http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/with Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: with - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:56:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9529#post-89718 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:03:37 +0000 hotdoge3 89718@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2011-ie8-on-windows-7-hijacked-with-3-vulnerabilities/8367?tag=nl.e539" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2011-ie8-on-windows-7-hijacked-with-3-vulnerabilities/8367?tag=nl.e539</a></p> <p>Pwn2Own 2011: IE8 on Windows 7 hijacked with 3 vulnerabilities.<br /> Stephen Fewer successfully hacked into a 64-bit Windows 7 (SP1) running Internet Explorer 8 to win this year’s CanSecWest hacker challenge </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-78114 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:00:22 +0000 hotdoge3 78114@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>NoScript not hard to fix if you know how you can Pick Temporarly allow = Temp or Allow or add in the white list it the same as Allow is all time do this now only new one will ask you, I allso add in the whitelist bebo facebook clipmarks mywot.net mywot.com siteadvisor.com virustotal.com recaptcha.net<br /> and check to see if some get in you don&#39;t need. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77806 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:45:43 +0000 goodgotd 77806@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well worth the time killing the NoScript homepage each time it or FlashGot get updated, too.</p> <p>When I install Firefox, NoScript, FlashGot and Free Download Manager go in with it. Ok, if it&#39;s just to play online gaming sites like Pogo I skip the last 2.</p> <p>WOT, GoogleSharing and PDF Download are the next level. </p> <p>The first and last are optional if the browser is going *only* to Pogo, but GoogleSharing makes me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing I&#39;m confusing the Chocolate Factory at least a little. automagically.</p> <p>NoSquint if the monitor is small- 15&quot; or smaller it&#39;s must-have though it&#39;s right handy even on bigger if your eyes are bad. </p> <p>FoxLingo if it&#39;s going to go to overseas sites, and personally I like Hostname in Titlebar.</p> <p>On the other hand, isn&#39;t it a deep irony that GAOTD just went on Facebook? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77803 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:33:37 +0000 Tailteann 77803@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>NoScript is a beautiful thing and worth the tiny bit of time needed to manage it as you navigate pages that are new to it. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77795 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:08:21 +0000 Inas 77795@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes, I&#39;ve installed &quot;NoScript,&quot; and it&#39;s doing a beautiful job of blocking the GOTD &quot;stickr&quot; and &quot;share-message bar&quot; from showing up, in addition to other pop-ups. Copmom, it does take a little getting used to in terms of &quot;training&quot; NoScript to know which sites to block or not block, which is something you can designate by &quot;right-clicking&quot; the &quot;options&quot; NoScript menu (at bottom of page), as Robert rightly mentions. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77782 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:05:39 +0000 Robert 77782@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Copmom,<br /> Right click on the NoScript S button , just above the notification area (system tray.LOL),select Options-notifications and disable &quot;show message ...&quot;<br /> That should take care of it,unless I&#39;m mistaken...<br /> :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77778 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:54:16 +0000 copmom 77778@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Now I see what Robert meant by &#39;clickjacked&#39;! Oh, I installed NoScript, and I think it&#39;s a pain in the rear.. keeps giving me pop up message boxes, maybe I need to &#39;train&#39; it or something? At the moment I&#39;ve temporarily disabled it. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77770 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:17:28 +0000 Robert 77770@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks hotdoge for providing these very interesting links... as usual.</p> <p>NoScript version 1.9.9.81 claims to protects against clickjagging and tabjacking/tabnabbing<br /> (protection enabled by default) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7580#post-77762 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:41:51 +0000 hotdoge3 77762@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/05/31/viral-clickjacking-like-worm-hits-facebook-users/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/05/31/viral-clickjacking-like-worm-hits-facebook-users/</a></p> <p>Sophos detects the offending webpages as being infected by Troj/Iframe-ET.</p> <p><a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Users-Hit-With-Clickjacking-Worm-813961/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Users-Hit-With-Clickjacking-Worm-813961/</a></p> <p>Facebook Users Hit with Clickjacking Worm</p> <p>&quot;LOL This girl gets OWNED after a POLICE OFFICER reads her STATUS MESSAGE,&quot; &quot;This man takes a picture of himself EVERYDAY for 8 YEARS!!&quot; and &quot;The Prom Dress That Got This Girl Suspended From School.&quot;<br /> &quot;Some of the Web pages had over 300,000 people &#39;liking&#39; them,&quot; Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, told eWEEK.<br /> Essentially, the clickjacking attack tricks users into marking a page &quot;like&quot; without realizing it and then recommending the page to their Facebook friends </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-74294 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:10:59 +0000 hotdoge3 74294@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.pedaltothemetal.com/index.php/news_story/are_cosmic_rays_really_causing_toyotas_woes_sigh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pedaltothemetal.com/index.php/news_story/are_cosmic_rays_really_causing_toyotas_woes_sigh.html</a></p> <p>Are cosmic rays really causing Toyota&#39;s woes? Sigh. