[rollei_list] Re: OT Firefox
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:01:37 -0700
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From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:46 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT Firefox
At 04:27 PM 9/1/2009, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> Even the current version of FF is slow loading and
also
>slow to relenquish memory when closed. I don't know why,
>maybe its just big. It is faster than the version we had
for
>a time which was exceptionally slow.
> I still prefer FF to IE especially since I can run Ad
>Block Plus on it.
I was an early user of FireFox and loved
it. Then, about four months back, it refused to
allow me to do anything of a secure nature and
told me my security settings were improperly
set. I have done everything I could think of to
correct this, from unistalling it and
reinstalling a new version to contacting the
Mozilla "help" section and is that a losing
proposition! Mozilla Help makes Microsoft Help
seem positively forthcoming and user-friendly.
NetScape is now spurlos versunkt, but I did have
a late copy installed -- NetScape and I go back
to the days before IE existed -- so now I have to
use either IE or NetScape when I want to order
something online or check my bank balance. And
the current version of IE is quite unstable.
It's enough to make me yearn for the days of pen
and paper and typewriters and chisels and stone
tablets and, yes, chemical darkrooms and film cameras ....
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
The problem is that Windows often does not really
completely un-install programs because it stores parts of
them all over. Often, when you think you have done a
complete replacement of a program you find that it still has
the same settings. I don't know a good cure for this.
I use FF for just about everything including a number
of "secure" sites such as on-line banking. Also, sometimes
what looks like a problem with one program is actually
coming from another. For instance, I could not install
AdBlock Plus until I had a problem with Zone Alarm and
completely re-installed it. After that all sorts of problems
went away. You might try uninstalling and re-installing any
firewalls or anti-virus programs you are running. They can
sit in the background and raise hob with all sorts of
things.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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