It seems like for at least a couple of years now, I've had problems when trying to login to newegg.com with Firefox. Across different installs of Firefox, on Windows, OS X, and Linux, etc.. no matter what I tried, Firefox just didn't work at all. Today after my typical google search session, I did find a couple of solutions which took quite awhile to track down. If you're having problems logging into to Newegg, give these a try:
Easy solution:
In the address bar of Firefox, type:
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about:config
Search or scroll down to the section called "network.http.sendRefererHeader" and change this value to 1.
For some reason, this was set to 2 on my machine.
Annoying solution:
Something is probably corrupt in your Firefox profile. Given that you're the type of person who shops at newegg, AND uses firefox, you can probably figure out how to create a new profile on your own.
Anyhow, give those a try and see if they work. It's nice to be able to shop on Newegg again with Firefox!
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Thanks for the tip.
I was having no luck with newegg, and yes, it was because I had set the referrer to 0 (no referrer data is sent).
Anyway, all fixed now
No problem! It drove me crazy for months and figured some other people out there would also find it useful.
You are the AWESOMEST person ever. I am eternally grateful.
No problem Dan-- glad I could help.
WOW i will NEVER know why or how that value was changed.. but it worked like a charm! thank you sir!
thanks so much I was getting really annoyed with that
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GREAT JOB!!
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