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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Firefox - Recent Posts http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/firefox Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Firefox - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:02:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 engin1984 on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99345 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:47:49 +0000 engin1984 99345@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ i like 3x3 fast dial feature Robert on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99344 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:33:19 +0000 Robert 99344@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Nola, See if compacting the sql databases helps loading FF. CCleaner has a feature to compact FF's databases. Also try to clear cache&cookies on a regular base. Using a portable FF,like mikiem said, is my favorite way. (I keep a portable FF ever since FF 3 up till 9,and I keep switching from one version to another) Still.. on my old XP machine FF 3.26 tends to loads slower than the newer versions. Also..I'm using the "memory fox" addon to improve memory management,mainly because usually I have a lot tabs active. Just noticed PortableApps has a portable version of <a href="http://portableapps.com/news/2012-02-10_-_firefox_portable_10.0.1_released">FF 1O.01</a> ready for download. (so...wondering if the claim that all FF4 extensions will be compatible is true) Inas on "Request for Help - eMail Folders Visibility (FF & IE)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11211#post-99342 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:06:34 +0000 Inas 99342@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ yes, Robert, I am unable to view my Comcast webmail personal folders - so I'll do what you suggest and see what happens. By the way, I never use standalone progams anymore (whether Outlook or other ones) - in case of hard-drive crashes & potential loss of mail. Webmail is (and has been) my preferred method. Thanks for your advice. Robert on "Request for Help - eMail Folders Visibility (FF & IE)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11211#post-99340 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:50:27 +0000 Robert 99340@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ You're still puzzling me...lol..you mean you're using the webmail interface and you can't see any folders?Or you just can't you see any of your messages? Or are you using outlook or similar to retrieve/send messages? Anyways,you could try compatibility view in IE or/and clean up all cookies/cache(IE/FF)for the webmail interface. Inas on "Request for Help - eMail Folders Visibility (FF & IE)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11211#post-99338 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:29:11 +0000 Inas 99338@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Actually, it's my Comcast webmail on IE9 & FF10. All other webmail is fine. Thanks for any and all help you may provide - I'll also contact Comcast. delenn13 on "Request for Help - eMail Folders Visibility (FF & IE)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11211#post-99333 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:32:30 +0000 delenn13 99333@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I know nothing about AOL or MSN...Which email program? And what versions of IE and FF? Inas on "Request for Help - eMail Folders Visibility (FF & IE)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11211#post-99324 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:08:45 +0000 Inas 99324@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ bringing this back to top - doe someone know possible solutions? Thanks, in advance, for your help. delenn13 on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99320 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:43:48 +0000 delenn13 99320@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Guys, if only for security, you really need to update those browsers....as mikiem2 said. For my wayward add ons, I use Disable Add-on Compatibility Checks <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/</a> "About this Add-on While it used to be possible to disable add-on compatibility checking entirely, by setting the extensions.checkCompatibility preference to false, it is now necessary to set a different preference for each new application version. This add-on re-enables the functionality of extensions.checkCompatibility irrespective of the current application version and disables checking by default. Checking can be re-enabled by disabling the add-on (which can be done without a restart) or by toggling the preference. " And to help Firefox... Add-on Compatibility Reporter <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/?src=api" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/?src=api</a> "Help Mozilla make sure your favorite add-ons get updated for upcoming Firefox releases by using this extension to report whether they still work or are having some issues with alpha and beta releases." Inas on "Request for Help - eMail Folders Visibility (FF & IE)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11211#post-99285 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:37:33 +0000 Inas 99285@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi all, am hoping to pick your intelligent brains, if I may. Recently, my eMail folders have been invisible in FF & IE, but not in AOL or MSN. Am not sure what the problem is or what I may have done (if anything) to cause this. Would appreciate your thoughts on the matter - and thanks (in advance) for your help. Best, Inas mikiem2 on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99265 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:04 +0000 mikiem2 99265@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Firefox 10.0.1 is out <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-1001" rel="nofollow">http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-1001</a> - no release notes up yet [as I type this anyway] but AFAIK the 0.1 updates usually fix bugs & gotchas & such that slipped into a version release. <blockquote>... I am still using Firefox 3 ...