with Netscape 7.2, so I am inclined to believe it is either: a) a Mozilla issue or b) an Ebay html issue or c) a Bill Gates annoybot.

Internet Explorer, which I haven't used for months, had no problems with Ebay.

Lynn

[Jose_R.A.M]

I have Firefox 1.5.0.7, have been using it for over a year, and I just downloaded and installed the latest Sun Java. Ebay pages continue to 'hang' while loading. This is especially frustrating when trying (and failing) to place a bid in the last 30 sec. of an auction or trying to make a payment, because nearly every 'confirmation' button leads to a page that won't finish loading. This started happening (to me) about a week ago.

Once I walked away from the computer and came back hours later to find the page finally completed at some point, but that is certainly not reasonable or safe.

I experience the same problems with Netscape 7.2, so I am inclined to believe it is either: a) a Mozilla issue or b) an Ebay html issue or c) a Bill Gates annoybot.

Internet Explorer, which I haven't used for months, had no problems with Ebay.

Lynn

I had that too (got outbid on several occasions because of those hangs) most recently a week ago. :BangHead:

With me, it also happens on Opera.

On another computer, the only browser that seems to work is FF. I.E., opera, avant all crash before connecting to anything.