Strange Firefox Web Address Box Problem

Biggins

i have Firefox installed. Latest version. Was working fine till this morning.
Now when I turn it on, no matter what site I am on, the usual site address box is blank as in the following pic:



I can type into it for example:



But because I can see the website I am on, I can't bookmark now anything.
Has anyone come across this problem and how have they solved it?

Note: I have checked for viruses/malware/etc. Turned off all skins/addons etc, to see would it make a difference. No joy.

Help?

spurious

Here are some other instances of people who had this problem:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=451171
http://www.appscout.com/2008/12/cant_add_bookmarks_in_firefox.php

yoyo

Do you use Fast dial addon? THe version released on the 5th did the exact same thing to mine! And the dev claimed its a conflict with the addon IETab, I know you said you disabled addons, but if you use these two addons try getting the new version of Fast Dial fixed the issiue for me,

Nick

Biggins

yoyo wrote: »

Do you use Fast dial addon? THe version released on the 5th did the exact same thing to mine! And the dev claimed its a conflict with the addon IETab, I know you said you disabled addons, but if you use these two addons try getting the new version of Fast Dial fixed the issiue for me,

Nick

Thanks, BIG thanks. That solved the problem immediately for me.

inforfun

When i read the comments on that Fast Dial add-on i think you are better off without it...

Biggins

inforfun wrote: »

When i read the comments on that Fast Dial add-on i think you are better off without it...

It is very useful when you open up a new secondary tab.
When installing Firefox on people's systems I always change the toolbar layout slightly like below.



Using the "open a new tab" kicks in the Fast Dial for me. Save me aggro going looking for bookmarks.
I find it very useful indeed.

K-9

Use Speed Dial myself. Have the open new tab and also a speed dial button on my tool bar to speed up access.

Firetrap

Biggins wrote: »

It is very useful when you open up a new secondary tab.
When installing Firefox on people's systems I always change the toolbar layout slightly like below.



Using the "open a new tab" kicks in the Fast Dial for me. Save me aggro going looking for bookmarks.
I find it very useful indeed.

As an aside, what Firefox skin is that? It's lovely.

I'm disappointed with the Fast Dial add-on. I loved the old version and didn't think too deeply when it went for an update yesterday. The new one totally borked my system and I can't seem to find earlier non invasive versions of it anywhere

Biggins

Firetrap wrote: »

As an aside, what Firefox skin is that? It's lovely.

I'm disappointed with the Fast Dial add-on. I loved the old version and didn't think too deeply when it went for an update yesterday. The new one totally borked my system and I can't seem to find earlier non invasive versions of it anywhere

"Walnut for Firefox"

Earlier versions here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/5721

inforfun

Biggins wrote: »

It is very useful when you open up a new secondary tab.
When installing Firefox on people's systems I always change the toolbar layout slightly like below.



Using the "open a new tab" kicks in the Fast Dial for me. Save me aggro going looking for bookmarks.
I find it very useful indeed.

I can see that it is usefull.
I always check out add ons mentioned by others to see if i like it. This one seems usefull but the latest version is not exactly received well...
And because of that i said you might be better off without it.

Biggins

inforfun wrote: »

...And because of that i said you might be better off without it.

You could be right if its not working well in conjunction with the rest of your setup.
When it is working right, it's all good. Hope your able to get it sorted.

K-9

inforfun wrote: »

I can see that it is usefull.
I always check out add ons mentioned by others to see if i like it. This one seems usefull but the latest version is not exactly received well...
And because of that i said you might be better off without it.

Try Speed Dial. Very similar add on. No compatibility issues for me so far.