RS wrote:
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>> RS wrote:
>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>> RS wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Amazon.com has a feature called "search inside" where you can peek
>>>>> inside most (but not all) books, look at the table of contents, see
>>>>> an excerpt, etc. Although I had no problem with this in the past, I
>>>>> no longer can search inside books on amazon site with firefox. The
>>>>> ability too peek inside a book seems to be gone in firefox. For the
>>>>> specific books I have in mind, I can still do that with Safari and
>>>>> IE. The
>>>>> firefox on my machine has been updated to version 2.0.0.12. I don't
>>>>> have a amazon plugin, but I never needed one, and I don't know if it
>>>>> is required to get all the features rendered correctly. I am
>>>>> wondering if anyone else is having similar problems. I am running
>>>>> noscript, but disabling that won't fix the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> RS
>>>> can you provide some links so we can test out whats going on? And
>>>> tell us what we're supposed to look for. Thanks
>>>>
>>> Thanks for your respond. As a simple example, I can search with Safari
>>> (OS X) and with IE (Win XP), inside the following book
>>>
>>>
http://www.amazon.com/Parameter-Estimation-Scientists-Engineers-Adriaan/dp/0470147814/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204032666&sr=8-1
>>>
>>>
>>> Basically there is an area next to the book image where where you put
>>> the mouse and the site shows a text saying you can search inside the
>>> book. I have firefox on both machines and neither one can do search
>>> inside the book. That is, firefox no longer sees the area. The thing
>>> is that I had no problem with firefox a couple of weeks ago before.
>>> Also, on the OS X machine I have noscript (which I disabled and didn't
>>> make a difference). On the windows machine I have no plugins. I
>>> thought perhaps has inadvertently changed something on their site, but
>>> if you guys don't see the problem, that is even more confusing to me.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> RS
>> interesting! I've never noticed that before. I can see it in Safari,
>> Opera, Netscape 8.1.3, Netscape 9.0.0.5, but not in Firefox, SeaMonkey,
>> or IE7. I've tried everything I could, but no go.
>>
>> Oh, just a minute. I just tried something and it works. Allow popups.
>> White List amazon for popups and clear the cache and cookies.
>>
>> Popups: I don't know about Macs, but in windows its Tools, Options,
>> Content, and click the Exceptions button to Popups. Add www.amazon.com
>> to the allow list.
>>
>> Clear cookies and cache: for windows, tools, options, Privacy, click
the
>> settings button for Private Data, uncheck everything except cache and
>> cookies [or check only those two]. OK that window, and go back to the
>> Privacy window, then click on the Clear Now button.
>>
>> Now try amazon. If that doesn't work, then clear everything again, and
>> restart FF.
>>
>> The settings I provided above are for windows. For Mac, I don't know.
>> It might be under Edit, Preferences, or something else. Just look
>> around for it.
>>
>
> Thanks! This fixed my problem. I am still curious though. I had no
> problem in the past viewing these features with firefox, and I always
> had popup windows blocked. I wonder if amazon changed the way they
> implement these features, or if firefox 2.0.0.12 has strengthened and
> enhanced the popup blocking. Either way, it now works for me.
>
> Thanks again,
> RS
I think its FF, cause when I tested it in Netscape 8.1.3 and
9.0.0.5, they are based on a version of FF before 2.0.0.12.
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