# Why is FireFox doing this? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666 "2012-05-01T14:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/1 "2012-05-01T14:03:27Z")
It’s not just for NYSpeed, but I’m using this site as an example. Wikipedia and even Google have shown up like this when I use FireFox. It’s as if I’m only getting a text version of the internet, lol. All other browsers show up fine. It has to be a setting somewhere? I think the browser just updated and I re-installed it just to check and same damn thing: ![http://www.nyspeed.com/pictures/wtf.jpg](http://www.nyspeed.com/pictures/wtf.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/2 "2012-05-01T14:11:30Z")
Try running in safe mode, what happens? [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/3 "2012-05-01T14:13:25Z")
Same thing happens. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/4 "2012-05-01T14:23:43Z")
Do you have themes installed? or add ons? extensions? I realize safe mode should disable addons/extensions but idk about themes? ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/5 "2012-05-01T14:32:10Z")
None of that installed. Maybe I’ll just do a clean install instead of a reinstall. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/6 "2012-05-01T14:50:14Z")
I will get this once in a while on my work PC, which is a piece of crap on a semi-piece of crap connection. It seems to happen when a page doesn’t load quickly/completely, usually a refresh does the trick for me. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/7 "2012-05-01T14:55:39Z")
Tried to refresh, no luck ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/8 "2012-05-01T15:11:47Z")
this happens to me every so often mostly with facebook ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/9 "2012-05-01T15:17:35Z")
This was what pushed me to DL and start using Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/10 "2012-05-01T15:19:41Z")
Well I’m using Chrome at the moment, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/11 "2012-05-01T15:26:55Z")
I was die hard FF, then it started doing that… ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/12 "2012-05-01T15:32:25Z")
Well there must have been some sort of add-on running because after my 2nd full uninstall (after checking “remove add-ons & info”) and using Ninite it now works. We’ll see if it lasts. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/13 "2012-05-01T15:46:18Z")
Weird I stopped using Firefox because it was sucking up memory like crazy. Just make the switch to chrome its more secure anyways. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/14 "2012-05-01T17:33:10Z")
Went from FF to chrome as well. Usually what you’re seeing happens when the connection is slow and it strips off the CSS. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/15 "2012-05-01T19:23:45Z")
I’ve seen that a few times on FF. Refresh cures it for me, though. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/16 "2012-05-01T19:34:20Z")
Does Firefox have a debugger console you can see if it gets the stylesheet file? ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/17 "2012-05-01T21:42:23Z")
Mine has done that once in a while for years and years. Usually a refresh fixes it but sometimes it will do it multiple times before it fixes itself. Over multiple versions of FireFox. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-is-firefox-doing-this/222666/18 "2012-05-02T06:16:17Z")
Used to see that now and then when I used FF but a refresh always fixed it. Another Chrome convert here.