RMweb Premium Torper Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 I've been using Firefox as my preferred browser for years. Unfortunately, however, when I try to pay for online shopping I have as of late been unable to get into PayPal. With considerable reluctance, therefore, I have been using the new Microsoft Edge for my shopping expeditions without any PayPal problems. In fact, Edge is really rather good and if the PayPal problems persist with Firefox I may well change my default browser to Edge. Anyway, has anyone been having similar Firefox/PayPal problems and, if you have, did you manage to resolve it? DT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2020 No problems here - have used it this week. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) I have Firefox 83.0b5 (64 bit)/Win 8.1 and have no problems using PayPal. Edited October 30, 2020 by J. S. Bach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Do you have NoScript running - that always causes problems for me when paying online via Firefox, I tend to go to Chrome or Edge when I want to make payments on my own machine as it is safer than selectively opening up scripts whilst in the middle of a transaction. The latest Microsoft Edge uses Chromium (Google open architecture) which is why it is rather good when compared with Microsoft's old Edge & Internet Explorer platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted October 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 No, I don't have NoScript, so it can't be that. And I'm running the latest Firefox (82.0.2). I have however Googled the problem and see that many Firefox users appear to have had this problem over the last few years and that the solutions suggested have been, IMO, over complicated. The problem occurs not so much when I go directly to PayPal, but rather when I'm directed to Paypal from another site after making a purchase. I might try disabling Adblocker Ultimate (already disabled for RMWeb) when I go to PayPal to see if that helps, but if not I might just change to Edge, much as it would pain me to do so. DT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 I have had that problem too with firefox in the past; I use Opera instead in those circumstances. I have found that after a while (possibly another update/correction) the problem goes away. Strangely, it hasn't so far affected more than one PC at a time. Similarly I occasionally get formatting errors on ebay pages with Firefox; again not consistently, not across multiple PCs, and not even across adjacent tabs within the same Firefox window. I'm using Opera more and more as time goes by....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium QWILPEN Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 Have had similar issues with firefox and paypal but worked out that if i open paypal first the transaction goes through no problem. that said I am using firefox less & less these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I'm using Waterfox - which is based on an earlier version of Firefox as my main browser, alongside FF and Opera and it seems to avoid the various niggles that plague Firefox these days. It has nearly all the functionality of its step parent and may be worth trying out if you are used to FF. I use the classic version on my desktop. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrobuscp Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I was ordering something for my wife on the Argos website a few weeks ago. We had a problem when paying via a credit card in that the website did not correctly deal with the expiry date "spinners". Wouldn't work, so we switched to Chrome which worked perfectly. I have found Firefox to be not entirely stable of late, with some peculiar behaviours on Flickr and Facebook. Can't figure a pattern to them, though. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2020 Just changed to Firefox after having issues on a Mac with Safari (no probs on iPhone), but haven't noticed any problem with Paypal. Don't do Flickr or FB so should be ok, touch wood... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted October 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 22:24, Ben Alder said: I'm using Waterfox - which is based on an earlier version of Firefox as my main browser, alongside FF and Opera and it seems to avoid the various niggles that plague Firefox these days. It has nearly all the functionality of its step parent and may be worth trying out if you are used to FF. I use the classic version on my desktop. I usually do but I've found one or two sites don't work the Classic Waterfox. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Nothing like that has cropped up for me, in fact it is Firefox that produces wobblies, but between the two I manage fine. I do have Opera as a back up but very rarely go to it. Guess we must be looking at different things! No problem getting RMweb on either, thank goodness...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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