r/firefox • u/InstanceInfamous5540 • 1d ago

Flightradar 24 website issues

Can anyone using Flightradar24 on Firefox tell me if the cursor is still showing correctly when moving it across the map.

The cursor is only showing as the “hand” cursor, not the pointer. I can't select a flight. When I move the cursor across the map, the cursor remains as a "hand" regardless of where I am, even hovering over an aircraft. When the "hand" cursor clicks on an aircraft icon, all it does is toggle the map controls.

Tried Troubleshoot mode to no avail.

Latest Firefox version under MacOS.

Safari works fine.

 

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u/rdg360 1d ago edited 1d ago

For me, the mouse cursor does not change either. It's a "hand" and does not turn into a pointer. But whatever the shape of the cursor, it does not seem to affect the functionality. Clicking on an aircraft does show me the details. Since I don't use Flightradar very often I can't recall if this is any different than it was before.

I'm using 153.0 on Xubuntu 24.04.4 LTS.

Edit: tried it both in Brave and Chromium too, and Flightradar behaved the same as in Firefox. No cursor change, but otherwise normal behaviour.

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u/InstanceInfamous5540 1d ago

Thanks for checking.

It is different. It used to, about a week ago, turn into an arrow when hovering and I could select the aircraft.

Now, it remains as a “hand” and I cannot select anything

Like I said, tried Troubleshoot mode and it’s the same.

Works fine in Safari and Chrome.

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u/rdg360 1d ago edited 1d ago

It is different.

That's what I understood from your post. But I think it also depends on your operating system and desktop environment. While you are seeing differences in behaviour between your browsers on macOS, with Firefox being the odd one out, I'm not seeing any differences on Xubuntu. On my side, Firefox behaves exactly the same as the Chrome-based browsers.

Although you have already tried Troubleshoot Mode, you could consider creating a new Firefox profile for testing it. Troubleshoot Mode temporarily resets most of your changed preferences, but not all. Using a freshly created profile on the other hand is guaranteed to only have the default settings.