Has anyone figured out a fix for viewing tweets on DU while using Firefox? n/t

[demmiblue]

[HipChick]

1. Use Safari?

[demmiblue]

6. !

[Angry Dragon]

2. I use Firefox and have no trouble

[RKP5637]

3. I have no difficulty seeing tweets on DU with FF. n/t

[hlthe2b]

4. Do you mean you can't view embedded tweets or can't view video embedded in tweets

The latter is a problem for me; the former, no.

I just click on the link and go to the source IF I really want to see the video. A bit of a pain, but....

[demmiblue]

8. I can't view any embedded tweets.

I remember several people experiencing the same phenomenon after they upgraded Firefox.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. I have an older machine with FF, and the latest update drives the CPU to 100% almost all of the time

The tweets will eventually display themselves, but it takes several minutes.

[demmiblue]

14. Thank you, but that is not the problem.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Are you using No Script or Ad Blocker Plus? Both had recent updates.

No Script update might be restricting twitter and will need to be added to the website's Trusted list.

The ABP update is messing up a lot of videos on sites I visit or confuse ads with valid site scripts.

[Kali]

26. I was having that problem but it seems to have gone away.

No idea how I "fixed" it though.

[Kaleva]

5. I use FF and have no trouble seeing the tweets.

[Clarity2]

7. I cant see

Embedded tweets either on FF for my tablet. But can on my desktop FF.

Its possible FF doesnt use java, because Ive turned off java in safari and you can no longer see tweets when its turned off.

[flying rabbit]

9. Are you running the No Script add on?

If so, allow DU.

[demmiblue]

11. Yes... but I have allowed DU.

Hmmm?

P.S. NoScript is awesome (I disabled after the upgrade because I couldn't figure it out, but their tinkering with the interface brought me back).

[LeftInTX]

16. Do you allow twitter?

[flying rabbit]

24. Sorry that wasn't it.

love no script , but I did the same thing you did after the upgrade.

[Clarity2]

10. Just tried something

If you are private browsing with firefox, you cant see embedded tweets. Without private browsing you can. This is tablet/mobile though.

[demmiblue]

12. Thank you for trying to help me figure it out!

I don't use private browsing, though (nor would I be able to post this if I did... lol!)

[Clarity2]

15. NP but

is this a desktop? Maybe an ad blocker? For instance my ad blocker will unintentionally block certain things like comments section from facebook accounts under an article.

[demmiblue]

21. Bingo! It was Ghostery.

I enabled it (and Adblock plus) when I disabled NoScript due to their perplexing upgrade/userface (now resolved).

Anywho, thank you!

[Clarity2]

23. Glad it worked : ) nt

[Denzil_DC]

25. I only just saw this post, but I'd have suggested looking at Ghostery

if I'd seen it earlier.

Here's what I wrote when EarlG first announced we could now embed tweets:

Note to any Ghostery users:

You'll need to either whitelist ("Trust Site" ) DU or allow the Twitter Button Social Media Tracker in order for this to work.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10138150#post19

IOW, you don't need to disable Ghostery altogether (I'd find it hard to live without it), just either whitelist DU or enable the Twitter Button Social Media Tracker (if it's blocked).

[BumRushDaShow]

18. I had the problem when it upgraded

and it was related to the setting in "Privacy and Security" for "Tracking Protection", where it needs to be set to "Only in private windows" or "Never" (I think by default it is "Always" ).

ETA this is for v57.x

[PSPS]

17. Who wants a "fix?" I dislike messages containing embedded tweets.

[Habibi]

20. I had this problem when I turned on Tracking Protection in FF.

If this is your problem, you can turn off Tracking Protection for specific sites. Just click the "shield" icon next to the URL in the address bar, and disable protection for DU.

[demmiblue]

22. Mission accomplished... thank you to everyone who responded!

[Timewas]

27. The padlock

Click on the padlock on the address line and allow popups