But, I do normally block adverts via AdBlock Plus when using Firefox, and I had disabled blocking adverts on dpreview (so, the same issue may also have occurred on other sites if I had allowed adverts on them). The only site I've seen this problem is on when viewing forums here. Just search for "blinking reload button Firefox" (without the quotes) and you'll see others that have reported the same thing viewing some web sites. It was probably being caused by a script related to an advertisement (and often, advertisements are targeted based on viewing habits via tracking cookies), since blocking adverts via Adblock Plus solved it for me.Ī google search found that others have seen the same issue on some sites.
#Firefox refresh button gone windows
No, that has nothing to do with my Firewall software, as the same problem occurred in both my Linux and Windows installs, using more than one version of Firefox. It's just a semi-circle with an arrow at the end of it. If memory serves, it's now installed on the right side of the address bar by default.īut, you'll find one like it somewhere on your address bar, where you can click on it and it will reload the current page. But, I think I've moved mine (as I've customized Firefox and moved where some of the controls are in the toolbars).
I've got mine just to the left of the main address bar in Firefox. I tried it with and without Adblock+, with and without SOCKS proxy, and with the Reload button inside and outside the URL box. But when viewing lists of topics in a forum at, it starts back up again. It stops when doing something like writing a new post. It appears that they've started doing something that causes issues with Firefox (regardless of your OS) from what I can tell testing it under both Windows and Linux, since other browsers don't seem to have the issue (or you can stop this problem by "spoofing" your browser user agent so that thinks you're using a different browser)Īre others seeing the same issue with Firefox now (green page reload button by your address bar is constantly blinking on and off, as if the pages are being constantly refreshed)? Only using a different browser (or just spoofing the Browser User Agent so that thinks I'm using something other than Firefox) stops this behavior (unless you want to disable javascript, which also stops it). Just to make sure it wasn't something unique to my setup (I'm using FF under Linux), I booted into Win 7, and see exactly the same problem using Firefox.Ĭlearing Cache and Cookies doesn't solve it either. Using other browsers (versus just spoofing my User Agent String) also solves the issue Ditto for changing the UA to make it look like I'm using Firefox in a different Operating System. even want to be burdened with the effort of clicking the browser's refresh button.
But, changing it to other Firefox versions doesn't solve it. Automatic browser refresh and template cache disable By default. I can change my browser User Agent string to make it look like I'm using something like IE 9 under Win 7, and the problem stops. Step 6: Click the “Delete Browser data” Button.I've been seeing a very odd problem lately, where the page reload button (green circle) is constantly blinking on and off (as if you're refreshing the screen) when viewing forum pages at using Firefox under Linux. Step 5: Check the box in front of “Images and Files in Cache”. If you want to delete all cache date, select “all”. You can select between “last hour”, “last day”, “last week”, “last four weeks” or “all”. Step 4: Here you can select in the upper dropdown-menu, for which time period you want to delete the cache data. Step 2: Click “More tools:” and then Clear browsing data near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Step 1: Launch Google Chrome and click the Chrome menu icon represented by three horizontal bars in the upper-right corner of the browser window To clear cache on Google Chrome on Windows or Linux Operating System Or Open Chrome dev tools by clicking F12 and right-click Reload button.Or hold down Ctrl (Control) and click F5.Or hold down Ctrl (Control) and click the Reload button.Hold down Ctrl (Control) + Shift and click R.To hard refresh on Google Chrome on Windows or Linux Operating System