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OT: Problems with Mozilla Firefox

I have some problems with Mozilla Firefox that I can't figure out.

On some pages the QuickTime symbol pops up, then changes to "broken"... no big deal, I rarely care.

But this morning I went to IRF.com and got a repetitively blinking QuickTime symbol and lock-up of Firefox. I had to use TaskManager to get it to stop.

I was able to go to IRF.com with IE without incident.

Ideas? Suggestion?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson
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TaskManager DID say that some kind of Flash thingy was running and not responding... but QuickTime was going wild too :-(

...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

One of the loadable extensions lets you skip Flash cartoons and only view them if you want. Another one disables animated gifs. Both very soothing.

But I can't get any of the form managers to work; very annoying. Netscape did this well.

John

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John Larkin

I just downloaded and installed Firefox 1.03... no change in the hang at IRF.com

I'm showing Shockwave Flash 7.0r19 as an enabled plug-in

Is that the correct plug-in?

I note that 10 different DLL's for Quicktime are enabled.

I also note that the Mozilla Default Plug-in is NOT enabled ??

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson

Where does one get Mozilla?

...Jim Thompson

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|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
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Jim Thompson

I'm using Firefox and Tbird under XP/SP2 and they both work great. Thunderbird does some cool stuff, like display mail by properties (like: Has Attachment or Unread) and searches mail about 100x faster than Netscape did.

The downloadable Firefox extensions are cool, too; many web annoyances can be zapped. I don't have Flash installed, but they do have an optional Flash manager, only shows a flash box if you open it.

John

Reply to
John Larkin

It does the same barf as Firefox, so I must have some problem with Flash or Quicktime :-(

...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

But I really appreciate the irresponsibility of being able to use my browser without being reminded that I have 45 emails stacked up demanding my attention.

John

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John Larkin

I'm considering that. Started to boot it and got a message about it being potentially dangerous to delete everything, including "extensions".

Are there potential problems or is it just BS?

I already pulled Mozilla. I did try disabling all plug-ins in Firefox, but it didn't help.

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson

"Jim Thompson"

It looks to me like irf.com has a macromedia flash thingy on their home page, no quicktime stuff that I can see. You might want to look into that.

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Anthony Fremont

[snip]

I booted Quicktime completely "off the island"... ALL problems went away. MAC CRAP ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson

Check with the web forum. If you did find a bug I'm sure they would like to know.

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Paul C

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PaulCsouls

I use Firefox and I don't have any trouble with irf.com.

Do you have the latest version of Firefox? Version 1.0.3 was released recently.

Gareth.

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There appears to be a problem with your Macromedia Flash Player plug-in. Make sure you get the latest from Macromedia. Works with Flash 7 just fine on my PC.

Make sure you get the latest update for Firefox, too. They have just posted a critical one. More info here:

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IR has been pretty good at keeping their site compatible with old browsers.

Netscape 4.72 has no problems - but is redirected through 'nsw' non-flashy pages.

Mozilla 1.3.1 sees the flashy 'sw' pages, same as IE5 and 6.

RL

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legg

Hello Jim,

No problems with both Mozilla 1.6 and 1.7.3. It does show this stupid flash logo for about a second and then proceeds to the IRF home page. Going to app notes and other areas does not repeat the flash episode. I don't have flash since I consider that superficial glitz.

A while ago I tried the separate tools Firefox and Thunderbird. Wasn't happy and went back to the integrated browser. Much more stable. I have no idea why they started to leave the integrated approach, it just doesn't make any sense to me.

Regards, Joerg

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Joerg

Hello Jim,

Aquí:

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Regards, Joerg

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Reply to
Joerg

Hello John,

Some features are sure cool but I found the suite to be more stable. And it does all I really need.

The main advantage of an integrated solution to me is the composer. I collect some info in the form of a Wiki. For that I must be able to write info just as it comes into linked local HTML pages. At the same time I must be able to see and browse them, including the one I am just writing to. Without an integrated suite I found that to be next to impossible.

Regards, Joerg

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Joerg

Hello Jim,

Seems like it. I don't have them. Quicktime came with my new PC but it was the first thing to be booted off the island.

Also, make sure you don't have any suspicious "helper applications" listed under edit - preferences - navigator.

Under edit- preferences - advanced - script&plug-ins you could try disabling plug-ins. Maybe that would help.

Regards, Joerg

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Joerg

Sorry, but this seemed somewhat apt.

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