Anyone else having problems with Firefox?

[snowfire]

I guess I've just noticed it here, but it won't show me any avatars, any smilies, and it won't show me any buttons like "reply" or "post new thread." I can access it on explorer, so it's not a huge deal, but is anyone else noticing this?

[Duker]

Its running like a champ for me. Maybe a re-download/update is in order?

[Cornholio]

Anyone else having problems with Firefox?

Yes-- everyone. It sucks.

[Woodsy]

Yes-- everyone. It sucks.

sarcastic?
been stellar for me @ work and @ home.

[Foggy_Goggles]

I had that problem once. I think it had something to do with the security permissions. You've got 'er on lock down. I don't have in on my machine here at work but their are a bunch of settings you can mickey mouse with. You get a place yet?

[365wp]

Go to "Tools...Options." Click on "Web Features." There's a checkbox for "Load Images." That should be checked. There's another checkbox that says "for the originating site only." That should *not* be checked. That might not do it, just a thought.

[Cornholio]

Here's a browser that works every time, on every page.

[/pot stirring] although I am an IE fan.

[dbp]

Here's a browser that works every time, on every page.

Most annoying thing when designing a website: fixing all the horribly broken CSS support in Win IE 5/6.

One of the first thing I do after fixing a friend or family member's computer that "won't work": Install Firefox

[edg]

Have your tried your ad-blocker software? Perhaps you accidentally added the tgr domain?

edg

[snowfire]

edg- no, I haven't tried that yet. I'll have to do that when I get home.

Cornhole, I went to that site and said it was for non- Windows XP users. I am a Windows XP user.


365wp- tried that, everything is checked that should be checked.

Foggy, it's my home computer so I don't really know what security would be turned on... although I don't claim to know anything about computers, so I could be mistaken. What else could I mess with to try and fix?

I did find a place, I'm going with the apartment that's super close to the hospital- it's pretty much at 12th and a couple blocks east of Colorado. Bellaire St. is the actual place, and it's right where it deadends into Hale and the hospital. It's an older brick building with 10 apartments in it. So, everyone come stalk me now. It's a nice place, 1BR, 700 ft2 with hardwood floors. for $550/mo. I'm having fun buying furnishings for it, although I'll probably go broke pretty soon. I've got a shitload of stuff that I'm going to drop off this weekend after skiing. The landlord's really nice- he's letting me pretty much have the entire month to move stuff in, and he's not going to start charging me rent until June.

edit: I usually love Firefox, none of that annoying popup stuff that comes with IE, but just yesterday it started doing this weird shit with the board.

[bad_roo]

[Ski Monkey]

Most annoying thing when designing a website: fixing all the horribly broken CSS support in Win IE 5/6.

Grr....fucking IE. I wish they supported standards properly. Bitches.

(been doing some css dev lately.)

[belgian]

Firefox recently had a major security error which stems from the Javascript. They are currently fixing it which may explain recent crap ups. Personally I love firefox because explorer is just a massive magnet for viruses, spyware, and adware. It's fun to watch a virus checker run though the temp files of IE if you haven't emptied it for a while; one time I got over 500 viruses and trojans in one run-through. Since then I've reformatted my harddrive and deleted IE so no one who uses this computer can use it; no problems anymore.

[Mcwop]

Unless you have an apple, where it is TERRIBLE and crashes all the fucking time. On a PC, it works great.

No tabbed browsing on IE is automatic suck in my book.

[Think Snow!]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120756



Critical Flaw Found in Firefox
Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com
Mon May 9,11:00 AM ET



Firefox has unpatched "extremely critical" security holes and exploit code is already circulating on the Net, security researchers have warned.

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The two unpatched flaws in the Mozilla browser could allow an attacker to take control of your system.

A patch is expected shortly, but in the meantime users can protect themselves by switching off JavaScript. In addition, the Mozilla Foundation has now made the flaws effectively impossible to exploit by changes to the server-side download mechanism on the update.mozilla.org and addons.mozilla.org sites, according to security experts.

The flaws were confidentially reported to the Foundation on May 2, but by Saturday details had been leaked and were reported by several security organizations, including the French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT). Danish security firm Secunia marked the exploit as "extremely critical", its most serious rating, the first time it has given a Firefox flaw this rating.

In recent months Firefox has gained significant market share from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, partly because it is considered less vulnerable to attacks. However, industry observers have long warned that the browser is more secure partly because of its relatively small user base. As Firefox's profile grows, attackers will increasingly target the browser.

Two Vulnerabilities Found
The exploit, discovered by Paul of Greyhats Security Group and Michael "mikx" Krax, makes use of two separate vulnerabilities. An attacker could create a malicious page using frames and a JavaScript history flaw to make software installations appear to be coming from a "trusted" site. By default, Firefox allows software installations from update.mozilla.org and addons.mozilla.org, but users can add their own sites to this whitelist.

The second part of the exploit triggers software installation using an input verification bug in the "IconURL" parameter in the install mechanism. The effect is that a user could click on an icon and trigger the execution of malicious JavaScript code. Because the code is executed from the browser's user interface, it has the same privileges as the user running Firefox, according to researchers.

Mozilla Foundation said it has protected most users from the exploit by altering the software installation mechanism on its two whitelisted sites. However, users may be vulnerable if they have added other sites to the whitelist, it warned.

"We believe this means that users who have not added any additional sites to their software installation whitelist are no longer at risk," Mozilla Foundation said in a statement published on Mozillazine.org.

[Dantheman]

No tabbed browsing on IE is automatic suck in my book.

No shit, no tabbed browsing is the only way to go. If you must have an IE-based browser, do yourself a favor and go with Avant --> www.avantbrowser.com