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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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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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Anthony Fremont

Jan 1, 1970
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"Jim Thompson"
I was able to go to IRF.com with IE without incident.

Ideas? Suggestion?

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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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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"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.

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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Gareth

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
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.

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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PaulCsouls

Jan 1, 1970
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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

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

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

Paul C
 
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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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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

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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Dmitri

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson wrote:



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?

...Jim Thompson

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:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

Good luck!

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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson wrote:









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:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

Good luck!

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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legg

Jan 1, 1970
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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
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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Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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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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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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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

Where does one get Mozilla?

...Jim Thompson
 
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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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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


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
 
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Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello John,
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.

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

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello Jim,
It does the same barf as Firefox, so I must have some problem with
Flash or Quicktime :-(

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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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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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


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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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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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.

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?
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

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

...Jim Thompson
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello Jim,
It does the same barf as Firefox, so I must have some problem with
Flash or Quicktime :-(

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.
[snip]

Regards, Joerg

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

...Jim Thompson
 
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