http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/121912-facebook-timeline-265257.html

Facebook bans developer of timeline-cleaning browser extension

Creator of FB Purity says he's about to be booted from the social network.
The developer of a browser extension that lets Facebook users block some types of content from their newsfeeds called Fluff-Busting Purity says the social network's legal department has banned him from the site, accusing him of violating the terms of service.

there were a lot of annoying features that I didn't like about the site, so as a web developer by trade, decided to fix them via the magic of a Greasemonkey User Script, which is basically a small program that you load in your browser that alters the way specific web pages look or behave," he explained to Network World in an email.

The fact that Fernandez's extension doesn't use Facebook's official API means this isn't his first clash with the site's administrators. He was banned in February, though he regained access to his account two weeks later. In April, Facebook began to block links to his website, calling it "spammy or abusive."

"The original reason I developed the extension in the first place was to make it easier and less annoying to use Facebook for myself, the fact other people liked it too was just a bonus," he says. "They need to accept that users are going to use browser extensions on their site, and there's not much they can really do about it."

default browser has been set to Chrome. OK but you may need to all-so tell windows in XP go Add or Remove Programs, Click Set Program Access and Defaults (add in Chrome)

I just installed todays Giveaway and the activation went to Chrome, as always. It launches Firefox for you even though Chrome is running? Sorry, I have no idea why. I can only say that it doesn't happen to me and I don't think it's normal.

I've never had that problem and I have been downloading for years. I do hope someone can help you solve this.

For years GOTD's installation program insisted on launching Internet Explorer to open a page after finishing. About a year ago (if I remember right) it changed to using the default browser setting.

Hint: that's the right way to do it.

A couple of weeks ago it changed behavior again. Now it insists on launching Firefox to show the GOTD page after installation.

Through all these changes my default browser has been set to Chrome. I don't want to launch other browsers unless I do it deliberately.

Please fix this so it respects my default browser setting. Thank you.

My favorite Chrome addons is stumble upon and addthis. What's Your's.

Idunnobutiwastold Thank did have the pdf on Firefox Chrome so on The Makeuseof website is good put you name down and get the pdfs not just pdf ebooks as well have over 7 GB

Thanks Hotdoge3. :)
My struggle with newer versions of Firefox goes on. It's no biggie, though.

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The Makeuseof website publishes downloadable (albeit "unofficial") guides that cover a number of topics:

eBooks Download Page (requires registration via email):
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download

Download Link ~ "Browsing at Warp Speed: Your Guide to Chrome".
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/browsing-at-warp-speed-your-guide-to-chrome

Download Link ~ "Tackling Firefox: The Unofficial Manual"
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/tackling-firefox-the-unofficial-manual

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Here's an online game by Google Labs called Cube. It uses city maps as a tilting labyrinth for a virtual rolling marble.

Online Game by Google Labs:
http://www.playmapscube.com/

Tilt is a game by another developer which shares the tilt & roll concept and it can be played online here:
http://devm-games.com/#tilt
http://devm-games.com/

For Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/ will make sure that your add-ons are not disabled when updating to a new version of the program. There is, of course, no guarantee that add-ons will work with the new version but, in the past year of using this, I have only had a problem with one of those that I use.

Thank you so much, BitBullet, hotdoge3, Idunnobutiwastold and Jaddis for all the info. Looks like I have some reading to do.

Here are my favorites:

WOT
LastPass
Flag for Chrome
Define your own new tab!

I also sometimes use:
Lightshot (screenshot tool)
Edit This Cookie

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_firefox

The Firefox folder that contains temporary data ( *.mfl files, Cache and Updates), located here: Important: Make sure you delete the Firefox folder under Local Settings or Local. Deleting the wrong folder will remove your user profile data!

