FeedFixed: Cannot Upload Photos to Facebook using Vista and Firefox - IE Tab Add-on Resolution
By Ian Lee on Oct 2, 2007 in Internet Marketing, Technology
There have been quick a few issues for users trying to upload photos in Facebook using Windows Vista and Firefox. Page load simply comes to a halt and Firefox crashes when adding photos and creating new albums. Until Firefox and/or Vista and/or Facebook has a true solution, here is a quick fix that works just as well.
1. Install IE Tab add-on for Firefox
Install the IE Tab add-on for Firefox - this add-on will allow you to open a Firefox tab that emulates Internet Explorer (IE). Web designers and developers use this powerful tool to see how web pages are displayed in IE while using Firefox.
2. Right Click and Open Link in IE Tab
After installing the add-on, Firefox will ask to be restarted. After that, you will be able to use Vista and Firefox to upload more photos to Facebook. Simply right click on ‘Add More Photos’ and you will see a tab menu pop up like so:
Click on ‘Open Link in IE Tab’. This will open a new Firefox tab that emulates IE. The Facebook album application will load so you can now create and upload new photos to your Facebook account. Note: You will be asked to log in to Facebook again in the new IE tab but it’s definitely easier than having to open the real IE. Double Note: The Firefox IE Tab add-on will also resolve crashes that occur during new photo album creations in Facebook.
That’s it. No more crashing when uploading photos or creating new albums in Facebook when using Windows Vista and Firefox.
Since many web applications are developed with Microsoft’s default web browser in mind, being able to bring back IE functionality of some web pages inside Firefox can be a huge time saver. The above Facebook issue is just one great example. Even if you do not have Facebook crashing issues when using Firefox, the IE Tab Add-on is still a tool worth installing.
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16 Comment(s)
By Blake Brannon on Oct 31, 2007 | Reply
I also use the IE tab add-on with Firefox, but only when I am forced to move from my Mac to PC.
I can’t stand when web developers build sites that only work with IE! It is very frustrating.
By mo on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
Thanks, I didn’t know it was happening for other people
By Chris on Dec 25, 2007 | Reply
I tried this but it didn’t work for me. The new page opens up in a new tab with the IE rendering engine, but Facebook never lets me login. :/ It redirects me to some error page.
If I open the page up and upload directly in IE it works, though. Sucks.
By Peter on Dec 28, 2007 | Reply
I was having this problem with Facebook on Firefox with Vista Home Premium. Today I had exactly the same crash on another site (it was a WebCT interface for my university) which also uses Java. I googled it and found this fix: http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/10/firefox-java-plugin-may-not-work-on-vista/
which I prefer because you only need to do it once. In summary, the problem occurs because Vista requires admin privileges to install Java, which if run normally, FF won’t have.
By Stacy on Dec 29, 2007 | Reply
After reading this, I went and tried to add pictures onto Facebook using Explorer instead of Firefox and it worked right away. So if you have both just use Explorer to add the pictures…
By Nikita on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply
Any idea on how to solve this problem on a Mac OSX, as I can’t seem to load pictures with Safari or Firefox….
By krysti on Feb 17, 2008 | Reply
thanks so much! i just got a new laptop and was so excited to finally get back to uploading pictures, and it just kept freezing. i really thought it was a problem with my computer. so glad to know its not! this worked right away!
By nina on Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
i can’t send emails (but can look at sent ones), can’t look up friends list, delete anything or send anything - help !!
By firefox free download on Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
i’ve always been a fan of the IEtab plug in. some of the sites only work it IE. so its a must that you upload this in your toolbar guys.
By firefox mozilla on Mar 2, 2008 | Reply
good thing there’s an IE tab.
By Daniel Pentecost on Mar 2, 2008 | Reply
This is also easily fixed by temporarily turning off the UAC in Vista, re-installing Java and opening a Java enabled page (like the Verify page on Java.com). That will allow Java to do it’s first-run initialization correctly and fix the problem.
By Laurie Deneschuk on Mar 6, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for this information - unfirtunately the current dowload does not work iwth version 3.0b3
By Susan on Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
Thanks SO much for this information.
I was having the worst time and was convinced it was just me… Only I’m not even using Vista - I am using an XP ‘downgrade’ that I installed through Vista though.
All good now, thanks again!
By SP on Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
You can also install the JAVA Software manually. This completely takes care of it!
http://www.java.com/en/download/
By Angela Young on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
This solved the problem of my Mozilla freezing and I am able to get to the upload photo screen. But for some reason, on this screen, the upload photo button just doesn’t work. I’ve selected the photo’s I wish to download (small pics) and clicked the terms box, but when the button is pressed - nothing happens?? Can someone help?
By Minrh on Mar 31, 2008 | Reply
I’m using XP and have tried using the IE Tab and have tried going through both IE and Firefox to upload photos and I still can’t. I get as far as the message saying “data sent” and then the page freezes. Any other suggestions?