Firefox Redirecting Localhost and How To Solve It

• Dec 9th, 2010
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• Web development

Recently experienced Firefox redirecting localhost to something completely else, like localhost.com?

Fear no more. This is how you solve it:

1. In Firefox, type about:config in the address bar and press enter.
2. Find browser.fixup.alternate.enabled and set it to false.
3. Done!

Note: this problem most often occur when using other urls than http://localhost for your development websites.