I.E. vs Firefox

[Opus106]

Do you have automatic updates turned on? If you do some extensions or plugins might be broken by the newest version. It might be better to turn off the automatic feature and use "Ask me what to do" instead.   

To check if the trouble is caused by an extension, open Firefox in safe mode and see if you face the same problem.

[ezodisy]

Thanks for the suggestions. I used safe mode and the videos worked, so I tried to disable some add-ons that didn't appear essential but it hasn't helped. The only extension I use is the tab mix one. It's a bloody nuisance. If I use videos first thing after opening the browser, everythign appears okay. Then I log into a website which activates Java, and at some point later in the day videos stop working (they start, then stop and get jammed soon after). This happens to all videos, except ones on the BBC which run but without sound. Only way to correct it is to clear all data and restart Firefox. This is why I thought that updating Java would help as I use a website that I have to keep open which runs Java, and it is only after this website becomes active that videos stop working. Anyway I'm not sure what to do from here. Already clean installed and it didn't help.

[Opus106]

ezodisy, does installing the latest dev-build of TMP help? (assuming that it is the extension that is causing the problem.)

[ezodisy]

Thanks opus, I've upgraded and will see how I get on. I've also disabled another add-on, "Windows Media Player Plug-in dynamic link library", which was installed before I recently added "Microsoft windows media player firefox plug-in". I don't think I need both, so I've disabled the earlier one which was there when the problems started.

[drogulus]

    I just downloaded the new Google browser, called Chrome. It's the fastest I've ever used. You can get the Beta here.

[SonicMan46]

    I just downloaded the new Google browser, called Chrome. It's the fastest I've ever used. You can get the Beta here.

Yep, short articles this AM in both my local paper & in USA Today w/ positive comments - certainly will be a strong consideration, esp. if the browser is fast & more secure - but, I'll wait until a non-beta version is released  before 'pulling the trigger' - 

[drogulus]

     No, you must use the Beta! 

     Hmmm...the preview box is borked. See, would you really want to miss out on things like that? 
     

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

You can download the latest build here: http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/
Just unzip the zip file and start.

It does not offer many functions like Opera for me. But good there's some movement in the broser market. IE8b2 is pretty good as well. Really, I was surprised, you should try it.

[rickardg]

I'll wait until a non-beta version is released  before 'pulling the trigger' - 

You might have to wait a while, Google Mail was launched in 2004 and is still in beta!

[rickardg]

     Hmmm...the preview box is borked.

Figures, it's broken in Safari too. Probably some bug in the forum software that only affects WebKit.

[Opus106]

I signed up for their mailing list. No version for Linux yet.

[drogulus]

Figures, it's broken in Safari too. Probably some bug in the forum software that only affects WebKit.

     Yes, it's the same problem. Posting works, though.

     

You can download the latest build here: http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/
Just unzip the zip file and start.

It does not offer many functions like Opera for me. But good there's some movement in the broser market. IE8b2 is pretty good as well. Really, I was surprised, you should try it.

     I uninstalled Chrome and installed Chromium (latest build). So far this is a pretty bare bones piece of software. I'll keep track of the updates and see how it develops. It's funny, you can't embed images in Gmail with this browser. I have to use FF 2 for that.

[ezodisy]

Any thoughts on the Roboform add-on?

[Great Gable]

Any thoughts on the Roboform add-on?

Well it works - what else did you need to know?

[ezodisy]

Well it works - what else did you need to know?

I don't know, something like "I couldn't browse the internet without it", something like that.

[Great Gable]

I don't know, something like "I couldn't browse the internet without it", something like that.

As much as I'd like to oblige...

Let's just say that before I got the plugin I could only use Firefox's password saver. That meant I had to look up all passwords within Roboform each time I accessed a site for the first time with FF. With the add-on I could enter the password with Roboform and then FF would ask if I wanted to save also, which I did. The nett result is that I am using FF's password saver more and more than Roboform's now.

[Papageno]

I'd suggest either Google Chrome or Apple Safari

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Well, you could also use Opera, it's called "wand" there. The encrypted file which holds the password is wand.dat. You can also set a master password there.

[ezodisy]

Question: you know when you have a lot of windows open at the bottom on the menu bar and you open one more and they suddenly collect into a single panel which you then have to click to see all the rest....Is there a way to stop that so that they don't move into a single panel? It is getting annoying

[Gurn Blanston]

Question: you know when you have a lot of windows open at the bottom on the menu bar and you open one more and they suddenly collect into a single panel which you then have to click to see all the rest....Is there a way to stop that so that they don't move into a single panel? It is getting annoying

If you are talking about in Windows XP, it's easy as can be. Right click your taskbar, choose properties, then uncheck the box that says "group similar icons". If you are talking Firefox, well, I have never seen that behaviour, so I haven't a clue