Hello, i don't know whether anyones posted this , but the new version of firefox (2.0.0.12) is incompatible with WOT. Anyone got any good solutions, besides using the previous version of firefox? Cheers.
Oh yeah, by incompatable, i mean, it only lets me load my homepage, and won't let me navigate to other pages. Also, please don't suggest i have a firewall/router problem. I definitely, definitely do not. Sorry to double post, couldn't see an edit button.
I cannot adjust my settings although the WOT settings page says,"Note: Custom protection level is currently disabled. These options are available only to registered WOT members."
For some time now, full customization has been pending but on Mac OSX - both Tiger and Leopard, using Firefox 2.x.x - I have not been able to effect ANY warnings customizations, other than to completely disable WOT.
I am annoyed when I browse to a site that has been negatively rated causing it not only to be "blacked out," but if I wish to browse the site anyhow, each time I manipulate the mouse, the black-out returns. I have to reaffirm, each time, that I wish to scan the site anyway. The loop goes on and on. I have upper arm pain from repetitive mouse machinations. These extra actions only add to my distress AND it is just extremely irritating!
Also, I rated some sites, when I initially signed up for WOT, but I have not been able to locate those ratings on my home page.
It sounds like your add-on is not be synchronized with your account. Could you please answer these questions:
1. When you visit our website, are you automatically logged in or do you have to log in manually?
2. When you visit "My page", do you see an option to synchronize your profile?
If you disagree with a warning and don't want to be bothered again when you visit a site, the easiest way to stop it is to give the site a good rating (or check the "This site is good; do not show this warning again" option before hiding the warning).
Your own ratings can be found from "My page" by clicking the "View my ratings" link. However, this requires that your add-on is synchronized with your account and it has successfully authenticated itself with our website.
Thanks for the reply. No, disabling blocking doesn't work, the addon itself needs to be disabled, i'm back on the previous version of firefox now anyway, think i'll await the update. Thanks again.
The add-on works for us on 2.0.0.12 as long as blocking isn't enabled for any of the components. Most users seem to have upgraded their browsers already, so judging from the feedback, this doesn't look like a very widespread problem.
You could try selecting one of the preset settings (e.g. "Normal") on the Warnings page to see if it helps. Don't forget to click "Apply settings" when you're done.
If you'd like to test the new version of the add-on that works around the problem before it goes out in a day or two, please contact us and I'll send you a copy.
Hello again. Er, the new update now prevents WOT working properly in firefox 2.0.0.11 and 2.0.0.12! The little icon says "disabled while the browser is offline". And, obviously, i am not offline. Grr! What's that about disabling blocking? For me, that's the whole point of WOT. Ah well. So, no one has it working with blocking enabled then?
Open about:config, type in browser.offline to the filter field, right click the appearing item in the preference list and select Reset from the pop-up menu. Firefox apparently sometimes fails to clear this preference by itself. Toggling the "Work Offline" option in the File menu a couple of times might do the trick as well.
As I explained earlier, an overzealous security fix in Firefox 2.0.0.12 broke blocking in all previous versions of the WOT add-on. However, it works again in the latest version of the add-on, so you won't have to wait for Firefox 2.0.0.13.
I'm using FF 2.0.012 & WOT 20080214 and when I install WOT, this is not usefull, the little icon says "disabled while the browser is offline" like 'seaniesean', then apply the trick by 'Sami' toggling the "Work Offline" option in the File menu a couple of times, now WOT stay updating info for long time without effect, then I RESTART FireFox and WOT is running OK.
i went to the mythbusters site and my WOT went wild, when i typed in www.discovery.com, then i went back to google, there was another site:dsc.discovery.com, but on the TV show they said www. not dsc., so my point is that something is just not right, i have also bin having problems logging on to AOL, i have about 200 or more E-Mails that i would like to read at edsparts2@aol.com, but i have 10 different browers not just one firefox is the main one , but opera, also dislikes aol.com too. but firefox doesn't connect, it looks like its trying over and over again,
Im thinking of going to a computer coffee cafe just to read my e-mail from AOL..com.
