--- On Wed, 1/14/09, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 11:14 AM On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:18 AM, PETE wrote: > > I'm using the above mentioned software on my Quicksilver. Of late > I've noticed a very annoying development. While browsing, the cursor > turns into a multi-colored circle that keeps turning round and round > and...,infact during one of these episodes I got out bidded on ebay. > What's causing this hiccup and how can I fix it? By the way my Mac > OS 10.3.9 on my other computer is doing the same thing. TIA. That is the 'spinning pinwheel of doom'; and it means that OS X is telling you something is using up system resources, CPU or RAM. 99% of the time when this happens in web browsers it's the %...@#$# flash plugins, mostly ads. Look up Adblock <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865> If it's both systems, with different browsers, it could be your ISP or the web site you're hitting. Come to think about it, Verizon did send me an email in November telling me that I'd be seeing more ads and this would be an "improvement" in the service I'm getting from them! Anyhow I installed Adblock and so far so good. I'll keep you listers posted if anything changes. Thanks. Pete. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
