[Bug 375784] Re: http://www.bloomberg.com will not load -- Content Encoding Error

[Micah Gersten]

petergair wrote:
> Hello Micah,
> Thanks for passing it along.
> Peter
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Micah Gersten <
> launchpad at micahscomputing.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers
>> of the Firefox. You can track it and make comments at:
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460818
>>
>> ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #460818
>>   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460818
>>
>> ** Also affects: firefox via
>>   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460818
>>   Importance: Unknown
>>       Status: Unknown
>>
>> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
>>       Status: New => Confirmed
>>
>> ** Description changed:
>>
>>  Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>>
>>  This problem has been occurring for months.  On my Windows XP system,
>> there are times when Firefox will not load www.bloomberg.com.  There, I
>> can switch to Internet Explorer, which always loads the page.
>>  Endeavoring to move from Windows to Ubuntu, but now I have the same issue
>> on Ubuntu.
>>  I suspect the issue has to do with an introductory Advertisement that is
>> on bloomberg some times - usually a video.
>>  For me, access to bloomberg is essential.
>>  .
>>
>>  ProblemType: Bug
>>  Architecture: i386
>>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
>>  Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
>>  ProcEnviron:
>>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>>   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>>  SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
>>  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>> +
>> + WORKAROUND:
>> + <Thanks to Zyan (Upstream)>
>> + The only way to resolve it is to clear the cache, e.g. via Tools ->
>> Options...
>> + -> Advanced -> Network -> Offline Storage -> Clear Now, which immediately
>> fixes
>> + the problem.  As soon as the cache is cleared, visiting
>> www.bloomberg.com works
>> + perfectly again, so there must be something in relation to cached data
>> causing
>> + the problems.
>>
>> --
>> http://www.bloomberg.com will not load -- Content Encoding Error
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375784
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>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: New
>> Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>>
>> This problem has been occurring for months.  On my Windows XP system, there
>> are times when Firefox will not load www.bloomberg.com.  There, I can
>> switch to Internet Explorer, which always loads the page.
>> Endeavoring to move from Windows to Ubuntu, but now I have the same issue
>> on Ubuntu.
>> I suspect the issue has to do with an introductory Advertisement that is on
>> bloomberg some times - usually a video.
>> For me, access to bloomberg is essential.
>> .
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> Architecture: i386
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
>> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
>> ProcEnviron:
>>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>>  LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>>  SHELL=/bin/bash
>> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>>
>> WORKAROUND:
>> <Thanks to Zyan (Upstream)>
>> The only way to resolve it is to clear the cache, e.g. via Tools ->
>> Options...
>> -> Advanced -> Network -> Offline Storage -> Clear Now, which immediately
>> fixes
>> the problem.  As soon as the cache is cleared, visiting www.bloomberg.comworks
>> perfectly again, so there must be something in relation to cached data
>> causing
>> the problems.
>>
>>     
>
>   
You can try the workaround that I added to the description from someone
that had the same problem.

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