</blockquote> Generally part of major version updates for each browser release, regardless brand, are security related. Far as browsers go, there are quite a few alternatives, many with portable versions so you can try them out before making the commitment to install. Many people forget about, or maybe never heard of Opera, plus there are several efforts that are based on major browsers but [probably not the best choice of words] re-imagined by another developer or developer team. Maxthon is one <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/maxthon-3342000" rel="nofollow">http://www.neowin.net/news/maxthon-3342000</a> but there are several others like Seamonkey -- you can get both of those in portable versions at portableapps.com. I don't know how up to date it is, but there's a table listing several alternative browsers at the bottom of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser</a> . Buzz on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99251 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:53:21 +0000 Buzz 99251@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Might be time for an update. Using v2.0.0.20 now. NolafromNZ on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99248 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:37 +0000 NolafromNZ 99248@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ As for Firefox, on this laptop (my main one) I am still using Firefox 3.something. And, yes, I have problems with it. Sometimes it refuses to load, so I just go to Chrome for that day which has all my imported tabs and bookmarks from Firefox. That makes Firefox sit up and take notice, and it usually behaves for the next few days. My daughter's baby laptop is running Firefox 9 but I suspect that I should have left it at Firefox 3. something too as it only has minimal 512mb ram and can't be upgraded (because the ram is netbook ram, hundreds of dollars to upgrade here, better to buy a new laptop.) So, it takes absolutely forever to load. (I'm talking 9 minutes from turning it on to having Firefox ready to go with 3 tabs maximum). So, I don't think I will be going to Firefox 10 any time soon, although my main laptop has 1.5gb. Both laptops run XP Pro. I am intending to purchase a new laptop later this year when I have saved enough money, probably by then it will be Windows 8 and Firefox 15, lol. NolafromNZ on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99246 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:40:51 +0000 NolafromNZ 99246@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thank you Graylox, I downloaded everything you so clearly listed out except for one item that I don't think I will need. (and that wasn't the backup program, which I already had an earlier version of). You wrote it all out so well, thank you for that. I'm away now to back up. Whiterabbit-uk on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99229 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:52:09 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 99229@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for the update. Inas on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99077 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:47:25 +0000 Inas 99077@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I also upgraded to FF10 and all is well, only 3 incompatible add-ons like you, Dragonlair. I love FF - much nicer than IE, in my humble opinion. Dragonlair on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99047 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:22:12 +0000 Dragonlair 99047@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I got upgraded easily and then checked my add-ons and plug-ins. Add-ons (only 3 or 4) were fine. I had my plug-ins check for updates (most are auto-installs from elsewhere and are unknown to Firefox). It did say my Java and Silverlight were outdated so I updated them. (with FF not loaded). It took a REBOOT, not a "Refresh" from what Firefox said to get it to recognize the new Silverlight. Other than that, no problems updating. graylox on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99046 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:59:31 +0000 graylox 99046@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Don't forget to back-up! <a href="http://www.mozbackup.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mozbackup.org/</a> <blockquote>What's <a href="http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/">MozBackup</a>? MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc</blockquote> Or/And: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/extension-list-dumper/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/extension-list-dumper/</a> <blockquote><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/extension-list-dumper/">Extension List Dumper</a> 1.15.2 by Sogame This extension adds a button ("Dump list") to the Add-ons window. When this button is pressed, a new window is opened with the list of installed extensions, themes or or plugins. The browser version and the Operating System are also dumped. This extension is useful to keep a list of your extensions and themes, or when reporting a bug or a conflict to an extension author.</blockquote> And the next time your Firefox is sluggish (I have heard this could happen now and then...) use <a href="http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox">SpeedyFox - Boost Firefox in a Single Click!</a> <blockquote>Your Firefox is working slowly? Boost Firefox in a single click with SpeedyFox absolutely for free! You get: Boost Firefox startup in up to 3 times! Speed-up browsing history Quicker operation with cookies Available for both Windows and Mac OS ... Mozilla Firefox is a fast browser, but with the lapse of time it starts working much slowly. The reason is fragmentation of profile databases. A free tool SpeedyFox is designed specially to resolve that problem. The method used in SpeedyFox is 100% safe for your profile (e.g. bookmars, passwords, etc), it's well documented and tested on millions computers. ... <a href="http://www.crystalidea.com/more-about-speedyfox">More About SpeedyFox</a> </blockquote> <a href="http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox" rel="nofollow">http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox</a> And here is one more list : <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/url-lister/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/url-lister/</a> <a href="http://www.bin-co.com/tools/firefox/extensions/urllister/">URL Lister is a Firefox Plugin that shows the URLs of all the open tabs in a textarea so that it can be copied easily.