The Firefox and Extension Thread

[caboosier]

Here's the Ad Block extension for Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...earch&hcp=main

I find that I am using both browsers at the same time these days.
I rely too much on addons like Image Grabber to switch to Chrome exclusively.

[Ace]

Originally Posted by pharoahegypt

I've given up on firefox now...!!! i used to love it to bits... butsince the most recent version got updated/uploaded, it endlessly freezes mid-download..!!!

I'm now using Google Chrome..!! annoyingly i get all the damn pop ups that firefox 4 stopped... but at least i can surf and download without freezing every five minutes..!!! you can most certainly keep firefox 6, mr mozilla man..!!!

http://www.oldversion.com/Mozilla-Firefox.html

[Oswald]

I using FF7. Mozilla downloaded it automatically when I first logged on today. The problem is that it's not compatible with Java and DivX and these features have been disabled by Firefox. How do I restore them?

[electile disfunction]

Originally Posted by Oswald

I using FF7. Mozilla downloaded it automatically when I first logged on today. The problem is that it's not compatible with Java and DivX and these features have been disabled by Firefox. How do I restore them?

I found a similar problem with other add-ons & extensions in FF7 but found this works:

1) Enable that problem feature and restart Firefox;
and if that does not work,
2) Uninstall that feature, then re-install it, and reboot FF.

It seems a few specific features get lost by FF when it upgrades.

Does this help, Oswald?
e.d.

[retroanalyst]

Originally Posted by electile disfunction

I found a similar problem with other add-ons & extensions in FF7 but found this works:

1) Enable that problem feature and restart Firefox;
and if that does not work,
2) Uninstall that feature, then re-install it, and reboot FF.

It seems a few specific features get lost by FF when it upgrades.

This problem seems to occur when you first upgrade an extension without restarting Firefox and then upgrade Firefox itself. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680802 for the gory details.

[wildflower]

Originally Posted by electile disfunction

I need just a bit of clarification, wildflower.

Are you trying to upload your pics (using FF6) to a host server, or, are you trying to download a web page (into FF6) that has someone elses's thumbnail pictures already posted on it?

I hope that is clear,
e.d.

Hi electile,

It happens just browsing a web page. For example:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t68...rra-white.html

Firefox didn't load any thumbnail, just load the text, and in the status bar appears "thumbnails35.imagebam...". When it happens, firefox stops working (even with google.com).

[electile disfunction]

Originally Posted by wildflower

Hi electile,

It happens just browsing a web page. For example:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t68...rra-white.html

Firefox didn't load any thumbnail, just load the text, and in the status bar appears "thumbnails35.imagebam...". When it happens, firefox stops working (even with google.com).

1) Maybe look in Firefox's options, in the "Content" tab, and make sure that the box beside "Load images automatically" is checked (and make sure that VEF and image hosts do not appear in the "Exceptions" button).

2) Do you have any advertisement or cookie blockers working in FF? They might prevent all images.

3) Is your anti-virus or firewall software preventing images?

4) Also, check your user control panel here at VEF to make sure that show images is chosen in the Thread Display Options.
(Near the top-right of VEF, click "Quick Links", click "Edit Options", scroll down to the "Thread Display Options" area, and "Show Images" is the third item in the "Visible Post Elements" box. Remember to click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of that page if you change anything!)

Do you have other ideas?
e.d.

[caboosier]

I am not impressed with Firefox's new automatic updating feature.
Suddenly I have Firefox version 7.0.1 installed
and I have to wait two days for
Imagehost Grabber to be updated.
I used DownThemAll instead,
which I find to be a more awkward and inconsistent "add-on".

Are there similar extensions that I don't know of,
both for Firefox and Chrome?

Also, when I am posting on VEF
I am starting to find that posts can be left
hanging and not completed in Firefox
more often than in Chrome.
This is just my recent experience.
I have been running both browsers simultaneously
for many weeks now, just to compare their functionality.
Firefox and Photoshop seem to interfere with each other
in a way that Chrome And Photoshop don't.
An image rendering conflict?

[Ace]

Originally Posted by caboosier

I am not impressed with Firefox's new automatic updating feature.
Suddenly I have Firefox version 7.0.1 installed

Firefox occasionally checks to see if any updates are available for itself, for your add-ons (extensions, themes, etc), and for your search engines. To disable these checks:

At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then click Options.
Select the Advanced icon.
Select the Update tab.
Uncheck Firefox, Add-ons, and Search Engines.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...tting&r=4&as=s

You can also check the box for Firefox to ask you what to do with updates.

[hos]

I used DownThemAll instead,
which I find to be a more awkward and inconsistent "add-on".

sorry, but it's the better one in comparison to imagehost grabber. there were never "wait-times" if firefox changes its versions and you can use it for tgp-galleries as well, not only for image-hosts. may you just haven't added the anticontainer-plugin, without this plugin, downthemall is definitly a poor tool.