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I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use Firefox pretty much exclusively, but I have the history feature turned off. Threads never show up as read because of that. It's got a few quirks, but I like it because of the addons. Adblocker and the video downloader addons are my two favorites.

Rick wrote:

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use Firefox pretty much exclusively, but I have the history feature turned off. Threads never show up as read because of that. It's got a few quirks, but I like it because of the addons. Adblocker and the video downloader addons are my two favorites.

I think I just fixed it, actually, by clearing the cache, history, and cookies. Opera's a great browser, too, and even faster than Firefox.

conversationpc wrote:

Rick wrote:

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use Firefox pretty much exclusively, but I have the history feature turned off. Threads never show up as read because of that. It's got a few quirks, but I like it because of the addons. Adblocker and the video downloader addons are my two favorites.

I think I just fixed it, actually, by clearing the cache, history, and cookies. Opera's a great browser, too, and even faster than Firefox.

I gave it a try JUST because you were giving it kudos, and yes, it looks to be a really nice browser, but I'm too used to Firefox and a creature of habit.

I've recently moved onto Firefox...when on a winblows box. as I wont give those fuckers in redmond the satisfaction.

I do find that firefox has trouble once in a blue moon with a site and goes balls up....but I'm sure that's Microsuck's fault!

Back in my day, we used Netscape Navigator. Sure, it crashed every 20 minutes. It took a half an hour to load a page.

But we liked it, damn it, because that was the way it was!

: I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things now compared to the way they used to be. All this progress -- phooey! In my day, we didn't have these cash machines that would give you money when you needed it. There was only one bank in each state -- it was open only one hour a year. And you'd get in line, seventeen miles long, and the line became an angry mob of people -- fornicators and thieves, mutant children and circus freaks -- and you waited for years and by the time you got to the teller, you were senile and arthritic and you couldn't remember your own name. You were born, got in line, and ya died! And that's the way it was and we liked it!

Life was simpler then. There wasn't all this concern about hy-giene! It my days, we didn't have Kleenex. When you turned seventeen, you were given the family handkerchief. ... It hadn't been washed in generations and it stood on its own ... filled with diseases and swarmin' with flies. ... If you tried to blow your nose, you'd get an infection and your head would swell up and turn green and children would burst into tears at the sight o' ya! And that's the way it was and we liked it!

Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" ... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it!

Progress?! Flobble-de-flee! In my day, when we were angry and frustrated, we just said, "Flobble-de-flee!" 'cause we were idiots and we didn't know what else to say! Just a bunch o' illiterate Cro-Magnons, blowin' on crusty handkerchiefs, waitin' in lines for our head to burst into flame and that's the way it was and we liked it!

7 Wishes wrote:Back in my day, we used Netscape Navigator. Sure, it crashed every 20 minutes. It took a half an hour to load a page.

But we liked it, damn it, because that was the way it was!

Yessir, that's all I ever used until Netscape 8 came out. I've NEVER been able to get acclimated to Internet Explorer.

If you want to use Netscape 7, you can go to www.mozilla.org and download Seamonkey. It's the same thing. I like it, and use it's composer for webpage building, but some of the addons that I use on Firefox don't work on Seamonkey.

7 Wishes wrote:Back in my day, we used Netscape Navigator. Sure, it crashed every 20 minutes. It took a half an hour to load a page.

But we liked it, damn it, because that was the way it was!

7 Wishes wrote:www.jibjab.com/view/171355

conversationpc wrote:I think I just fixed it, actually, by clearing the cache, history, and cookies. Opera's a great browser, too, and even faster than Firefox.

I don't have any probs w/Firefox. I did try Opera again after your recommendation, but my major complaint is that it doesn't scroll very precisely. It's kinda like it decelerates before it stops, like it has a little play in it. Any ideas?

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

It does the opposite for me. I go back to the list of topics and they are ALL marked like I read 'em and I know I had not hit them all!

mistiejourney wrote:

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

It does the opposite for me. I go back to the list of topics and they are ALL marked like I read 'em and I know I had not hit them all!

If you're referring to MR posts being marked read, then it does that to me too, but I think that is specific to this board.

FF is very quick and easy to use. On MRJF I always open a new tab for each thread. I've heard FF becomes a memory hog after a while though.