yes i know this is just not right, i.m stalling on a build of another computer with windows xp HE, i had xp pro, that it before i wiped it off my hard drive,
i think i got real mad that i had downloaded from mircosoft, and my computer locked me out, i just could not take that crap any longer, so im now have bin running linux for about a year or so, maybe longer, i do not know, its has bin so long, maybe i just dont care anymore, thats it, i dont care anymore, also
windows vista does not print to a printer, but the software says that it is printing , so what ever happen to making new software work, before they sold it to the public???????? also like windows 98 then came win 98se, it seems to me that must have a bunch of losers work at mircosoft in the US of A.....but windows 98se runs great, and really fast with a new computer, but win vista has a lot of problems, i dont like it, lots of my friends run it, and they all say that it sucks, but then again i haved reloaded ubuntu about 8 times now, on just one of two hard drives, my other hard drive has ubuntu7.04 reloaded about 4 more times, with all the free software out there, i have reconfigered linux, and theres so many different operating systems that work with each other, i would think thats kinda cool, i started computing back in 79, with a harris 800 mini mainframe, with plater drives, and a tape back-ups,
and had 8 1/4 floppy disks for a backup of that operating system, i was righting aI programs in bacic, fortran 77, i converted alot of game programs from fortran 44 to 77, games were not aloud at the college that i was at, and was so boring waiting for people to help them with there programs, i just
hid all my game programs, and tell my friends to play with them, see if they could get them to crash., some of those programs were about 30,000 to
50,000 lines of code, before compiled ...........ed.
then linux is about 30 years old. some times change is good.
If you'd rather log in to our website manually (and be able to log out), you can tell the add-on to stop logging you in: open WOT settings from the rating window, go to the Advanced page, deselect the option "Log in automatically to mywot.com..." and click "Apply settings". After you restart the browser (and possibly clear your cookies), you won't be automatically logged in anymore.
What comes to AOL, WOT shouldn't interfere it you logging in. If you suspect it does, you can always try temporarily disabling it: right click the WOT icon, deselect the option "Enabled". Also, it seems that www.discovery.com redirects to dsc.discovery.com, so it doesn't sound like anything is wrong there.
Downloaded WOT 2 days ago,in windows XP & SP2, and encountered the same "WOT is disabled while the browser is offline" problem encountered above. Toggling the Work offline command in the File menu worked just fine. WOT switched to " WOT updating" and 5 minutes later came on just fine.
I am a big fan of Google. Google UK is set as my home page. Since I down loaded the Firefox plug in WOT for Firefox 2.0.0.12 I have found that Google displays the WOT rating on every page. It's great just like a traffic light, Red for Stop, Yellow for caution and Green for go. I have two web sites of my own one has been rated as a good site (Green) and the other has a question mark against it as unrated, I do hope that this will also change to a Green for good web site in the near future. My partner In North Yorkshire has a web design web site that has a question mark against it so I have introduced him to Firefox 2.0.0.12 and the WOT plug in.
Antony
A Perkin Web Design
A WOT user for three weeks
Just upgraded FF to Beta 5. So far, so good. Your site works fine in it.
I just came across a bunch of sites that I'll have to check out. Looks like I'm gonna be doing a bunch of 'red-flagging' for us.
Going to an internet cafe wont help you with the aol mail issue, the page, the server has just been down. If ten broswers aren't compatible with it, it's most likely not your computer, but the site itself.
Oh yeah, by incompatable, i
Oh yeah, by incompatable, i mean, it only lets me load my homepage, and won't let me navigate to other pages. Also, please don't suggest i have a firewall/router problem. I definitely, definitely do not. Sorry to double post, couldn't see an edit button.
No problem here
Firefox 2.0.0.12 and WOT are friends over here
Same Problem: Cannot Customize Using Firefox 2.x.x on Mac OSX
I cannot adjust my settings although the WOT settings page says,"Note: Custom protection level is currently disabled. These options are available only to registered WOT members."
For some time now, full customization has been pending but on Mac OSX - both Tiger and Leopard, using Firefox 2.x.x - I have not been able to effect ANY warnings customizations, other than to completely disable WOT.
I am annoyed when I browse to a site that has been negatively rated causing it not only to be "blacked out," but if I wish to browse the site anyhow, each time I manipulate the mouse, the black-out returns. I have to reaffirm, each time, that I wish to scan the site anyway. The loop goes on and on. I have upper arm pain from repetitive mouse machinations. These extra actions only add to my distress AND it is just extremely irritating!
