sIFR Doesn't Work in FF3 Mac.

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sIFR Doesn't Work in FF3 Mac.

I thought it might be something I was doing wrong, but I am not seeing it working on any site, including Novemberborn.net.

Any Ideas? The CSS is loaded, so the headlines are hidden, and then it is like the JS isn't loaded at all.

Could this be a browser detection issue?

I am using firefox 3 with latest flash player version 10. I have heard the complaint from other Mac users as well.

Works on every other browser...

EDIT: I removed the CSS to hide, it still doesn't work. After a pause, it loads the JS and removes the headlines, but doesn't replace them.

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Check if you're using the AdBlock extension. It breaks Flash under Firefox 3. You'll have to completely uninstall it.

Mark Wubben 2009-03-11 23:13:29

Thanks so much Mark! That was completely baffling me. I built a Mac/FF3 detection script that sees if Adblock is running and then disables, so the text still shows up. Isn't full proof, but works for now. You can see it in my Wordpress plugin WP sIFR at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-sifr/

Jake 2009-03-12 22:27:44

Cool. How are you doing the Adblock detection?

Mark Wubben 2009-03-12 23:10:36

After I figure out a user is on a mac w/firefox, I set a variable to false. Then I ask the brower to load a javascript that sets the variable to true. The javascript is named ads.js?ad=http://ad.doubleclick.net/... To trick adblock. If it gets blocked i don't load sifr.

Jake 2009-03-13 18:17:32

I got the idea here: http://ohryan.ca/blog/2007/08/20/whyfirefoxisblock-is-wrong-adblock-plus-is-100-detectable/comment-page-1/#comment-2201This is the ad js i am using: ads.js?ad=http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/amazon.pixel.qos/;pixid=3;sz=1x1;ord=1236894759792?Which i got from an Amazon ad. :)

Jake 2009-03-13 18:27:16

Simply disabling (not uninstalling) AdBlock/Filterset.G resolved the issue in Firefox 3 on Windows. However, it turns out AdBlock/Filterset.G has been superseded by AdBlock Plus anyway. (Somehow I had completely missed that, after years of doing incremental updates to Firefox.)

sIFR 3 does appear to be compatible with the newer AdBlock Plus.

2009-03-30 21:31:31

There is a WordPress sIFR plugin that somehow detects adblock on a mac and disables sIFR if it is active. The hack is somewhere in that code... I'm still looking for the way to do it. That way, the text will still be displayed like it's supposed to be.

Google: sIFR firefox 3 adblock

2009-04-17 21:22:53

Ha. I actually wrote that plugin (wp-sIFR) and am using the method above.

Jake 2010-02-02 19:34:28

I am having this same issue. I'm on a MAC and have FF3. However, I do not have AdBlock or any other plug-ins on my FireFox. Very, very frustrating...

Renee 2010-05-27 03:44:45

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