FireFox treating Google Images as unsecure content.
For the past week, Google Images has not been working properly. One of two things happens when I search for images:
1. Google straight-up tells me that it could find no results.
2. I just get a blank white page.
The only add-on I've installed is AdBlock Plus with the EasyList, EasyPrivacy, and Malware filter lists. I tried searching with add-ons disabled, and it worked for a bit, but now I'm searching for images with AdBlock Plus REMOVED, and I'm getting the above results yet again.
I noticed that the grey shield keeps appearing -- the one notifying the user that FireFox has blocked content that isn't secure. I've never noticed this shield before. I've search all over the internet and I haven't found any solutions. I've updated FireFox, cleared my history, cache, and cookies, but the issue persists.
Alla svar (5)
Works for me with a secure connection to Google.
Clear the cache and the cookies from websites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
- Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
- Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
Thanks for the quick reply, mate.
I deleted my history and cookies, and cleared my cache. My theme has always been the FireFox default and I'm checking right now -- it still is.
I'm currently in 'safe mode' and Google Images is working fine. I've turned off hardware acceleration. All of my extensions incl. Adobe and Java are up-to-date, so I'm guessing it's an issue with AdBlock Plus?
I forgot to mention, but the FireFox add-ons tab is also acting strange. I've attached a screenshot detailing the issue.
And I don't think the problem is AdBlock Plus. I removed AdBlock from FireFox and Google Image search is still giving me a blank page.
Another thing I noticed is that in safe mode, the grey shield symbol does not appear and FireFox has a secure connection with Google Image search.
Make sure that you haven't enabled a High Contrast theme in the Windows/Mac Accessibility settings.
Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own colors.
- Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
Note that these settings affect background images.
See also:
All of that is fine. Google Images still isn't working and the FireFox add-ons page still looks strange.
I did a little more searching and I just found this topic: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/971125
There was another one with a similar issue and the same answer, but I'm at my work computer at the moment. I think I'll try the 'about:config' solution when I get home, assuming it's safe and nothing really bad will happen.