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Al Bundy
It's so much faster than IE at opening pages. Problem is that it won't
open some pages and it crashes on a whim. You can provide bug reports
until the cows come home and all they do is keep working on NEW
features.
George Grapman
Reminds me of when Netscape was the default for many ISPs. I filled
out the reports and never got a reply until the time I asked if it was
true that they were eliminating half the customer service jobs. Less
than an hour later someone asked for my source.
With IE even if you have the pop up blocker enabled you still got
small pop up on the lower right hand corner telling you whose pop up was
blocked. Firefox simply keeps an unobtrusive running tally.
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Except that both don't block half the pop ups, and usually IE blocks
downloads taht you actually want.
For that reason Adblock plus is a very useful add-on for Firefox.
Logan Shaw
> It's so much faster than IE at opening pages. Problem is that it won't
> open some pages and it crashes on a whim.
Crashes on a whim? Not in my experience. I might see a crash maybe
once a month, and I use it *all* the time.
And generally speaking, if a page can't be viewed in a browser as mainstream
as Firefox, it's probably because the people who created it don't know what
they're doing.
> You can provide bug reports
> until the cows come home and all they do is keep working on NEW
> features.
Now that I agree with. I reported a bug in the Mac version something like
5 years ago, and it *may* now be fixed in the version that's about to come
out. Granted, it's only a cosmetic bug, but it's still annoying.
- Logan
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George
I use Firefox with Adblock and don't experience any issues. Perhaps you
have some other issues on your computer?
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> Al Bundy wrote:
> > It's so much faster than IE at opening pages. Problem is that it won't
> > open some pages and it crashes on a whim.
>
> Crashes on a whim? Not in my experience. I might see a crash maybe
> once a month, and I use it *all* the time.
Agreed. I've been using it for over a year, and have had NO crashes.
I've had a couple websites that didn't seem to work, but come to think
of it that was a long time ago, so either they fixed it, or Firefox
got fixed, or I learned better.
> Now that I agree with. I reported a bug in the Mac version something like
> 5 years ago, and it *may* now be fixed in the version that's about to come
> out. Granted, it's only a cosmetic bug, but it's still annoying.
Isn't Firefox part of the OpenSource stuff? So it's kinda sorta group
contribution. Maybe your bug wasn't fun?
Al Bundy
The sites that will not run are not half baked operations. One is the
probate court site for Wayne County Michigan and another it the State
of Oklahoma. I think they know how to construct web sites. Those
particular ones don't crash. They simply don't run properly. The other
day I was looking for appliance information on Kenmore washers.
Several sites crashed while downloading. Then there are times where it
crashes out of the blue. My computer is otherwise fine- defragged,
scanned, no viri. If Firefox is not running, these things don't
happen.
Good luck to you if you are having no problems at all. The consensus
of the computer gurus in my area and I believe Kim Komando is that
Firefox can't be used as a sole browser. It is still very worthwhile.
bear...@cruller.invalid
Al Bundy <MSfo...@mcpmail.com> wrote:
> The sites that will not run are not half baked operations.
I'm not so sure about that
> One is the probate court site for Wayne County Michigan
I assume you are speaking of the "fees" section, in particular the
calculator. As noted on that page, those functions were made
specifically for use with MSIE. Such crippling exclusivity built
deliberately into a website strongly implies either "partnership" with
certain software companies or incompetence on the part of the site's
creator.
That kind of issue may be fine for private websites, but it is
unconscionable for public sites. And it has nothing to do with the
users' browser of choice; it is all about dysfunctional software
unusable to a diverse population.
Al Bundy
Entirely wrong. Wayne County has many sites. I have never checked
probate fees. When you assume things you know what that makes of you.
Go back to your mindless pasting.
Bob F
"Logan Shaw" <lshaw-...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Al Bundy wrote:
>
>> It's so much faster than IE at opening pages. Problem is that it won't
>> open some pages and it crashes on a whim.
>
> Crashes on a whim? Not in my experience. I might see a crash maybe
> once a month, and I use it *all* the time.
>
> And generally speaking, if a page can't be viewed in a browser as mainstream
> as Firefox, it's probably because the people who created it don't know what
> they're doing.
>
Or because the browser developers didn't make robust code.
Bob
bear...@cruller.invalid
Al Bundy <MSfo...@mcpmail.com> wrote:
Okay, as long as you stick to your hackneyed, necrotic cliches. If my
assumption is incorrect, then your entire complaint is invalid.
You made the following claim:
"The sites that will not run are not half baked operations. One is the
probate court site for Wayne County Michigan and another it the State
of Oklahoma. I think they know how to construct web sites. Those
particular ones don't crash. They simply don't run properly."
I had no trouble accessing or operating the site you specified. I looked
through all of the Wayne County Probate Court links using FireFox, Opera
and Safari and had no problem with any WCPC function apart from their
exclusively MSIE calculator. Everything worked just fine, including the
search forms.
I did not bother much with the links to outside sites (which is what I
suspect you are talking about with your irrelevant, off-topic assertion
that "Wayne County has many sites"), but I covered that topic when
mentioning private websites, none of which originated from or are owned
by Wayne County.
Indeed, the only mistaken assumption I made became apparent only *after*
you responded like Rod Speed. It must be terribly tiring for the two of
you to have your cycle all month long.
Nicik Name
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