Also, I rated some sites, when I initially signed up for WOT, but I have not been able to locate those ratings on my home page.
Life
Re: Same Problem
Syxx,
It sounds like your add-on is not be synchronized with your account. Could you please answer these questions:
1. When you visit our website, are you automatically logged in or do you have to log in manually?
2. When you visit "My page", do you see an option to synchronize your profile?
If you disagree with a warning and don't want to be bothered again when you visit a site, the easiest way to stop it is to give the site a good rating (or check the "This site is good; do not show this warning again" option before hiding the warning).
Your own ratings can be found from "My page" by clicking the "View my ratings" link. However, this requires that your add-on is synchronized with your account and it has successfully authenticated itself with our website.
Fire
I think firefox can be programmed easily and is rated to be famous among porn browsers all over. That might be the threat. nothin else I suppose.
SKB
Re: 2.0.0.12
Do you have blocking enabled? If you do, does disabling it fix the problem? It seems the 2.0.0.12 upgrade broke blocking somehow, we're on it...
EDIT: It looks like this security fix in 2.0.0.12 is causing the incompatibility. It has caused some other extensions to break as well and according to bug 415338, a fix is already in Firefox's development tree.
EDIT 2: A workaround for the problem will be included in the next WOT update, which will be available in the next couple of days hopefully.
Thanks for the reply. No,
Thanks for the reply. No, disabling blocking doesn't work, the addon itself needs to be disabled, i'm back on the previous version of firefox now anyway, think i'll await the update. Thanks again.
Re: Blocking
Hi Sean,
The add-on works for us on 2.0.0.12 as long as blocking isn't enabled for any of the components. Most users seem to have upgraded their browsers already, so judging from the feedback, this doesn't look like a very widespread problem.
You could try selecting one of the preset settings (e.g. "Normal") on the Warnings page to see if it helps. Don't forget to click "Apply settings" when you're done.
If you'd like to test the new version of the add-on that works around the problem before it goes out in a day or two, please contact us and I'll send you a copy.
Edit: This issue is fixed in version 20080214.
Hello again. Er, the new
Hello again. Er, the new update now prevents WOT working properly in firefox 2.0.0.11 and 2.0.0.12! The little icon says "disabled while the browser is offline". And, obviously, i am not offline. Grr! What's that about disabling blocking? For me, that's the whole point of WOT. Ah well. So, no one has it working with blocking enabled then?
Offline and blocking
Open about:config, type in browser.offline to the filter field, right click the appearing item in the preference list and select Reset from the pop-up menu. Firefox apparently sometimes fails to clear this preference by itself. Toggling the "Work Offline" option in the File menu a couple of times might do the trick as well.
As I explained earlier, an overzealous security fix in Firefox 2.0.0.12 broke blocking in all previous versions of the WOT add-on. However, it works again in the latest version of the add-on, so you won't have to wait for Firefox 2.0.0.13.
Woohoo! Great trick there
Woohoo! Great trick there Sami, everything works, blocking, the whole caboodle. Thank you very much for your help.
Does The New Version Fix This?
Hi Sami,
was just wondering if the "new" versions of WOT (with activity score) fix this issue with firefox??
Im going to test IE-Version later with my settings... .
Thanks
Re: Does The New Version Fix This?
If you mean the issue with blocking, then yes, the latest version fixes it.
Edit: What I mean by the latest version here is 20080214. You can check the version number from Tools / Add-ons in Firefox.
Apply trick + Restart FF
I'm using FF 2.0.012 & WOT 20080214 and when I install WOT, this is not usefull, the little icon says "disabled while the browser is offline" like 'seaniesean', then apply the trick by 'Sami' toggling the "Work Offline" option in the File menu a couple of times, now WOT stay updating info for long time without effect, then I RESTART FireFox and WOT is running OK.
