all of a sudden im getting alot of problems with firefox
plugins that dont install, video players that dont work or have to be redownloaded on firefox
adobe pdf problems, java problems

and these arent from one computer, it happens on any computer im on with firefox

anyone see this happening too

6/11/2007 5:11:43 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=481546

6/11/2007 5:12:50 PM

no, not really, the only thing that ever stopped working for me was the update checker, but that's good now. Though I only use about 5-6 plugins, including the adblock pro, if anybody has the old adblock get rid of it and grab Pro because it's got subscriber lists that have blocked virtually all adds on every page i've surfed to recently.

6/11/2007 5:14:03 PM

safari

now on windows

6/11/2007 5:22:04 PM

new firefox doesn't work with firefusk

i mean. what's the point?

6/11/2007 5:33:46 PM

I think that's the other way around and firefusk is working with firefox 2.0.0.4 on my computer

I had firefox crash while at work today and I had to re-update my 3 plugins, fix the theme and I think I lost all my auto input things that I had before, but other than that I've never had a problem with it.

6/11/2007 5:44:59 PM

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

safari is now on windows

please use it

6/11/2007 5:48:50 PM

^ ok i will check it out :fingers crossed:

6/11/2007 5:52:19 PM

6/11/2007 5:59:26 PM

Nothing says "solution to a problematic web browser" like a beta web browser.

6/11/2007 6:17:09 PM

use opera or ie 7 really folks

6/11/2007 8:33:34 PM

ie 7 is slow.

back button on mouse in safari doesn't work = not use

6/11/2007 9:10:53 PM

safari is probably last on my list of browsers to use. last time i used it, it was incompatible with a lot of stuff.

6/11/2007 9:45:47 PM

firefox randomly closed on me today on campus...i hardly had any programs open and only 3 tabs...i was seriously like wtf

but i like it more than ie or opera and those are the only 3 i know to try

[Edited on June 11, 2007 at 9:50 PM. Reason : real players internet browser blows]

6/11/2007 9:49:58 PM

wait, starting to suck?

IE7 + avantbrowser =

6/11/2007 9:56:04 PM

I have a mac and I don't use safari.

Opera ftw

6/11/2007 10:41:34 PM

Firefox crashes randomly while im at work

6/12/2007 9:32:11 AM

Adobe PDF doesnt work for shit, it never has

get Foxit Reader as a PDF replacement, its free, and it always works
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

***

last week I had some crazy spyware on my laptop which broke Firefox for me, it turns out I had this Virtumundo program

I'd recommend going through the Malware removal and prevention stuff here:
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview

And as a last resort, uninstall, and reinstall Firefox and your plugins

6/12/2007 10:47:40 AM

Quote :

"IE7 + avantbrowser = "

yes, even though i have to close avant to watch movie files

6/12/2007 10:57:56 AM

my firefox 2.0.something is crashing a lot lately at home (on Fedora Core 6, i dont know if that's why)

but at least it restores all tabs to where i left off, so nothing really lost.

i'll give em a while still.

6/12/2007 3:16:20 PM

^^ what movie files? I never have any kinds of problems with any embedded shit, except quicktime which sucks ass.

6/12/2007 3:33:20 PM

Quote :

"Adobe PDF doesnt work for shit, it never has"

I don't suppose there is a program which will convert PFD files into, say, jpg or doc type, cause ever since Ive known what Adobe files are I have hated them:

- PDFs have been known to crash my firefox and IE back when I used it.
- When they don't crash they are slow as fucking sin.
- Hell even when you download them and open them they are still goddamn slow. It takes my computer about 10 seconds to start word the first time, it takes 30-40 seconds for Adobe. And those Wolfline PDFs are going to be the death of me they are slower than shit flowing uphill on sandpaper.
- These files are often HUGE!... What the hell I can get 1MB homework assignments that are 2 pages with a couple B&W drawings.
- You can't edit them without using the real version on campus or paying out the ass... fuck that even harder.

Whoever invented this should be dragged into the street and shot.

6/12/2007 6:38:28 PM

but its the portable document format!

6/12/2007 6:44:24 PM

What fucking document type ISN'T portable?

well, I just installed Foxit Reader.... helluva lot faster and doesn't crash so far.

[Edited on June 12, 2007 at 6:52 PM. Reason : +1]

6/12/2007 6:50:51 PM

For some reason, the scrolling button of my laptop does not ever work with Firefox. I have looked at Mozilla's web forum's and I haven't seen anything about it. Anyone else have this problem?

