[PCWorks] FireFox problems with file types, and saving Cookies

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 01:06:08 -0500

This is why I can never use FireFox as my main browser. :-|

Problem 1: There are several sites that I sometimes view in FF, and they 
require a login therefore a SAVED Cookie to be STORED.  IE has all kinds 
of features where you can add sites to the Restricted Sites Zone or 
Trusted sites or Internet Zone, and add sites to another list where you 
can state to either allows allow or always block certain Cookies.  Why 
does FF have no such options?  How are you supposed to tell it to always 
block certain Cookies, always accept certain Cookies but DELETE them 
when closing, or always KEEP certain Cookies?  "IE Privacy Keeper" works 
for FF, but for some reason Cookies stopped showing up it in so I can no 
longer check boxes next to Cookies to keep them so I have to rely on FF 
for this, but that doesn't seem possible.

Another issue: Why can't you change the location of FF's temporary 
internet files folder as you can on IE?

Problem 2: Every single time anything is downloaded, I have to wait 
through this obnoxious annoying redundant unnecessary "virus scan", 
"Scanning file for viruses.....". ????  Where is this from, how did it 
get there, why no way of disabling this??  That's what (my) AV software 
is for, and does!  There is NO ADD-ON installed for this!  This appears 
to be something natively installed by FF.

Problem 3: Certain video file types refuse to simply just open and play. 
Instead there's this annoying box that pops up every time asking 
something about 'what do you want to do with this file', well how 'bout 
PLAY IT!  I KEEP checking the box "Always do this......" EVERY TIME, yet 
each time it keeps asking!  Under the "Applications" tab in FF options 
where there's a list of file types, even though I have Windows Media 
Player in the list, it will not allow me to CHOOSE it, it keeps staying 
at "Always ask"!  I click that, go to "Use other...." and select WMP, 
and yet it keeps sticking on and going back to "Always ask!  How is one 
supposed to get it to seamlessly open and play video files as IE does?

Thanks for any info,
-Clint

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