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I had the same problem. But then I figured out.. you need to enable Java.

I get a lot of runtime errors in IE though. Worked great in FF.

Java! Interesting. I did not use that since the 90s.

Ok, I enabled Java and reloaded. Then I got "download missing plugins" in that formerly empty space. I clicked on it and then got a window saying "The following plugins are available: Java Runtime Environment". In the meantime, in the background, the page got dark and displayed something about the fact that my session timed out. Anyway, I clicked "next" to continue to install Java. Then I got a screen saying "Java Runtime Environment Not Available".

Wow, even god has given up on Java.

I got all of that too. I think that Java thing is a Firefox problem. (I already had the latest Java installed). After that though my session just started (I still had time left).

I guess just try again and click through any warnings from FF. If Java works for you on other sites, it should probably work here.

We are going to add some feedback that will alert the user to the presence or non-presence of java.

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