-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go to Help Menu -> select Restart with Add-ons Disabled

Firefox will close then it will open up with just basic Firefox. Now do this:

-> Update ALL your Firefox Plug-ins https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/

-> go to View Menu -> Zoom -> click Reset -> Page Style -> select Basic Page Style

-> go to View Menu -> Toolbars -> unselect All Unwanted/Incompatible Toolbars

-> go to Tools Menu -> Clear Recent History -> Time range to clear: select "EVERYTHING" -> click Details (small arrow) button -> place Checkmarks on Cookies, Cache, Site Preferences -> click Clear Now

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Content -> place Checkmarks on:

1) Block Pop-up windows 2) Load images automatically 3) Enable JavaScript

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Privacy -> History section -> Firefox will: select "Remember History"

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Security -> place Checkmarks on:

1) Warn me when sites try to install add-ons 2) Block reported attack sites 3) Block reported web forgeries

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Offline Storage (Cache): click Clear Now button

-> Click OK on Options window

-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Extensions section -> REMOVE All Unwanted/Suspicious/Incompatible Extensions (Add-ons)

-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Appearance section -> REMOVE All Unwanted/Suspicious/Incompatible Themes (Persona)

-> Restart Firefox

You can enable your Known & Trustworthy Add-ons and Themes later. Check and tell if its working.

The text area on this website uses a rather faint background image to show it (actually it hides the border of the text area: #question-reply textarea{background:none;border:none;margin:15px 0 0;resize:vertical;}).
Other web pages may also use CSS code for text areas that causes them harder to see.

You can test that by (temporarily) disabling website colors.

• Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [ ] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"

You try the NoSquint extension to set font sizes (text/page zoom) and text colors on web pages.

• NoSquint: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/

Unfortunately, it did not work...any other suggestions though? I appreciate the help - truly

2 issues with this solution. First, it removes all graphics from the page - this is no good for my school. Second, it works for the page I am on at the moment when I request the change however if I leave the page/tab the previous settings return. So this won't work either -- anything else you can think of? Thank you for the input - greatly appreciated

Images or animations do not load

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Images_or_animations_do_not_load

Check and tell if its working.

I tried the solutions on the link that were/are suggested and ... no solution..

try Creating a New Firefox Profile and check things out there

Managing Profiles

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles

Check and tell if its working.

You could try doing the following if you think it might help.

1. If you can't see the text links at the top of the toolbar, press the ALT key.
   
   
2. Next, click View | Page Style and choose "No Style"
   
   
3. The page will revert to the way it looks in the screenshot.
   
   
4. To revert to the previous view, repeat step 2, but choose "Basic Page Style" which is the default setting.
   

It may help you see the outline of the message box.

If this suggestion fixes the problem for you, please click the Solved it button next to this post after you log in into the forum. This will help others searching for a solution to the same subject.

Thanks

All details are removed from the page including text boxes are removed; good suggestion, won't work though = thanks

How would/could this assist? I've never had a Mozilla profile until I setup an account to report this issue? Please advise. thanks

all details of creating a new Firefox Profiles is briefly provided in the link i posted earlier. Open this link in another web browser (IE, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc.) and Close Firefox (ALT + F -> Exit)

Managing Profiles

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles

Follow this link till you have Created a New Firefox Profile, then Open Firefox with your Newly Created Profile as described in this link in the beginning.

Check and tell if its working.

Can you attach a screenshot?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot

Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot and make sure that you do not exceed the maximum file size (1 MB).