Anyone else having problems viewing videos, particularly on youtube, with latest version of Firefox

[BrklynLiberal]

[here_is_to_hope]

1. Yeah, I have 4.0 beta

and it will lock up if the vid is playing and I go to full screen. I reported the bug like a week ago.

[teach1st]

2. You mean Firefox 4?

I've been able to view most videos. Once in a while Firefox 4 release candidates do crash (freeze) on a Youtube video. Youtube is the only video site I've experienced that on, though.

[hlthe2b]

4. Wow, and I thought Firefox 3.6x was buggy.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. I am on 3.6.15 Suddenly cannot view youtube videos since latest update.

[hlthe2b]

14. that's what I am using..

I use a wireless connection, so it is not the fastest and I typically have to pre-load Youtube videos. Can you do that?

[Powdered Toast Man]

3. Check your speed...

You might have been.... rolled back. I'm paying for "up to" 6mbps but I'm only getting 2.56 now. I was around 4 last month.

ATT has a habbit of bumping you up for a while then tapering you back. I can't watch MSNBC anymore or stream anything that isn't on YouTube.

http://speedtest.net/

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Does it matter that ATT is not my provider? I have Optimum online.

[Powdered Toast Man]

11. Not necessarily.

I mean... You should still check you speed and see what you are getting. If you call and raise a stink they will probably bump you up. Literally, it's a couple key strokes on their end.

[Rabblevox]

6. Opera and Chrome work brilliantly...

http://www.opera.com/

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome.html?hl=en

Firefox, like IE, and Safari, is yesterday's news, stale toast.

Opera and Chrome are truly the only browsers worth eyeball or CPU time.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. I had to quit their beta, too many bugs yet. Couldn't view my university email.

[UP_4012]

9. Yeah, It sucks

Have not used Firefox since version 3.0. Version 2 sucked but not nearly as bad as v 3.x. People like to blame Adobe Flash, but every other browser I have used has no problems with Flash Content.

[blogslut]

10. Someone had similar trouble earlier today

I think they reset their modem by unplugging it and that did some magic IP DNS thingy and made it all better.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. That was me. See # 21 on this thread, where someone describes the term for how I fixed it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x662302#664370

and it always has worked when something goes kinky.

but...I have also refused to update to FF 4 because already heard of the buggy beta problems.
If it is just YouTube that is a problem, trying the modem reset in the link above.

[cayanne]

12. yes nt

[UTUSN]

15. "Viewing"?!1 What's THAT?!1 "Speed" is the current catch-all solution!1

When I was on dial-up for years, I envied everybody for the video viewing. Then I got DSL from a local company and saw one or two and thought I was POSH.

Now I've got Windows 7 and thought I was TOPPERS. Nope, can't see ANY stoopid video, just STALL and SPUTTER.


Yeah, somebody said it is my internet provider/SPEED. I called. Why did I call.

[applegrove]

16. videos never work for me. I get the sound okay but only a few different pictures where the video

should be. I'm not on firefox.

[grahamhgreen]

17. No. FF4b