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How long does it take to switch your Search Provider back to Google?
Don't fall Mozilla for doing whatever they need to do to make a buck. And something as innocuous as changing who the default search engine that the Mozilla home page uses??? Come on...
If your "Start" page was set to something else, you wouldn't even notice this change.
That's besides the point, randomly switching a users defaults is just a poor practice across the board no matter who is doing it. For me it's really irrelevant however for someone like my parents whom I've told to call me if for example their search page looks different it's an issue. As you know the search is commonly hijacked by malware.
That's besides the point, randomly switching a users defaults is just a poor practice across the board no matter who is doing it. For me it's really irrelevant however for someone like my parents whom I've told to call me if for example their search page looks different it's an issue. As you know the search is commonly hijacked by malware.
Yep.
"Making a buck" is hardly a defense a decent company would use for slamming something on a user.
Kinda like Java slamming Ask or Adobe slamming GOOG on updaters.
Business may be business, but ignorant business behavior is still bad behavior.
Finally had my first crash after months of browsing. Was trying to scroll down the page in Woot.com and it locked up. One time in six months? I can live with that.
Yes, Firefox crashes with me ALL the time. The main thing it loves and I mean just LOVES to do is give you that "a script on this page may be busy" and it then gives you the options of "continue" or "stop script." I get this ALL the time with Firefox on every machine except the older (32, I think) version that used to be on my older Windows XP laptop. (And no, XP has nothing to do with it, because I also used to get that same error message on my my wife's previous XP desktop.)
If there is a fix for that, I'd be open to do it, but it needs to be EASY, as in un-check one box and that's it, and it shouldn't compromise any features or mandate any "workarounds" in doing so.
My other complaints--yes, it updates too much, twice a year is all it should require, and don't do it automatically, wait until I TELL YOU to update--and yes, I still expect no viruses. The other, more recent thing--I'm not sure what version it is, but they ruined the search box, which is one feature that had me hanging onto Firefox, because they were the only ones that had the separate search box, a design I strongly prefer. (To me, combining the search box and URL box is an awful design.) The different options used to be in "list" view, which made it easy--tab over, press F4, arrow-down to the one you want, press ENTER, then type in what you're searching for. Now that listing is in "grid" view, and it's not anywhere near as intuitive or quick with the keyboard.
They used to be my favorite browser, but anymore they're just awful. I just Opera or Chrome anymore. Opera has been prompting me for the past 5-7 months to update, I press NO and get on with my life, and I've had no problems. I will update it at some point, but it's when I freaking feel like it and not a moment sooner--and yes, there should still be no viruses anyway.
Yes, Firefox crashes with me ALL the time. The main thing it loves and I mean just LOVES to do is give you that "a script on this page may be busy" and it then gives you the options of "continue" or "stop script." I get this ALL the time with Firefox on every machine except the older (32, I think) version that used to be on my older Windows XP laptop. (And no, XP has nothing to do with it, because I also used to get that same error message on my my wife's previous XP desktop.)
If there is a fix for that, I'd be open to do it, but it needs to be EASY, as in un-check one box and that's it, and it shouldn't compromise any features or mandate any "workarounds" in doing so.
My other complaints--yes, it updates too much, twice a year is all it should require, and don't do it automatically, wait until I TELL YOU to update--and yes, I still expect no viruses. The other, more recent thing--I'm not sure what version it is, but they ruined the search box, which is one feature that had me hanging onto Firefox, because they were the only ones that had the separate search box, a design I strongly prefer. (To me, combining the search box and URL box is an awful design.) The different options used to be in "list" view, which made it easy--tab over, press F4, arrow-down to the one you want, press ENTER, then type in what you're searching for. Now that listing is in "grid" view, and it's not anywhere near as intuitive or quick with the keyboard.
They used to be my favorite browser, but anymore they're just awful. I just Opera or Chrome anymore. Opera has been prompting me for the past 5-7 months to update, I press NO and get on with my life, and I've had no problems. I will update it at some point, but it's when I freaking feel like it and not a moment sooner--and yes, there should still be no viruses anyway.
Indeed they are....since at least as far back as version 27 - maybe a little further.
So why not use a version that wasn't awful? I use version 13 and it is fast and smooth, though occasionally I do get the busy script messages you mention. And it has a separate search box - didn't know that had been dropped.
Yes, Firefox crashes with me ALL the time. The main thing it loves and I mean just LOVES to do is give you that "a script on this page may be busy" and it then gives you the options of "continue" or "stop script." I get this ALL the time with Firefox on every machine except the older (32, I think) version that used to be on my older Windows XP laptop. (And no, XP has nothing to do with it, because I also used to get that same error message on my my wife's previous XP desktop.)
If there is a fix for that, I'd be open to do it, but it needs to be EASY, as in un-check one box and that's it, and it shouldn't compromise any features or mandate any "workarounds" in doing so.
Are you using NoScript or other add on to block scripts? I've only ever seen what you describe when using those addons. Check the settings. I'll bet that all it takes is a simple checkbox.
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