Page not loading in Firefox Mac

[xogfog]

I’m using the latest version of Firefox version 140.8 on my Mac laptop running OSX Ventura 13.7.8, when I go to the page only the banner loads, the rest of the page is blank. I know it’s not an outage because the page loads properly in Safari and on my iPad. This just starting happening this past week, any clues?

[Deadgmwalking]

Same issue sporadically on Firefox (Windows). Mobile FF and all other browsers are fine. Cleared my cookies/cache and so far so good.

Edit:

The banner appears as a broken element, but I'm not here for that!

[julio]

Page load failures today are probably due to worldwide internet instability, due to attacks on data centers in the Middle East. There have been cascading issues due to rerouting overloads.

Issues (if any) prior to..about yesterday morning, I’d estimate…would indicate something different. I’ll do some testing…

[julio]

First test/update: I'm now on my laptop (Macbook Air M1), running Firefox, and it's behaving entirely normally. Firefox 145.0.2, MacOS 15.7.4 (no, not 26.anything!).

Update: OK, Firefox is now at 148.0, and everything is still working normally here.

Assuming your Mac laptop isn't pretty old, you can safely update to Sequoia (15.7.4, currently). It's solid, and not too much of a space hog. I haven't updated to Tahoe (26.x) - and I won't, because neither my laptop nor my desktop (Mac Mini) has enough storage space (SSD space, not RAM) to accommodate the bloat. All that pretty UI "liquid glass" assumes I have something like 60 Gb available to update the system software - and, because I actually use these machines, I don't have that much empty space.

Update 2: Now running Chrome. All seems normal.
Update 3: Safari. Ditto.

[xogfog]

My laptop is a 2017 and it tops out at Ventura, I’ll try the cache purge and see if that works.

[xogfog]

Clearing the cache fixed, thanks for reminding me deadgm, I’m to far from my IT days to remember those easy fixes!

[julio]

Not relevant to today’s problem, but I’ve acquired a Windows laptop (one retired some time back by my son), so I’ll be able to troubleshoot PC-side issues if/when they arise. It’s purportedly running Windows 10; I’ve never used more than Win7 (a decade ago), so we’ll see how it goes!

[xogfog]

My PC Tower still runs Windows 7!

[julio]

My PC Tower still runs Windows 7!

As I recall, Win7 was pretty rock solid (never crashed), and as long as you're not pushing it (e.g., you're running a browser, a mail client, maybe MS Office apps, but not doing heavy graphics or sound/video edits, etc.), it should be fine - although not "supported" any more, which means no bug fixes or security patches.

[Deadgmwalking]

As a systems administrator I'm always happy to help on the heathen Windows side.

[julio]

As a systems administrator I'm always happy to help on the heathen Windows side.

Well, I’ve charged up the Dell laptop my son “donated,” but we haven’t yet set up a user profile for me. I assume Windows 10 can cope with multiple user profiles? (This would take me maybe 90 seconds on a Mac!)