Firefox add-ons not installing

Just installed Firefox (Konqueror till now) and am trying to install some add-ons.
Problem is that once I press the 'Install' button on the add-on page, nothing happens - the tab header changes to "Loading' with a running circle of dots - and that's it.
Any ideas anyone ?
Thanks
Ben

It could be your connection, or something wacky with Firefox - try renaming the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory and see what happends with a fresh profile, on a side note I use Konqueror for almost everything me self... I do use Firefox for debugging but that's a different story.
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