Windows 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox
Windows 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox

Windows 7/Vista: The C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox folder [5] (if it exists)
Windows XP and above: Delete all C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\FIREFOX* files

Bad,Addons, http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

You only need to do this if you if firefox goes bad most times you can fix it do up date Flash Player IE & Firefox is a plugin as far as I know it goes in to IE
try for a day or 2 if ok add on one add-on at a time and test

Idunnobutiwastold

if you need to go to new with Firefox Take out can use RevoUninstaller but you still need to go and Delete

Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:

(32-bit Windows) C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
(64-bit Windows) C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox

Documents and Settings > C:\Documents and Settings\You*\Application Data > Mozilla Delete only Mozilla or Firefox have a look on my PC its Moonchild Productions as I use Palemoon PS You* be Idunnobutiwastold or your name

Firefox 3.6.28 and Firefox 12 are the last versions of Firefox that will work with the original version of Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 1. They won't be updated with security and stability fixes. To keep your computer and personal information safe, we recommend that you upgrade for free to Windows XP Service Pack 3 and install the latest Firefox

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/avoid-crashes-tips-and-tricks

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-crashes-troubleshoot-prevent-and-get-help?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Firefox+crashes

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/why-do-i-have-two-versions-of-firefox

Why do I have two versions of Firefox in my Windows Control Panel?

This is a bug that will be fixed in a future release so there is no need to do anything.

I only have the "mainstream" plugins installed in Google Chrome, but additional browser settings can be accessed by entering this command in the navigation bar:

chrome://about/

Here's a link to an article entitled The Best Google Chrome Extensions 2012.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358592,00.asp

fist some info https://www.youtube.com/ " best firefox addons 2012 or best firefox addons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Firefox_extensions

Bad,Addons, http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

Better Privacy "Super-Cooke-Safeguard" Ghostery "webbugs'

DownThemAll, UnPlug "Download mp4, flv, webm so like you get from YouTube so on.

WOT, Bitdefender TrafficLight "to stop spyware"

NoScript, RequestPolicy "its like NoScript use as well"

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-adblock/?src=cb-dl-users Simple Adblock 1.0.5
We are currently working on fixing the memory comsuption. may be fix

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/trueblock-plus/?src=cb-dl-users Trueblock Plus 2.0.2

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/alertcheck/?src=cb-dl-users
AlertCheck 1.1 by mike_conley
Gives you the option of blocking repetitive alert(), confirm(), and prompt() dialogs. Lets you escape from those pesky, infinite spam loops!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy/?src=cb-dl-users
RequestPolicy 0.5.27 by Justin Samuel
Be in control of which cross-site requests are allowed. Improve the privacy of your browsing by not letting other sites know your browsing habits. Secure yourself from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and other attacks.

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/20960#post-115545

* so how not to get it # 1 it iFrame_Injections best why to stop that on you PC is get Firefox & NoScript go to Options > Embeddings > Forbid <iFrame> all so good Forbid Frame
you only need it for YouTube its in a Frame. You can all so add RequestPolicy will stop redirects. and Adblock Plus

Check out the following video by our own Chet Wisniewski, which shows how malicious iFrames work::YouTube if you like to be safe with Firefox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_cBed6-ufIQ

We show you how iFrames and script tags are being used to infect websites and inflict harm on innocent web servers, this event typically being called drive-by attacks.

Security: NotScripts for Chrome, Adblock Plus, WOT (Web of Trust)

Bookmarks: Neat Bookmarks, Xmarks

Graphics: Awesome Screenshot, Search By Image (Google), TinEye Reverse Image Search

Video: DivX Plus Web Player, Turn Off Lights

I'll just go through the list that I use. I like to keep it down to keep memory usage down.
Xmarks (so firefox and chrome are synchronized)
Lastpass
Unity Media Magic Keys. I love this one. It recognizes when you are playing music (it supports lots and lots of sites), and lets you control it from any chrome browser you have open AND with your keyboard media keys if your keyboard has play/pause/skip buttons no matter if chrome is the active window or not.
I disable/enable adblock quite frequently. If the site I am on has annoying ads, then I enable it. (Reason: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtqlU_wT-oo )
FlashBlock. This makes browsing lots faster
Rapport. This is to protect me and the passwords I use on important websites (main email, bank account)

Over 4 years ago The Wabbit started a post about "What's your favorite firefox plug-in?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3534#post-36538 and lots of our techie and non techie community members posted helpful responses.

Well times have changed and I still like Firefox(it's still my default for now) but things keep breaking or it keeps crashing. And then ALL the versions changes and then your add ons wouldn't work. I went to Version 17 and now my search and half my tabs won't work. Videos may work..or NOT. I am getting frustrated.

