I click on Firefox "preferences" and nothing happens--no drop down, no nothing. What should I do?

I'm using a Mac Book Pro. I had a yahoo homepage but it "disappeared." Now when I click on Firefox and then "preferences," nothing happens. I can't click on anything else to re-set a homepage. I can see NO preferences at all. Did something, somehow "lock up?" I have also tried to click on the keyboard twirly symbol and the comma (the symbols show to the right of the word "PREFERENCES"--still nothing. Help!

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
To Expand on Defcom's answer
It is possible when starting ichat for the First time to Click through the Start Up Screens and not enter any info. (no Accounts).
When you restart iChat it has no Accounts and therefore no Buddy Lists to Display and "Nothing" appears to be the result.
However the Menu Bar should show (until you click the Screen or another icon in the Dock) iChat in the Menu Bar.
If this is the case, click on the word iChat (Menu will drop)
Chose Preferences then Accounts.
You can then set up Accounts (Screen Names by pressing the + button at the bottom of the Left hand side (which should always List Bonjour whether you use it or not).
See this section
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10:20 PM Saturday; January 1, 2011
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