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-74078 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:30:11 +0000 ibwebb 74078@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I remember the good ol&#39; days.. when I could work on a car and even diagnose the problems with cars.. though I guess that shows I am old LOL. Anywho, on this whole thing with cars I have one to make you all cringe. I have a 2002 PT Cruiser. When you lose power (change batter, unhook for whatever reason) you have to retrain the transmission. There is a computer hooked to the transmission that monitors how you drive to try and make the transmission run at maximum efficiency for you. So, you can either go to the dealer and pay $50+ to have them hook it up and download the standard shifting to start or you can go out for a 20-30 minute drive following a list of procedures to get it reset (various speeds and stopping). Though I have had several mechanics tell me that I should just go out and drive it for about 20 minutes around the city and it will retrain to my driving...just for that 20 minutes it will shift hard and not seem to shift right. That is just one of the &#39;fun&#39; parts of owning a PT Cruiser.. btw if you decide to ever buy one make sure it is NO OLDER than a 2004. They changed some of the &#39;programing&#39; and such starting in the 2003 and on that make them more reliable and better cars (found out after I bought mine *sigh*). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-74050 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:21:56 +0000 hotdoge3 74050@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9&amp;objectid=10632364" rel="nofollow">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9&amp;objectid=10632364</a></p> <p>Toyota not sold on &#39;runaway Prius&#39; claims.</p> <p>as for in New Zealand Toyota are good but we get the jap ones most are old not one Toyota in NZ been bad no runaway in NZ, as for stupid chip so they go all the time as for disconnect the battery it a big no no as you will need to rest all big job you can get 9v jump battery that plug in to the lighter to keep the power up to change the battery so on. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-73830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:56 +0000 Terri218 73830@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I hate those chips. I had a Saturn that had a problem where they needed to disconnect the battery to fix it. This was about a month before my birthday. When they reconnected the battery, all of the emissions information had been wiped out so when I went for my emissions test, I failed. I had to pay a late fee because it didn&#39;t pass emissions until after my birthday. What really hurts is that there was nothing wrong with the car and it wasn&#39;t emitting what it shouldn&#39;t have - it was just the stupid chip that didn&#39;t compile the information quickly enough. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-73829 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:16:03 +0000 Dragonlair 73829@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Copmom,</p> <p>I had a problem many years ago that had the repair guys just scratching their heads. It was a 1980 Honda Civic Hatchback (semi-automatic). As is typical with Hondas, the lights control was on the turn signal handle. A strange short developed so if I switched on the left turn signal, the headlights would go out. If I used the right turn signal, the inside lights went out!</p> <p>It ended up costing me almost $100 to fix - parts $16. It was that difficult to take the steering column apart to get TO the part. </p> <p>And that was just a short - no electronics involved. If the electronics is involved, it can easily cost $1000 to just replace or reprogram the chip involved! </p> <p>It costs about $100 just for a KEY now and that&#39;s not one that has the button to lock/unlock. It has a sensor that&#39;s needed to start the engine. You need the key AND the sensor before the engine will start. That&#39;s getting a bit too fancy! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-73823 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:32:09 +0000 copmom 73823@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think part of the problem with all these car problems is they also have computer chips and sensors in them that make things go haywire! Can&#39;t quite &#39;reboot&#39; them!<br /> We had a problem awhile back where the drive/park/reverse lights were all blinking on the dash, the car wouldn&#39;t go in reverse, or park, it acted crazy. Had it towed to the dealer, guess what? A rodent had chewed a wire underneath the car.. he even gave us a bag of &#39;droppings&#39; to prove it! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-73793 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:38 +0000 Dragonlair 73793@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Tell that to the guy in San Diego when his Prius ran away at 95 MPH. He was STANDING on the brakes, pulled the emergency brake and FINALLY (after several attempts) got the engine to turn off. Then he coasted to a stop.</p> <p>With few (if any) exceptions, Macs and PCs don&#39;t run down the highway at 95 MPH. They stay put! Even then, doing a hard boot is not always easy. They are so set now to protect the hard drive that there is a significant delay (several seconds) between the time you push (or hold down) the power button and they actually turn off! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7156#post-73766 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:55:50 +0000 hotdoge3 73766@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1595329/woz-advises-toyota-reboot" rel="nofollow">http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1595329/woz-advises-toyota-reboot</a></p> <p>cars continue to exhibit the unintended acceleration problem turn off the engine and stop don&#39;t lock the steering &amp; reboot. