Firefox is up to crap!

b2tf · 21-02-2005, 09:29 PM

Wont load pictures, cant find sites unless i tell it to about 5 times, whats going on?

Methinks this browser is not as good as all the hype suggests?!

XD 351 Ute · 21-02-2005, 09:32 PM

I'm still having trouble with E-Bay. Won't load pix at all.
Have tried others suggestions as per the other day, but no dice.
Otherwise it is still going ok for me.

Ed

Kapn_Kiwi · 21-02-2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by back2thefutura

Wont load pictures, cant find sites unless i tell it to about 5 times, whats going on?

Methinks this browser is not as good as all the hype suggests?!

Did you do that tweaking? I seem to remember you having trouble after that. I reversed it all, and any problems I had (pictures loading, sites loading) went away. Didn't get that bad, though.

svo347 · 21-02-2005, 09:35 PM

Other than the small drama i had!! been having , After the few months of using it , I find it really great

flavze · 21-02-2005, 09:39 PM

never had anyproblems with it, you using the latest edition?

Psycho Chicken · 21-02-2005, 09:40 PM

I've had ebay not show a picture once or twice, but it beats the hell out of pop-ups.

M14A-Mclaren · 21-02-2005, 09:44 PM

Firefox works fine for me, does it load no pictures at all like graphics and stuff or just jpg's?

Brute33 · 21-02-2005, 09:47 PM

At least with Firefox you know the reason your pictures aren't loading isn't a security exploit large enough to fly a jumbo through.

b2tf · 21-02-2005, 09:52 PM

Yes i did the tweaking, and i uninstalled and then reinstalled Firefox just to make sure i reset it. It is the latest version too, got it straight from their site.

The pics that dont load are usually pictures in posts on here, i have to refresh the page about 5 times to see the pics that people are commenting on! Doesnt happen to all of them though, just some.

The other annoying thing is when you punch in an address of a site you know is right and functional, and it will say it cannot be found. However if you make it look for it about 5 times, it eventually finds it.

AUXRVIII · 21-02-2005, 10:03 PM

Is it possible that even though you uninstalled the reinstalled firefox the original registry settings were used?

Brute33 · 21-02-2005, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by back2thefutura

The other annoying thing is when you punch in an address of a site you know is right and functional, and it will say it cannot be found. However if you make it look for it about 5 times, it eventually finds it.

Are you sure you don't have a DNS issue .

**cs123** · 21-02-2005, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Brute33

Are you sure you don't have a DNS issue .

I was thinking the same. I've been having a few dns issues lately nothing to do with firefox.

BlueRaven · 21-02-2005, 10:22 PM

Never had a problem with it...

Firefox7 · 21-02-2005, 10:25 PM

I hit the new post and saw this....thought someone was having a go at me......lol

Cheers

Laminge · 21-02-2005, 10:48 PM

Are you on dialup?

M14A-Mclaren · 21-02-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Spalding Green

Is it possible that even though you uninstalled the reinstalled firefox the original registry settings were used?

Most definatley, I would say the settings and the profile are exactly the same, that what happened to me, I had to delete the profile.

Franky · 21-02-2005, 11:10 PM

I had to reinstall windows after installing firefox, will never download it again

the_scotsman · 22-02-2005, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Devil Racer

I had to reinstall windows after installing firefox, will never download it again

I find that hard to believe....I very much doubt Firefox did that much irrepairable damage to windows.

M14A-Mclaren · 22-02-2005, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Devil Racer

I had to reinstall windows after installing firefox, will never download it again

Lol, how the hell did you manage that? so you use IE now?

-AL- · 22-02-2005, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Devil Racer

I had to reinstall windows after installing firefox, will never download it again

I'd bet your p.c already had issues prior to installing Firefox, it just happened to be the straw that broke tha camels back.

back2thefutura, your problem sounds more like isp/dns dramas to me. I've used mozilla/firefox for a fair while without the slightest glitch(not that it helps you out tho).

XRated · 22-02-2005, 10:23 AM

Stuff IE, stuff Firefox. Use good ol' Mozilla (even though they are to do with Firefox). Easily the quickest and the best.

-AL- · 22-02-2005, 10:35 AM

Just as a matter of interest APC mag rated 5 web browsers in the Dec 04 edition
I.E 6 - 3 stars
Mozilla1.7.3 - 4 stars
Mozilla FIrefox 1.0 - 4 & ½ stars
Netscape Nav 7.2 - 3 & ½ stars
Opera 7.54 - 3 & ½ stars

MotherNatureVer2 · 22-02-2005, 10:45 AM

Im on dial up & using firefox .... have had no problems with it whatsoever .......

Im only on a smallish system as well ........

LuvinmyEB · 22-02-2005, 03:38 PM

I've never had an issue with Firefox either, I'm on dial up and everything loads twice as fast as I.E.

I ran spybot and ad aware last night (I hadn't done it in over 2 weeks), Spybot didn't find anything and ad aware found 4 trackers, they were from when I.E. windows were opened to view sites.

Gotta love the no pop ups too.

Sorry it doesn't help you though b2tf. :(

Quasi · 22-02-2005, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Brute33

At least with Firefox you know the reason your pictures aren't loading isn't a security exploit large enough to fly a jumbo through.

.....but it's the cessnas you gotta worry about.

TheOtherHalf · 26-02-2005, 02:27 PM

IE6 crashed my PC that many times that I thought stuff it and downloaded Firefox, no more crashes, easy to use, also run Mozilla's Thunderbird as my email client.

Google is my preferred search engine and for any photographers out there in Ford Forum Land try downloading Picasa2 from Google, the best programme for viewing, sorting, editing and enjoying photos that this dumb broad has used for a long time, in fact come to think of it, it's the only programme I can say that I have used that hasn't driven me nutz....

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Yum-Yum · 26-02-2005, 05:42 PM

[QUOTE=TheOtherHalf]
Google is my preferred search engine and for any photographers out there in Ford Forum Land try downloading Picasa2 from Google[/QUOTE

Never heard of picasa2 before, sounds good.
Me thinks I'll take a look now.
Sorry B2TF, Firefox goes sweet as for me too bro.]