Wow J. I'm both happy and confused by your reply.
more inline below.............
At 23:53 09/01/2008 -0700, you wrote:
Before re-install or modifying your FF setup:
1. Make sure you have latest Java JRE & Flash updates.
To the best of my knowledge both test machines are running the latest of both.
Sun JRE 6.0 Update 7
Shockwave Flash v9.0 r124
Having said this, there is one weather site that still bitches that I need
to upgrade my Flash to view some views. I have refused to take their bait
yet. The weather site is:
http://www.wunderground.com/about/background.asp
2. consider creating a new profile for FF to test since FF stores AddOn's
per-user.
I will, but to what end? As a diagnostic tool? I am still floundering about
with all the current FF option windows with just my user profile. But, if
necessary, I will try.
Adding " -profilemanager" (sans-quotes) to the FF shortcut displays the
profile manager rather than jumping in the browser. Create a "test"
profile and launch FF with it. Simply add back addons one at a time until
you get a problem.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_(Firefox)
I will certainly go and look at this. The Mozilla site is now like an old
comfy sweater; even though I still find it tough to navigate.
I am not aware of a switch to "turn off tabbed browsing" in FF other than
simply reusing the same tab. Running in a tab vs. new window should not
affect performance content but there could be other issues with HOW that
site uses say Java or Flash, combined multi-tab usage is causing high cpu
utilization, or possibly an unfixed bug (FF 3.01 is still new).
I go to tools/options/tabs. The very first choice is "New pages should be
opened in: [new window] [new tab]. If I allow [new tab] whatever I
currently have running (usually a radio audio stream) just goes bonkers
w/cpu use to max. Since I have changed to [new window] these is little trouble.
Could this be connected to the 50MB I allow for FF?
Certainly would piss me off enough not to use the site if I had to change
my whole browsing style just for them since I have EVERYTHING including
pop-ups open in a new tab. Look into TabMixPlus which gives you better
control over over how sites affect your browser window/tabs, also adds a
"open this link in new window" function.
I will go look for TabMixPlus. But, I am now getting concerned with how
many add-ons I need to get trouble free browsing.
Good that you are learning to live with NoScript's added steps, it might
just save your ass someday!
I followed Brian's suggestion. I know about 'scripts.' NoScript is a
keeper. Once I get all my usual sites tweaked no problem. Today I added the
cookie mgr cs-lite because dealing with cookies in FF is non-intuitive to
me. I do like the background info FF provides for the cookies I now have.
Do not like not being to ctrl-click several for erasure. One at a time or
all. Hmm. I know; picky, picky! LOL!
Consider AdBlock with a filter subscription to complete the process of
blocking unwanted content. You start to forget how ad driven sites are
until you're forced to browse without it!
Again, I will look at this also. Since I started using the "hosts file"
some months back, I do not notice much of this type of stuff I believe.
Perhaps not even related.......
Best,
Duncan