So I am trying out Chrome.(I didn't want too but.. You listening, Firefox???) I like the Google PlayStore for Android apps but I find for Chrome addons there isn't info or I can't find what I am looking for. I need addons for security, downloads, videos, what to use for a backup, snapshot captures.... You name it. I especially need one to make shortcuts/deskcuts of web sites. I use that for Wabbit's reviews of games. I like to keep his reviews in a zip WITH the game.I already have AdBlock Plus, Evernote and a few others. I am using "The Lord Of the Rings" theme. :)

Anyone want to share their top 10 or 20 Chrome addon/plugin? What's your favorite? Which one or 10 can you NOT live without?? Or give me a site that lists some great addons..I am desperate.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/18/apple-gets-aggressive-latest-os-x-java-security-update-rips-out-browser-support/

Apple gets aggressive - latest OS X Java security update rips out browser support

Once Oracle has patched Java, Apple then sucks the changes into its Java code tree and issues its own updates, but you can never be quite sure how long that's going to take.
Apple infamously took until April 2012 to push out a patch that had been available to everyone else since February, thus leaving a lengthy window of opportunity for malware authors. The crooks used this window (no pun intended) to build a giant-sized botnet of Macs infected with a Trojan known as OSX/Flshplyr-B.

For some time, Naked Security's advice has been to get rid of Java altogether if you don't need it, or to ban it from your browser if you use Java only for running pre-installed applications.

Keeping Java out of your browser removes the risk of hostile applets - special stripped-down Java programs embedded into web pages.

http://lifehacker.com/5825280/enable-direct2d-and-directwrite-hardware-acceleration-for-better-graphics-performance-in-firefox

Enable Direct2D and DirectWrite Hardware Acceleration for Better Graphics Performance in Firefox

http://www.addictivetips.com/internet-tips/enable-firefox-hardware-accelerated-graphics/

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2011/03/microsoft_stop_makin.html

microsoft, stop making bullshit claims about hardware acceleration

I'm sure Microsoft is very proud of IE's hardware acceleration but their marketers are taking it a step too far when they lie about Firefox's hardware acceleration and mislead people about their own.

You can get more technical details over at Robert's blog, here and here. [just click]

http://us.generation-nt.com/ie9-firefox-hardware-acceleration-gpu-news-2792941.html

Is IE9 and full GPU acceleration just marketing?
March 11th, 2011 - 11:55 am ET by J. G.

A Mozilla developer is certainly stirring up trouble by accusing Microsoft of falsely advertising the benefits of Internet Explorer 9 when it comes to full hardware acceleration.

While Microsoft has claimed that IE9 comes with full hardware acceleration, it is this claim which rubs Mozilla developer Robert O'Callahan the wrong way. For him, the claims are "nonsense" and are nothing more than a false marketing claim.

He writes "Microsoft's claim to hardware-accelerate "the entire Web platform" was always ridiculous because "the entire Web platform" contains features like HTML parsing, JavaScript execution, and DOM manipulation which are simply not suitable to run on today's GPUs, and IE9 does not do so". […] “Microsoft's disdainful statement that "[other browsers are] choosing to accelerate only pieces of the Web platform" is hypocritical, because that's exactly what they do themselves.”

You can also see what graphic card or gaphics chip you have by typing dxdiag into the search field. (see diagram 1 below); many off the shelf computers only use the onboard graphics chip rather than a card as most motherboards have one as standard. It's only the really expensive gaming motherboards that tend to omit the graphics chip as they know gamers will use a graphics card. (When you install a graphics card the onboard graphics chip is automatically bypassed and becomes redundant))

Diagram 1:

This brings up the Direct X diagnostics pane. (see diagram 2 below) Click on the display panel to see what graphics card you are using. Usually it or they {if you are using more than one graphics card - usually set up as crossfire (ASUS-ATI) or in SLI (NVIDIA)} will either be a NVIDIA or ATI card (ATI are now known as AMD, so later cards will show that instead of ATI). Once you know the model and manufacturer just Google the manufacturer and find the link to drivers. You will find this on the front page.

Diagram 2:

N.B.

(you may see more than one display tab, that would indicate that you have more than one graphics card)

Usually you will need to input details such as the model of the card and the operating system you are using. Once that's done you'll get a link to download the file. both NVIDIA and ATI (AAMD) drivers are bundled together will clients and other useful software.