Only thing I use IE for is Netflix online movies. DVD quality and no trips to blockbuster.

Yes, I love technology. Just call me Kip.

StoneCold wrote:FF is very quick and easy to use. On MRJF I always open a new tab for each thread. I've heard FF becomes a memory hog after a while though.

Only thing I use IE for is Netflix online movies. DVD quality and no trips to blockbuster.

Yes, I love technology. Just call me Kip.

Napoleon Dynamite! That's the second time I've talked about that movie today.

Rick wrote:

StoneCold wrote:FF is very quick and easy to use. On MRJF I always open a new tab for each thread. I've heard FF becomes a memory hog after a while though.

Only thing I use IE for is Netflix online movies. DVD quality and no trips to blockbuster.

Yes, I love technology. Just call me Kip.

Napoleon Dynamite! That's the second time I've talked about that movie today.

I missed the first, whadja say? Vote for Pedro?

Edit / I found it. You rewatched it and decided you liked it. I liked it from the first.

Stupid but funny humor. Who can't laugh at getting beaned with a cooked steak? That was classic.

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use Firefox.
Sometimes when I go back to the main page the thread is red...
usually because there is a new post!

Rick wrote:

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use Firefox pretty much exclusively, but I have the history feature turned off. Threads never show up as read because of that. It's got a few quirks, but I like it because of the addons. Adblocker and the video downloader addons are my two favorites.

I'm verrrry new with FireFox... don't know much about it yet - what's this video downloader add on about? I probably want that.


PM me maybe?

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use is exclusively also...

I've been using Firefox ever since it was first released (something like version .5 lol!) It has come a very long way, but now has become the standard in which all other web browsers copy. The features that you see in IE7 were ideas taken from FF. In fact, Opera and Netscape Navigator are exact replicas of Firefox.

Also, in regards to firefox's speed, you can go into firefox's control panel and set up pipelining to increase it's speed.

Greg wrote:
Also, in regards to firefox's speed, you can go into firefox's control panel and set up pipelining to increase it's speed.

Where exactly is that, not seeing it.

StoneCold wrote:

Greg wrote:
Also, in regards to firefox's speed, you can go into firefox's control panel and set up pipelining to increase it's speed.

Where exactly is that, not seeing it.

In the address bar, type about.config and hit enter. You will then see a list of all of firefox's controls that you can customize. Look for anything that says networking-pipelining and enable them. There is one pipelining control that has a max request number set as 4. Click on this control and increase the number to 10. You should see firefox speed up.

Change these three values to what I have in the picture.

strangegrey wrote:I've recently moved onto Firefox...when on a winblows box. as I wont give those fuckers in redmond the satisfaction.

I do find that firefox has trouble once in a blue moon with a site and goes balls up....but I'm sure that's Microsuck's fault!

Now THAT's funny. He won't run IE on a Windows box because of Microsoft. LOL!

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Rick wrote:

conversationpc wrote:I love Mozilla Firefox but, every once in a while, it acts up here on the forums. I can click on a link and read a thread and go back to the main page but it doesn't mark the thread as if it's been read. It did this before and went away on its own. Interesting...

I use Firefox pretty much exclusively, but I have the history feature turned off. Threads never show up as read because of that. It's got a few quirks, but I like it because of the addons. Adblocker and the video downloader addons are my two favorites.

I'm verrrry new with FireFox... don't know much about it yet - what's this video downloader add on about? I probably want that.


PM me maybe?

I had one but it stopped working so I uninstalled it...
can't remember what it was called

Greg wrote:

Change these three values to what I have in the picture.

when I type about.config I get "Server not found"

soulshine wrote:

Greg wrote:

Change these three values to what I have in the picture.

when I type about.config I get "Server not found"

about:config

You need the colon in there instead of a period.

Thanks Greg!

Good tip! How'd you learn this good stuff?

StoneCold wrote:

soulshine wrote:

Greg wrote:

Change these three values to what I have in the picture.

when I type about.config I get "Server not found"

about:config

You need the colon in there instead of a period.

Now I see it, but how do I make the changes?

Never mind, I typed pip in the filter and figured it out.

Thanks so much!

StoneCold wrote:Thanks Greg!

Good tip! How'd you learn this good stuff?

I'm a geeky computer tech. I live for this kind of stuff!