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-67665 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:08:20 +0000 hotdoge3 67665@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>IE8 is a vast improvement over IE7 if that is so IE 7 must be bad Test on browser-security IE 8 &amp; Firefox all most the same but the ActiveX how you know if it ok to let it run I don&#39;t like may be it just me? you don&#39;t have it in Firefox, You can make Firefox very safe with NoScript &amp; Adblock Plus &amp; add spyblock,<br /> The fist thing I did with window 7 was try IE 8 very slow so got Firefox &amp; Opera 10 go very good &amp; fast, Hear is some if and Test on browser_battle most on IE and Firefox hope it help.<br /> <a href="http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3829396/Firefox-35-vs-Internet-Explorer-8-Which-is-Safer.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3829396/Firefox-35-vs-Internet-Explorer-8-Which-is-Safer.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://nsslabs.com/browser-security" rel="nofollow">http://nsslabs.com/browser-security</a> (Tested products include)</p> <p> * Apple Safari v4<br /> * Google Chrome 2<br /> * Microsoft Internet Explorer v8<br /> * Mozilla Firefox v3<br /> * Opera 10 Beta</p> <p><a href="http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/Q309_Browser_Security_Summary_Final.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/Q309_Browser_Security_Summary_Final.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/Q309_Browser_Security_Summary_Final.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/Q309_Browser_Security_Summary_Final.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.favbrowser.com/internet-explorer-ie-vs-safari-vs-firefox-vs-opera/" rel="nofollow">http://www.favbrowser.com/internet-explorer-ie-vs-safari-vs-firefox-vs-opera/</a> (2007)</p> <p><a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/2990" rel="nofollow">http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/2990</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/browser-comparison.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/browser-comparison.aspx</a></p> <p><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/special-top-ten-reasons-to-switch-to-firefox-126313.php" rel="nofollow">http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/special-top-ten-reasons-to-switch-to-firefox-126313.php</a></p> <p><a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19089/?task=statistics" rel="nofollow">http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19089/?task=statistics</a> (Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x)</p> <p><a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12366/?task=statistics" rel="nofollow">http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12366/?task=statistics</a> (IE 7)</p> <p><a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12366/?task=advisories" rel="nofollow">http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12366/?task=advisories</a> (IE 7)</p> <p>Unpatched. Secunia Advisory (IE 7 Red not fix = 9 some long time)</p> <p>Secunia has issued a total of 39 Secunia advisories in 2003-2009 for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x. Currently, 23% (9 out of 39) are marked as unpatched</p> <p><a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19089/?task=advisories" rel="nofollow">http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19089/?task=advisories</a> (Firefox 3.0.x.)</p> <p>21 Secunia Advisories in 2003-2009<br /> Secunia has issued a total of 21 Secunia advisories in 2003-2009 for Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x. Currently, 0% (0 out of 21) are marked as unpatched.</p> <p>More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status.<br /> Note all are Green that is all is fix.</p> <p>All so look at Graph On secunia Website Firefox vs IE 7</p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/mythbusting.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/mythbusting.aspx</a></p> <p>The Real Deal: In tests, Internet Explorer 8 performs as well or better than Firefox and Chrome.</p> <p><a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spreadfirefox.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.firefox10.com/internetexplorer.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.firefox10.com/internetexplorer.php</a> ( Crashes IE can be crashed with only a few lines of code. Take the test)</p> <p><a href="http://www.firefox10.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.firefox10.com/</a> (Hot Firefox Girl have a look &amp; Firefox Crop Circle)</p> <p>1. Customization with Plugins and Extensions<br /> The real power of Firefox lies in it&#39;s added functionality through the use of &#39;extensions&#39;. Thousands of developers program small additional tools for the browser that allow you to do almost whatever your heart desires, and make your life easier.</p> <p>Top 5 Reasons to dump IE<br /> 5. Security<br /> Internet Explorer&#39;s integration of ActiveX and Active Scripting allows websites to install programs and control your browser - taking the power away from you and giving it to unsecure websites.<br /> 4. Web Standards<br /> IE ignores many web conventions, making your web experience worse.<br /> 3. Crashes<br /> If you use Internet Explorer, you&#39;ve seen it crash, and its tight integration with Windows generally means that it may take the rest of your computer with it </p> <p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220000292" rel="nofollow">http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220000292</a></p> <p>September 15, 2009 Some vulnerabilities have remained unpatched for as long as two years.&quot; (IE)</p> <p>More than 80% of the software vulnerabilities being found by security researchers involve Web application flaws that allow attack techniques like SQL injection or Cross-Site Scripting, the report says. </p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/161616/browser_showdown_ie_8_vs_firefox.