NVIDIA:

You can find the driver page for NVIDIA chips HERE

ATI (AMD):

You can find the drivers for ATI/AMD cards HERE

p.s. just noticed I'd forgotten to install the latest driver which I downloaded a few weeks ago. yYu can see the date of the graphis driver on the diagnostics pane. This will tell you whether you need to download the latest driver as they are always dated.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Internet-Explorer-10-Is-the-Fastest-Browser-Better-than-Chrome-20-and-Firefox-13-293242.shtml

Internet Explorer 10 Is the Fastest Browser, Better Than Chrome 20 and Firefox 13 (I have Firefox 15.0.2.0) old test ?

Internet Explorer 10 is only available in Windows 8

Website performance analysis company Strangeloop recently performed a new test with the most popular browsers on the Internet, revealing that Internet Explorer 10 is the fastest app of its kind at this moment.

No less than 2,000 retail websites have been included in the test, based on their ranking on Alexa.com. Strangeloop used WebPagetest to measure page loading times of Google Chrome 20, Firefox 13 and Internet Explorer versions 7 to 10.

The results are a bit surprising, as IE10 was named the fastest browser on the Internet because it loads pages 8 percent quicker than Google Chrome 20. IE10 was also faster than Firefox 13, according to the long report released by Strangeloop.

The average page loading time for Internet Explorer 10 is 6.392 seconds, while Firefox comes second with 6.395 seconds. Google Chrome 20 is “the slowest” of the three, with an average time of 6.906 seconds.

What's more, Strangeloop says that websites are loading 9 percent slower than in 2011, despite the clear evolution of today's web browsers. This happens because pages feature much more complex content, including large and HD media files.

The only problem, however, with Internet Explorer 10 is that it is available only for Windows 8 users

You 1st need to know what graphics hardware you have... If you didn't buy & add a graphics card yourself: You can check Control Panel -> Device Mgr. -> Display adapters. You can use a utility like Speccy -- graylox just posted about a new version. You can hunt up the specifications for your PC/laptop on the manufacturer's site &/or using Google. If you have a PC with a separate graphics card [vs. on-board graphics] you can look at it & write down the numbers.

Especially if you have a notebook, it's often very helpful to use Google/Bing & find out what other people with the exact same notebook or PC are using &/or updating to when it comes to graphics drivers.

If you have AMD/ATI graphics hardware the official site, amd.com, has a driver menu in the upper right -- I also keep an eye on the rage3d.com driver forum, where I've found leaked or unofficial beta drivers that sometimes have worked better than the official releases, but beware the forum itself since some of the members don't deserve an A+ for a likeable personality. http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=59 . Recent versions of ATI's Catalyst Control Center can notify you if there's a newer version available, BUT, there doesn't seem to be a way to get it to check for newer versions on demand.

Finding Intel graphics drivers can be confusing... They do have an auto-detect page here, but I haven't had an Intel CPU with built-in graphics long enough to know how accurate it is http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect . Otherwise their download center is here http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Default.aspx?lang=eng , but to use it I have to 1) select graphics, 2) select desktop graphics drivers, & 3) select 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics 3000/2000. I have to know that I want desktop graphics drivers from the 4 choices given, & I have to know I've got a 2nd generation CPU. I can also check the driver page for my main or mother board at msi.com, but their listings are usually a few months out of date, And, they use their own version numbers that don't correspond to Intel's driver downloads.

The official Nvidia download page is here http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us -- WR might know if there are other sites/places that might be better.

Note that many [most] systems have audio hardware either built-into or coupled with the graphics hardware -- this is to maintain DRM requirements for HD video + audio using HDCP -- & the required audio drivers are usually included with the graphics drivers. I've never run Nvidia, but after years running ATI I strongly suggest a full backup before updating their drivers -- it's not that they're that trouble prone [I haven't had to restore a backup because I updated ATI drivers for several years now], but because if you have to go back to an earlier version, worst case, without a backup you could be talking a day, a day & 1/2 of work [scouring the registry, removing .NET completely, scouring left over files etc., then putting .NET + all updates back]... been there, done that, & I was not a nice person to be around at the time.