</a> graylox 31.01.12 dsekirka on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99044 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:46 +0000 dsekirka 99044@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I downloaded Firefox 10 this morning and I did not have any problems with it yet. graylox on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99043 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:45:37 +0000 graylox 99043@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I prefer to wait some time until others have repaired all glitches :) The browser is normally okay, but some of the add-ons may have hiccups. copmom on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99041 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:10:52 +0000 copmom 99041@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Is this good? Or will there be glitches? hotdoge3 on "Firefox 10 launch to day 31" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11170#post-99036 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:47:07 +0000 hotdoge3 99036@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223796/Mozilla_OKs_Firefox_10_launch_this_week?taxonomyId=18" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223796/Mozilla_OKs_Firefox_10_launch_this_week?taxonomyId=18</a> Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week Computerworld - Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday. Notes from a Mozilla meeting last week said that the upgrade was on for Jan. 31 or 01 feb nz time ? Firefox 10 will also be the first edition in the Extended Support Release (ESR) delenn13 on "Firefox add-on circumvents SOPA blocking" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11018#post-98872 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:48 +0000 delenn13 98872@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Just a heads up...This WORKED when I used it last Wednesday. It's slow and some of your security may not like it..but it works. hotdoge3 on "Firefox Source Code Is So Big, It Hit the 32-Bit Virtual Address Space Limit" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11091#post-98588 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:02:40 +0000 hotdoge3 98588@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox-Source-Code-Is-So-Big-It-Hit-the-32-Bit-Virtual-Address-Space-Limit-240112.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox-Source-Code-Is-So-Big-It-Hit-the-32-Bit-Virtual-Address-Space-Limit-240112.shtml</a> Firefox Source Code Is So Big, It Hit the 32-Bit Virtual Address Space Limit <a href="http://www.palemoon.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.palemoon.org/</a> long last 9.1 & 32 & 64 bit if you like the old one v.3.6.28 kvtto on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98449 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:32:49 +0000 kvtto 98449@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ ChrisS...thank you for the link to NoSquint! I read the info and decided to give it a try. I really like it. I set the full page zoom to 100% and text zoom to 110%...now the text on most websites is much easier to read and it's easy to bump it up for the sites that need it. It's easy to use/customize and it works....that makes it a keeper for me :) ChrisS on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98441 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:53:00 +0000 ChrisS 98441@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ You might want to give the Firefox add-on "<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nosquint/">NoSquint</a>" a try. It works better than the general "zoom in, zoom out" and per the linked site "NoSquint allows you to adjust the text-only and full-page (both text and images) zoom levels as well as color settings both globally (for all sites) and per site." kvtto on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98418 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:42:49 +0000 kvtto 98418@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I want to thank everyone for taking the time to reply with advice and/or humor....both are appreciated :) The mystery of the faded "w" has been solved...YAY. After following the advice: my driver is current and I now know where to go and what to do when it needs updating, my resolution was (and is) at the recommended setting, and Firefox font was (and is) at the default setting. Robert's reply made me think about any other changes I had made. I knew I had changed the view setting. So I reset the view setting. And as I squinted at the screen (an eye exam and new glasses is on my to-do list) I could barely make out that the "w" was no longer faded...YAY. I no longer had faded "w" but I couldn't see the forum to read it :)/:(. I clicked "Zoom In" twice and to my surprise the "w" remained un-faded and I could read the forum. A third click makes the print larger and fades the "w". It's too bad that Firefox's "Zoom In" doesn't make the print bolder the way IE does. Robert on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98408 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:50:39 +0000 Robert 98408@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Could be a long shot, but maybe you've changed the default font in Firefox and the forums layout.css file(font family) don't support it. @ⓒⓗⓘⓟ:you sure have a way wit www's. :) Reminds me of a time I couldn't even read "ⓒⓗⓘⓟ". ⓒⓗⓘⓟ on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98407 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:55:31 +0000 ⓒⓗⓘⓟ 98407@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Why worry with wonder when water-washed W's wield weak welcome? graylox on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98405 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:54:00 +0000 graylox 98405@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ ☺ Could it be the harbinger of SOPA? BuBBy on "Wondering about faded "w" in the forums" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11041#post-98403 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:44:00 +0000 BuBBy 98403@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Oh the faded W - that is because all webpages usually have a www in them and for a browser that means that w tends to be overused. As Firefox is so popular, that is a lot of W's to go around, and to put it simply, it is starting to wear out. Mozilla are aware of the problem and are coding a fresh batch of W's for the next version of Firefox, which is currently in beta. I've installed this version and I must say, the new W is one of the nicest (and darkest) I've seen since Firefox version 3.