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Post by Phil on Apr 15, 2006 23:49:43 GMT
Anybody else been completely screwed up by today's automatic update to FF? From what I read on their forum I'm far from being the only one!!
I'm writing this on Opera, which I downloaded out of sheer frustration - everytime I tried to fix FF it got worse. "switch off auto-updates" they say. But you CAN'T until you've opened it - by which time the auto-update has started!!
If you've got problems with FF - it's not your fault!
If you're on FF and HAVEN'T got problems - you're bl**dy lucky.
If there was ever a case of "If it ain't broke DON'T FIX IT" this must be it: not even the older versions work now!!
The only thing I miss is adblock: I'd got used to nice clean pages on this forum!
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Post by solidbond on Apr 15, 2006 23:59:41 GMT
Sorry - hate to say this - but I'm using Firefox, have d/l the latest update, 1.502, and am still here watching and listening as usual  ;D ;D Oh and adblock is still working fine as well ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2006 0:25:50 GMT
Firefox works fine for me  Adblock's fine also ;D |
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Post by Colin on Apr 16, 2006 3:59:01 GMT
Though not a Firefox reply, the subject matter is in a similar vein - as I type, Windows is trying to restart my computer as it's ready to install updates - and it keeps popping up with a reminder every 3 minutes. It's a shame I ain't ready though - there it goes again. AARRGGGHHHH  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by agoodcuppa on Apr 16, 2006 6:59:37 GMT
Firefox is OK here as well.  The only problem I do have is that one of the video plugins won't install and a small minority of web sites aren't set up for FF, but I can live with that. ;D |
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 16, 2006 9:01:07 GMT
It's not so much a case of not being set up for Fx, its people not writing W3C compliant code...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2006 9:43:00 GMT
No probs with Firefox here either.
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Post by agoodcuppa on Apr 16, 2006 9:44:11 GMT
its people not writing W3C compliant code... Right, I wasn't aware. I did once alert a retailer to the fact that his site didn't work in Firefox. His response was to say that he couldn't be bothered degrading the images or some other load of nonsense. Guess where I didn't go shopping. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2006 11:45:26 GMT
Anybody else been completely screwed up by today's automatic update to FF? From what I read on their forum I'm far from being the only one!! I'm writing this on Opera, which I downloaded out of sheer frustration - everytime I tried to fix FF it got worse. "switch off auto-updates" they say. But you CAN'T until you've opened it - by which time the auto-update has started!! If you've got problems with FF - it's not your fault! If you're on FF and HAVEN'T got problems - you're bl**dy lucky. If there was ever a case of "If it ain't broke DON'T FIX IT" this must be it: not even the older versions work now!! The only thing I miss is adblock: I'd got used to nice clean pages on this forum! Would completely uninstalling FF and then downloading 1.5.0.2 from the website not solve the problem? Personally I never use auto-update features, for precisely the reason you're experiencing now. |
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 16, 2006 12:05:57 GMT
its people not writing W3C compliant code... Right, I wasn't aware. I did once alert a retailer to the fact that his site didn't work in Firefox. His response was to say that he couldn't be bothered degrading the images or some other load of nonsense. Guess where I didn't go shopping. ;D Basically MSIE will allow you to get away with all sorts of sloppy HTML code - whereas Fx is more strict, but some people still write the aforementioned sloppy code and assume you're using MSIE to view it... |
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Post by Phil on Apr 16, 2006 12:22:40 GMT
Would completely uninstalling FF and then downloading 1.5.0.2 from the website not solve the problem? Personally I never use auto-update features, for precisely the reason you're experiencing now. Done that - twice (reinstalled, but from local exe file [FF 1.5 which used to work perfectly till 1.5.0.1 came along])- AND used system restore to try to get things back. Can't even open the passwords folder to save them! Won't open options. Won't open full page. Won't save forms or cookies. Blah,blah,blah!! Advice is good - may well have to, but that means losing EVERYTHING except bookmarks. Even then I think my total cleanups are not removing everything (don't worry I cleaned up both Prog files and App data) and there is still some corruption. Next time I uninstall I'll clean everything then defragment the disk: that'll confuse it (I've done it before with great success)!! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2006 13:51:15 GMT
The only way to fix your problem is to delete your profile. The program itself is perfectly fine; you've managed to corrupt your profile.