If/when you try to update drivers through Device Mgr., there's automatic, which will look for something compatible at Microsoft Update, & there's manual where you browse to a folder holding driver setup files you for example already downloaded. The manual way can be OK if you're having problems getting something like an Intel update to take, but as possible try to stay away from Microsoft Update for drivers -- they're normally the barest minimum & I've had them cause all sorts of problems with ATI hardware, e.g. the official set from AMD.com refusing to install afterwards.

Speaking of driver updates, how do we do that. I usually go to the driver and click on update, but there never seems to be any. Maybe my drivers are out of date and I need to get new ones. ???

Is there a website to check for the latest?

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I agree with you Mikiem. Despite having a high end pair of graphics cards (with a total of 6GB of gRAM, I really don't see much improvement. I see many gamers complaining that many AAA PC games are dumbed down (graphically) console versions, but to me those very same games look amazing. It could be that they aren't keeping up with driver updates. I usually update mine within a few weeks of any new release. I have come across problems with some new games which have usually resulted in a driver update which has sorted the problem.

Thanks!

I think this is interesting because it reflects how many people are using outdated graphics drivers. Some probably don't know to update, or at least that's likely what ATI thought when they added an auto-update feature to their Catalyst driverset. It might also reflect user apathy since ATI this summer stopped releasing monthly updates -- maybe they figure it just wasn't worth it for the numbers of people who downloaded & installed new drivers each month?

I find the info useful because whenever someone(s) complains about something not working right I now know that odds are they're using old drivers & that could be most or all of their problem -- not whatever soft or hardware. Practically speaking, over the last couple years graphics hardware assist in most any browser has proven to sometimes be more trouble than it's worth IMHO, so not being able to use it maybe isn't such a huge deal.

Whenever I visit graphics hardware &/or game forums & such there are always complaints about hardware accel not working properly in whatever games, & it's the same with video software that can use GPU assist. With games &/or video, that assist is usually worth the hassles many folks go through to get it working, but for web browsers I'm not so sure it's worth the effort. While it's fairly easy to turn GPU assist off in ie9 & FireFox, I'm not sure how many even know that there are Option menus where they'll find the control to turn it on/off. I don't believe most people know that you can turn off hardware accel in Flash by visiting a web page that uses Flash, then right click the Flash video player or whatever & then use the pop-up menu. So if/when they have a problem they have to go through the whole process of getting help &/or searching the web etc. Yet if/when that hardware assist does work, I think most people would be hard pressed to notice the improvement -- for them it's just something else to break.

http://www.conceivablytech.com/10356/products/only-30-of-firefox-users-can-access-browser-hardware-acceleration

Only 30% of Firefox Users Can Access Browser Hardware Acceleration and less than 60% can run WebGL.

https://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/mozilla-and-google-accuse-microsoft-of-unfair-browser-competition/4995

Mozilla and Google accuse Microsoft of unfair browser competition
Summary: Microsoft will restrict third-party browsers like Firefox and Chrome to the Metro sandbox in Windows 8 for ARM devices, while treating Internet Explorer 10 as an “intrinsic feature” of Windows. Mozilla and its primary backer, Google, say that’s not fair.

With Windows 8, is Microsoft returning to its monopolistic roots?
Both Mozilla and Google have announced plans to create “Metro style enabled desktop browsers” for Windows 8 on x86 and x64 platforms. Like Internet Explorer 10
But modern browsers rely on much more than the GPU for performance. Dotzler’s fear is that third-party Metro style browsers like Firefox will be hobbled, performance-wise, because they’ll be unable to use the same performance-enhancing techniques they use currently.

Dotzler accuses Microsoft of deliberately violating “the promises they made to developers, users, and OEMs about browser choice in documents which mysteriously disappeared from Microsoft’s site.”

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2173793/mozilla-chrome-accuse-microsoft-blocking-browser-choice-windows

Mozilla and Google accuse Microsoft of blocking browser choice in Windows 8

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57431236-92/microsoft-bans-firefox-on-arm-based-windows-mozilla-says/

http://www.itworld.com/software/266362/whats-fastest-browser-maybe-youre-measuring-wrong?page=0,2

In their official stable versions, IE9 and Chrome used the most memory in the 15-tab scenario. (Expect that number increase drastically if you're the type who swiches between 40 or more tabs.) Firefox 10, however, beat them all: It consumed around half (!) of the memory that the others needed in this scenario. Although its basic resource usage ran at 68 MB, it scaled quite well up to 218 MB when loading five tabs.