Firefox fails (not opening the most visited, slow, shows blank pages)(Mac)(4.0.1)

[Ioannes]

Hi, guys,

My Firefox is acting weird.
- Doesnt open Google searches from the top right bar
- Doesn't open news links from the drop-down RSS feed menu
- Doesn't open Facebook, Gmail, YouTube and a few other frequently visited websites through the normal address bar
...instead, I get ~10 seconds of loading and a blank page with empty address bar, called "New Tab."

Furthermore, the majority of other websites are opening slower than usual and often some of the content is missing (like captcha for online polls)


Version 4.0.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, cookies kept until Ff closed. Clearing all the history was futile. Sorry if such a problem has been posted, but i find it un-Googlable.

 

[Slapshot136]

have you tried disabling all the add-ons? if not, re-install?

 

[Lyerae]

Try disabling all addons, extensions and themes, clearing the cache and localStorage.

 

[Ioannes]

Whats localStorage?

I disabled add-ons and cleared all my history () last night and it didn't immediately work. I haven't reinstalled.

For the record, since this morning it has been working as usual. With all its previous settings.

 

[Lyerae]

Whats localStorage?

It's like cookies, but different.