browser freezes... (sort of)

[mmoni]

Hello,

Something strange started to happen to my browser when I open a PDF document within it using the Viewer. I'll try to explain it the best I can. After I open a PDF and close it, the browser "semi-freezes". I am unable to type any URL directly into the address bar. I cannot type any keyword into the search bar, either - when I click them, nothing happens. However, I can switch between tabs, use menu commands etc. My workaround has been so far to open any random page from my bookmark folder - this brings the browser back to life. Is there any other way to make this behaviour disappear? I use Waterfox 18 (a 64-bit version of Firefox). The symptoms started perhaps two updates ago or something like that.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello mmoni,

Thanks for your post, but that's rather unusual behaviour, and so is your browser. Can you check if there's a newer version of it as I see that the standard FireFox is at version 24(!!!) now, and maybe there's a newer and fixed version of WaterFox as well?

Regards,
Stefan

[mmoni]

It didn't occur to me to check Waterfox because it's not been updated for ages, but now they've finally caught up with Firefox. I updated Waterfox to the latest version and after the necessary meddling with plugins and filetype associations it seems to work fine. Thanks for your help.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Glad to hear that mmoni!

Cheers,
Stefan