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.com/article/161616/browser_showdown_ie_8_vs_firefox.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/150828/browser_battle_firefox_31_vs_chrome_vs_ie_8.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.com/article/150828/browser_battle_firefox_31_vs_chrome_vs_ie_8.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5044668/beta-browser-speed-tests-which-is-fastest" rel="nofollow">http://lifehacker.com/5044668/beta-browser-speed-tests-which-is-fastest</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/tested-chrome-vs-ie8-vs-firefox-3-1-vs-safari-4-582159?artc_pg=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/tested-chrome-vs-ie8-vs-firefox-3-1-vs-safari-4-582159?artc_pg=2</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.trap17.com/index.php/Speed-Internet-Explorer-Fast-Firefox_t38925.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.trap17.com/index.php/Speed-Internet-Explorer-Fast-Firefox_t38925.html</a> (Fix IE Speed)</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_speed_up_customize_and_secure_firefox_chrome_ie8_and_opera" rel="nofollow">http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_speed_up_customize_and_secure_firefox_chrome_ie8_and_opera</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/chrome-vs-opera-ie-firefox.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/chrome-vs-opera-ie-firefox.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_speed_up_customize_and_secure_firefox_chrome_ie8_and_opera" rel="nofollow">http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_speed_up_customize_and_secure_firefox_chrome_ie8_and_opera</a></p> <p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsofts-own-speed-tests-show-ie-beating-chrome-firefox.ars" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsofts-own-speed-tests-show-ie-beating-chrome-firefox.ars</a></p> <p>IE loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox, and Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-65963 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:36:21 +0000 hotdoge3 65963@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/05/fraudulent_paypay_certificate_published/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/05/fraudulent_paypay_certificate_published/</a><br /> *<br /> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/01/microsoft_crypto_ssl_bug/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/01/microsoft_crypto_ssl_bug/</a><br /> *<br /> IE, Chrome, Safari duped by bogus PayPal SSL cert safe with Firefox</p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/news/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/news/index.jsp</a></p> <p>Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk up date to fix </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-65270 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:14:09 +0000 softplaban 65270@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Firefox is unique. There are so many add-ons which helps you to maintain your browser hassle free. Try those Add-ons and you will never turn to IE. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-36550 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:47:33 +0000 programmer-in-training 36550@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>As a web developer, I have FF, IE, NS, OP, SF, and several others to test on. The most customizable, the easiest, fastest browsing is through FF, IMO. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-36535 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:35:22 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 36535@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well, despite my reluctance to reinstall Firefox; I'm just about to. I'm always willing to give things a second chance (and even a third sometimes) so last night I downloaded FF3, but I've not actually installed it yet. I'm still toying with the idea. </p> <p>It does seem from the above comments that the majority prefer Firefox; though there is always a larger silent voice that may not agree with that. Still, I'm willing to mess around with it for a while and see what I think (because I do have plenty of time to mess). I'll report back in a few weeks and tell you what I think. :) In the mean time keep those comments coming. I'm going to start a new thread that asks those who use fire fox to tell me about their favorite extensions and maybe the ones they find the least useful. Check it out:</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3534?replies=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3534?replies=1</a></p> <p>Regards</p> <p>Stephen </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-36529 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:50:48 +0000 funkymom 36529@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i had been so comfortable with IE, that i was very happy. then when i had to move in with my parents my step-father had removed all traces of IE from his computers and only used FF. it took some getting used to, but now i prefer FF so much more. when i got my own computer, i installed both because i sometimes have to use IE.</p> <p>now that i've installed FF3, i have to say that i <strong>love</strong> FireFox! i'm still playing, exploring and learning, but i am pleasantly surprised every day. the browser you choose to use, is definitely a personal decision, but FF has an extension for anything you could possibly need or want.</p> <p>for those who mentioned the 'awesome bar', i, too, didn't like it at all, but didn't know how to get rid of it (until now). apparently it's intuitive, so the sites you visit the most often, are the ones that appear there. the more i get used to it (and it gets used to me), the more i like it.</p> <p>btw, i don't think that bubby was being condescending. we all know how hard it is to read people in a forum, it is even harder to give information and not seem condescending.</p> <p>just my opinion.