FF 2.0.12 and WOT friends on my computer
I have not had any issues.
how to log out of WOT
i went to the mythbusters site and my WOT went wild, when i typed in www.discovery.com, then i went back to google, there was another site:dsc.discovery.com, but on the TV show they said www. not dsc., so my point is that something is just not right, i have also bin having problems logging on to AOL, i have about 200 or more E-Mails that i would like to read at
edsparts2@aol.com, but i have 10 different browers not just one firefox is the main one , but opera, also dislikes aol.com too. but firefox doesn't connect, it looks like its trying over and over again,
Im thinking of going to a computer coffee cafe just to read my e-mail from AOL..com.
yes i know this is just not right, i.m stalling on a build of another computer with windows xp HE, i had xp pro, that it before i wiped it off my hard drive,
i think i got real mad that i had downloaded from mircosoft, and my computer locked me out, i just could not take that crap any longer, so im now have bin running linux for about a year or so, maybe longer, i do not know, its has bin so long, maybe i just dont care anymore, thats it, i dont care anymore, also
windows vista does not print to a printer, but the software says that it is printing , so what ever happen to making new software work, before they sold it to the public???????? also like windows 98 then came win 98se, it seems to me that must have a bunch of losers work at mircosoft in the US of A.....but windows 98se runs great, and really fast with a new computer, but win vista has a lot of problems, i dont like it, lots of my friends run it, and they all say that it sucks, but then again i haved reloaded ubuntu about 8 times now, on just one of two hard drives, my other hard drive has ubuntu7.04 reloaded about 4 more times, with all the free software out there, i have reconfigered linux, and theres so many different operating systems that work with each other, i would think thats kinda cool, i started computing back in 79, with a harris 800 mini mainframe, with plater drives, and a tape back-ups,
and had 8 1/4 floppy disks for a backup of that operating system, i was righting aI programs in bacic, fortran 77, i converted alot of game programs from fortran 44 to 77, games were not aloud at the college that i was at, and was so boring waiting for people to help them with there programs, i just
hid all my game programs, and tell my friends to play with them, see if they could get them to crash., some of those programs were about 30,000 to
50,000 lines of code, before compiled ...........ed.
then linux is about 30 years old. some times change is good.
Re: how to log out of WOT
If you'd rather log in to our website manually (and be able to log out), you can tell the add-on to stop logging you in: open WOT settings from the rating window, go to the Advanced page, deselect the option "Log in automatically to mywot.com..." and click "Apply settings". After you restart the browser (and possibly clear your cookies), you won't be automatically logged in anymore.
What comes to AOL, WOT shouldn't interfere it you logging in. If you suspect it does, you can always try temporarily disabling it: right click the WOT icon, deselect the option "Enabled". Also, it seems that www.discovery.com redirects to dsc.discovery.com, so it doesn't sound like anything is wrong there.
thanks for the info, thank you.....ed
gee thanx again......ed
thanks for the info, thank you.....ed
thank you for all the info.........ed
WOT and FF2.0.0.12
Downloaded WOT 2 days ago,in windows XP & SP2, and encountered the same "WOT is disabled while the browser is offline" problem encountered above. Toggling the Work offline command in the File menu worked just fine. WOT switched to " WOT updating" and 5 minutes later came on just fine.
Firefox 2.0.0.12 and WOT plug in
I'm a Googler
Hi
I am a big fan of Google. Google UK is set as my home page. Since I down loaded the Firefox plug in WOT for Firefox 2.0.0.12 I have found that Google displays the WOT rating on every page. It's great just like a traffic light, Red for Stop, Yellow for caution and Green for go. I have two web sites of my own one has been rated as a good site (Green) and the other has a question mark against it as unrated, I do hope that this will also change to a Green for good web site in the near future. My partner In North Yorkshire has a web design web site that has a question mark against it so I have introduced him to Firefox 2.0.0.12 and the WOT plug in.
Antony
A Perkin Web Design
A WOT user for three weeks
Upgraded again
Just upgraded FF to Beta 5. So far, so good. Your site works fine in it.
I just came across a bunch of sites that I'll have to check out. Looks like I'm gonna be doing a bunch of 'red-flagging' for us.
Aol was temporarily not working-chill
Going to an internet cafe wont help you with the aol mail issue, the page, the server has just been down. If ten broswers aren't compatible with it, it's most likely not your computer, but the site itself.
Hope that solves your problem.
ff2
i have not had problems
I don't have problems with Firefox 2.0.0.12 or 2.0.0.13
Firefox and WOT working fine for me. I even promote both on the first page of my web site
http://internetsecurity4free.com