Links to other sites are terribly sluggish

Since the installation of Firefox 10.0.1 links on websites or internal bookmarks are sluggish or don't work at all. If I copy the site address from the address bar, then highlight and "paste and go" it acts immediately, otherwise it just spins it's wheels. Re-loading does not help at all. While it's a nuisance, I do believe it should perform better

Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
*Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_places-database-file
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Generally you would have no problem adding links to other sites without asking. No website owner will tell you you can't as the more links they have coming to their site the better. I have always had mixed feelings on that type of thing. One thing to remember is the more external links you have the more work it is to make sure they all work. Dead links make your site look bad as well as bad for search engines so you would have to constantly be checking that the sites are still operational or the link hasn't changed.
So over the years I personally have found it better to just supply a small handful of links (maybe no more than 5) that I think will benifit my site visitors directly. Almost always it is a very well established long standing site so I know it is worthwhile/relevant and most likely not to dissapear.
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Letmewatchthis.ch won't load "Problem loading page" but other sites are fine. Regular visitor to that site and tests show it is up

Just suddenly 3 hours ago, letmewatchthis.ch stopped working for me "Unable to connect
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this is still happening -- getting a bad gateway error or even the link to I guess their host:
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Click: Remove All Website Data
Then delete the cache.
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Type or copy paste the following
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
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I got my code but when i try downloading it it says retry as net connection is slow, but i am on a high spee broadband and all the other sites are opening simultaneously then why this problem?

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Hi there,
Yesterday I could log into sites like Facebook, Google and others fine, and now when I try to log in to them it comes up with the following message:
'This connection is untrusted.
www.facebook.com uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)'
I managed to get onto other sites like BBC News and Outlook without any error messages. Strangely, Google Images comes up fine from a bookmarked link, but then goes to untrusted as soon as you search for anything. I've seen this message come up on the support site before, and have tried the following suggestions:
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-Deleted internet temp files
-Cleared Downloads folder in Firefox
-Opened Firefox in Safe Mode to rule out add-on problems
-Chosen 'No proxy server' in the Network options
-Reloaded the page using Ctrl-Shift-R
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-Used the bookmarked link
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-Reset Firefox
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-Full antivirus scan on computer (which showed nothing)
-Checked web security settings in Bullguard (no interference there)
-Uninstalled/reinstalled Firefox
I managed to get Google working eventually, then the Mozilla Support pages said they were untrusted, so I'm currently posting from Chrome, which is becoming my backup browser more frequently :(
Apologies for the lack of proper Troubleshooting info! Here's the best I can do:
Application Basics
Name: Firefox
Version: 27.0.1
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
All Crash Reports
Extensions
Name: BullGuard Safe Browsing
Version: 2.1
Enabled: true
ID: antiphishing@bullguard
Important Modified Preferences
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140212131424
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140212131424
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 27.0.1
dom.mozApps.used: true
extensions.lastAppVersion: 27.0.1
gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
places.database.lastMaintenance: 1394963403
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
plugin.importedState: true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32
Adapter RAM: Unknown
Device ID: 0x0166
Direct2D Enabled: true
DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.3.9600.16384)
Driver Date: 10-1-2013
Driver Version: 10.18.10.3316
GPU #2 Active: false
GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10
Vendor ID: 0x8086
WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0)
windowLayerManagerRemote: false
AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d
AzureContentBackend: direct2d
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false
Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR
Expected minimum version: 4.10.2
Version in use: 4.10.2
NSS
Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME
Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC
NSSSSL
Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL
Expected minimum version: 3.15.4
Version in use: 3.15.4
OS: Windows 8.1 x64
Any idea what else I can try? Facebook I'm not too worried about, but I need Google for work and pretty much everything else!
EDIT: I gave up, went and had a pint of tea and when I came back everything seemed to be alright again! Not sure what the hell happened. Does anyone else have any idea why this comes up, or is it just something that happens now and again?

this is similar to your question.just go-through it or if you stuck then reply back for more info on this problem : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/974711

Image Links To Other Sites

I have designed a website in DW CS3 and i wanted to make some
of my images link to other external sites......however when write
the link address in and upload the info then try the link it always
comes back with a blank web page with - cannot find URL - on
it...... any ideas, its really annoying me now. i'm not writing in
css. cheers

As tweaked suggests, the links to external sites should look
like this -
<a href="
http://www.example.com/thepage.html''....
A valid external link must specify the protocol and the
domain.
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"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
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*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
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div
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When I display this, the "Show all" does not work, but the page text is still long enough to do "Print Preview" and expect more than one page. The result is a blank first page (expected) and then ALL of the page text is printed on the next two pages.
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