<br /> :D </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-36410 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:12:24 +0000 RunesageMagik 36410@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>When your IE browser reports it "can't find the website" but FF can, it's likely that either your security level settings are not in sync (i.e., IE settings may be set higher than FF's) <strong>OR</strong> FF isn't accessing the same hosts file or whitelists/blacklists as IE, so the URL is given a pass by FF. I'm sure one of the FF fans can offer suggestions on either pointing FF to the same lists, or installing parallel whitelists/blacklists using FF's dizzying array of plug-ins and add-ons, not to be confused with IE's dizzying array of patches and fixes. :-)</p> <p>Your firewall log should show whether the URL was even called. If there's an outgoing call by FF but not by IE, you have your answer. (well, part of it) IE was barred from calling out... maybe the URL's on the IE restricted sites lists, or the URL might be on a blacklist that isn't as user-friendly as HOSTSMAN (if Hostsman blocks something, you'd get a white browser window with "URL BLOCKED by HOSTSMAN"), but a number of ad server blockers just block... and many web designers fail to provide a rollover. Now, if IE calls out and then gives that "can't find site" message (or just times out), then perhaps the site tried to perform some activity that's blocked by an IE Advanced Setting (e.g., scripting's disabled). </p> <p>There may be a simple universal way to determine what's causing a block, but I haven't thought of it. <strong>TIP:</strong> Picking up the monitor and shaking it violently while swearing in several languages doesn't work. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503/page/2#post-36404 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:28:35 +0000 heidihopes 36404@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have been using both browsers for some time now. My opinion is that they are both useful for certain situations. I've found IE7 to freeze often, getting those annoying "internet explorer can't find the website" messages. Low and behold I will go immediately to firefox and the website loads. I can't explain it and don't understand it but it often works that way.</p> <p>On the other hand, firefox just doesn't have the speed that IE7 does. Cleaning out temporary files is difficult and not very obvious as well as making changes in bookmarks, addons, etc. It can easily become bloated and access to many Microsoft websites is not possible through it. Many of the online video sites I use however are only accessible with firefox.</p> <p>I guess a more simple answer to your question from me would be that it depends on what I am doing online or whatever issues I might be having at the time. I think they both have their strengths and weaknesses. If someone could pair up the speed and ease of Internet Explorer with the security and dependability of firefox, they would have created a nearly perfect browser. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503#post-36332 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:16:32 +0000 my_name_is_brad 36332@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ff has updates that are manageable because they have thousands of people banging on the code. IE has a department that says "We'll get that in the next update"</p> <p>who do you trust? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503#post-36261 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:23:19 +0000 GrouchE 36261@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Of course, Mr. gates insist we use IE for our Windows Updates . . .. which isn't too evil. Yes, I know of the FF plug-in for IE, it screws my PC up.<br /> Anyway, I just went over to see if I'd forgotten to do my MS Update Tuesday, and I had.<br /> Oh look, a IE security patch . . . as big or bigger than FF3 in it's entirety. I'm sure folks with hi-speed don't mind, but my dialin' up self HATES it!<br /> What a bad joke Internet Explorer is. Resource hoggin' security leakin' POS. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503#post-36125 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:12:47 +0000 NolafromNZ 36125@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Stephen, I use Firefox because it happened to be the one on cd when IE fell over and I couldn't get it to work again. I was trying to look at what was on a disk that accompanied the Australian PC User magazine back in 2005 which was accessed through a browser, and IE started up but then came up with the message that it needed to close. It had been doing that a lot, but it finally bit the dust completely, so when I couldn't use it, I had a look through the disk and the first browser I came across was Firefox and I have never looked back. It just seemed far easier than IE and it never crashed. When the next upgrade to IE came out (IE 6 I think?), I installed it and only used it with Big Fish Games because their toolbar only works on IE,and Microsoft if I had to access their site. Otherwise, I totally use Firefox. Although, I will not be upgrading to Firefox 3 until their Evernote addon is available, because I am always adding stuff (like your reviews) to Evernote, and I couldn't possibly do without that feature now. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503#post-35861 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:10:23 +0000 Anonymous 35861@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>my_name_is_brad</strong>, thank you for your post. the search-trick is great. Have found some more bits in my current favourite puzzle-game: FF3<br /> learninglox </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3503#post-35854 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:45:28 +0000 ender 35854@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Quantum Dragon: thank you for all the links, I found your answer very useful, always have been wondering, what engine Opera uses.</p> <p>I knew that IE, Avant, Maxthon and other were using the Trident engine, and that Firefox was using Gecko engine, but never knew about Opera :D</p> <p>great links! </p>