8/18/2007 3:24:23 PM

firefox 3 is pretty badass

8/18/2007 3:38:40 PM

Firefox 3 isnt availabe from Mozilla's website....


are you talking about a beta or somethin?

8/18/2007 3:55:54 PM

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

they publish nightly builds that may be unstable until they release beta or gold versions

8/18/2007 3:58:13 PM

Anything from 2.0 to 2.99 seems like it sucks pretty bad for firefox.

8/18/2007 6:25:12 PM

Safari is awesome, except for the whole keyboard shortcuts, and the fact that I can't change my default search engine.

WTF is that crap.

8/18/2007 6:55:36 PM

Hail big brother. Never had a single issue with IE in my life.

8/18/2007 9:03:02 PM

maybe you haven't had problems or issues with IE, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be better

8/18/2007 11:29:49 PM

Safari fucking blows goat testicles. It's the worst of the big 4 (IE, FF, Opera, Safari). It has so many quirks in it's rendering engine, it's infuriating to develop for. It also renders balls ass slow.

8/19/2007 12:19:57 AM

I've got only two big annoyances with safari

- It will "hang" while "Contacting www.[website].com" and after a minute or so, load the page. I've spent hours trying to figure out what's going on. Sniffing my NIC shows that no data is even being TX or RXed by Safari. It just sits there spinning the pinwheel of death. This never happens in firefox. It's intermittent, so it's not a huge problem, but sometimes i need to pull something up fast and i'm stuck waiting or having to open up another browser.

- It's incompatible with certain types of pages, mostly internal web-based apps that I use at work. I don't think I've ever had a problem with any site on the public web.

But, firefox, shiira, opera, and others have their own quirks, so I pretty much have to use a multi-browser solution to cover all bases. The good part about this is that some of those internal webapps I was referring to have poor exception handling (yay oracle) and cause browser crashes fairly often, and it doesn't wipe out *everything*

I guess if i had a PC, i could just use IE, since all of these fucking things are developed specifically for IE.

Standards, Schmandards.

8/19/2007 7:05:05 AM

I am using the Safari beta for OSX, though. It definitely renders way faster than Firefox, and also starts up quicker.

8/19/2007 11:03:03 AM

are their any barebones browsers that just do the job and dont use many resources?

8/19/2007 11:09:31 AM

^^"It will "hang" while "Contacting www.[website].com" and after a minute or so, load the page. "

That's it's renderer. It's absolute garbage. Usually the hangs happen if there's an embedded object making a resource call (aka flash+remote resource). But it also goes apeshit for a lot of AJAX pages too.

^Maybe for you, maybe in the new beta. But every previous version has been balls ass slower and worse than firefox on OSX. The windows version is exactly the same from my platform testing.

8/19/2007 11:09:51 AM

Firefox doesn't like TWW. I have to restart (kill forcibly) Firefox after about every 30 mins if I log into TWW. The URL's stop being clickable and it stops loading images. Even Command-Q doesn't work.

I am not sure if this is a TWW issue or Firefox.

8/19/2007 11:13:42 AM

linx and links are great barebones browsers

8/19/2007 11:17:34 AM

Since installing vista, I've been using ie7? and I have to admit that its actually not terrible.

I've really been annoyed with firefox lately, especially its habit of intermittently freezing my entire computer if I stopped a page load.

8/19/2007 11:17:36 AM

IE7 is the only "supported" browser on our Intranet, and I agree it's not bad. In fact, I only use IE7 when I am in Windows. Too bad they don't have an OSX version.

8/19/2007 11:19:42 AM

^^^thanks

8/19/2007 11:21:30 AM

^^Parallels ftw.

Yea I like IE7 as well.

8/19/2007 11:49:16 AM

Safari has pretty much quit working on my laptop, and it usually happens when I try to submit a form or something. For example, when I login to Gmail, I authenticate with my Username and Password, and when I click 'Login' it redirects and just stops with a blank white page. This happens more often than not, even after reinstalling the browser.

I know that isn't typical behavior, and before this happened I never really had any major issues with Safari. I do experience the hanging beachball every now and then.

While I use Opera exclusively on my Windows desktop, I don't use Opera on the Mac. I just can't seem to get the same feel for it as I do on my PC. Firefox is very slow on my almost-3-year-old Powerbook, so recently I've been using Camino a lot. It's fast and works great.

8/19/2007 12:32:41 PM

What're the major differences between Firefox and Camino?

8/19/2007 12:36:05 PM

One is for a machine that is way overpriced.

8/19/2007 11:18:30 PM