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Post by Phil on Apr 16, 2006 14:37:48 GMT
The only way to fix your problem is to delete your profile. The program itself is perfectly fine; you've managed to corrupt your profile. Sorry TOK: did that - still wouldn't reinstall and work properly. All traces of profiles removed in both areas (prog and App data). |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2006 16:41:37 GMT
I use firefox, and downloaded the thing, and every since then i have had problems with my pc being infected with a worm and spireware. I am also now getting pop ups coming up all over the shop, even though i have Norton, which is supposidly set to stop them, which it has done for the last X amount of years. The PC says that it is Firefox that is infectd, as it goes into overdrive with windows system messages when i open it. But i have uninstalled FF and re sinatlled it but the problem is still there!  So if anyone knows how i can get rid of this silly worm (!), i would be most happy if you could let me know!  |
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Post by compsci on Apr 16, 2006 16:51:28 GMT
A program called Spybot from www.spybot.info can detect and remove most spyware. Have you checked that your norton subscription is still valid? If it runs out and you don't renew then the patterns needed to identify and fix new types of virus won't be installed. There is also a bug in most popup blocker software which allows windows created by macromedia flash (used for many animated websites/adverts). The best way to deal with this (and all adverts) is to use the Adblock extention for Firefox. |
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Post by Phil on Apr 16, 2006 17:38:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2006 18:22:02 GMT
My Firefox is working fine. I would endorse both AVG and Spybot as mentioned above.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2006 10:42:56 GMT
A program called Spybot from www.spybot.info can detect and remove most spyware. Downloaded and it got rid of my little worm, so im pleased, and no longer have any problems with firefox! |
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Post by Phil on Apr 20, 2006 10:42:21 GMT
OK - a report  . Uninstalled FF. Removed all traces from Prog files and App Data except bookmarks and localstore.rdf., which got sent to My documents. Next, a registry clean. Followed by disc defragment which I often find works wonders. Now reinstall from scratch. Reboot. Works fine........EXCEPT!!! It STILL opened windowed rather than full-page!!!!!!! That's why I saved localstore.rdf. Copied it back - lubbly jubbly! As for 3 days of Opera, it's got some great features but problems too, such as taking ages to load images even from cache, adblock cutting ads but sometimes (not always) leaving white spaces and so on. On balance FF is the better system overall. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2006 20:48:34 GMT
Every now and then, my FF will tell me to that updates are available. I follow the clicky, but nothing loads, so I have never managed to get any updates.
Some other points...
I use FF and IE, because some things won't open in FF (and sometimes the other way round). I can't get on with listing items for selling on eBay with FF, as the description has to be written in HTML code. In IE, I can use eBay's HTML generator.
I get asked to 'install missing plugins' by FF, but they won't load if I try.
Downloading add-ons for BVE is far easier in IE than FF.
I get silly error messages, such as 'this doccument contains no data', even if it is OK.
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 21, 2006 20:59:23 GMT
Again, a lot of the "problems" with Firefox aren't its fault. People have written websites with sloppy code which will only work in MSIE, hence if you try to access it with Firefox you get all sorts of problems.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2006 21:14:11 GMT
Proboards is better with FF. It used to take ages to load in IE.
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Post by Phil on Apr 21, 2006 21:15:39 GMT
Every now and then, my FF will tell me to that updates are available. I follow the clicky, but nothing loads, so I have never managed to get any updates. Some other points... I use FF and IE, because some things won't open in FF (and sometimes the other way round). I can't get on with listing items for selling on eBay with FF, as the description has to be written in HTML code. In IE, I can use eBay's HTML generator. I get asked to 'install missing plugins' by FF, but they won't load if I try. Downloading add-ons for BVE is far easier in IE than FF. I get silly error messages, such as 'this doccument contains no data', even if it is OK. I've disabled auto-update after what it did to me last time. But strangely, despite all my other problems, I've NEVER had FF refuse to download, or do a corrupt d/l. Not even with BVE add-ons. Dare I suggest your FF needs a reinstall (complete, as listed above, longwinded but well worth it). |
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Post by Phil on Apr 22, 2006 13:47:55 GMT
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 22, 2006 13:52:38 GMT
Compared to how many in MSIE? Any large piece of software is going to have *some* holes, it looks like these have been sorted out pretty sharpish.
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Post by Phil on Apr 22, 2006 13:59:44 GMT
I regard it as a compliment to FF. It means it's become too important and too popular for the low-life to ignore!  |
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