Problems with Firefox 3

[Grammer]

Okay, I just got it, and if there's anyone who knows how I can solve this bullshit, then please do, or I'm going to see if I can download Firefox 2 again.

1.) Firefox checks every single picture I save for viruses, then saves it on my download list. I just want to save a fucking picture, I don't need to check it for viruses.

2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

If this devolves into a shitty browser flame war I'm going to ask a mod to lock this thread. Fair warning.

[SoulMaster71]

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: 2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

Huh? I have an address bar right here in the bottom left corner, where it's always been... Maybe it's that I have Adblock, Torbutton, Greasemonkey, NG Classic, and the Google Toolbar installed, but it's there.

[djmrules]

Well because this thread is here I'm going to ask a question also. I can't open SWF's. It keeps giving me an option to select what I want to use yet I only want Firefox to play them.

[djmrules]

Nevermind my previous post. I figured out what was wrong.

[aldlv]

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: Okay, I just got it, and if there's anyone who knows how I can solve this bullshit, then please do, or I'm going to see if I can download Firefox 2 again.

1.) Firefox checks every single picture I save for viruses, then saves it on my download list. I just want to save a fucking picture, I don't need to check it for viruses.

that is interesting.. that doesn't happends to me...
well... you can do 2 things...

1. Check on the Options -> Security
I think... or it's Options -> Advance...
well try to change there in the section about donwload, if you can't

2. Download this Add-Ons
Download Statusbar
is a special bar where you can control your downloads, it works a little bit different.. but I'm sure that THERE you can select if you want to scan or not the file...

2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

There is an address bar
can you make a pic of how does your FireFox looks?

[Sir-Nuts]

Funny, I was thinking of creating a thread like this when I saw this. Oh well, I'll ask my question here to see if someone can solve it or if anyone else is experiencing this too..

Here it is: when I used Firefox 2, I had no problems with the layout of the site, everything was fine. However, now that I'm using Firefox 3, one page of Newgrounds is a little bit messed up. It isn't annoying and I can use the page, but I'd like to have it solved.

What happens: the "Watch This Movie" button is acting weird. I mean... I don't know how to describe it exactly, just look at the picture below.

I discovered something: the letter "A" is the problem, it seems. Look at this comparison, the "Play this Game" is fine, but the "Watch This Movie" acts differently.

Can anyone give me a hand?

Comparing picture:

[Grammer]

At 6/18/08 08:30 PM, aldlv wrote: can you make a pic of how does your FireFox looks?

It suddenly appeared, so nevermind on that. Still have a problem with #1, though

[djmrules]

Okay now I'm having trouble again. I can't watch anything that is embedded. This really seems like it's not worth the hassle anymore.

[aldlv]

At 6/18/08 09:16 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Funny, I was thinking of creating a thread like this when I saw this. Oh well, I'll ask my question here to see if someone can solve it or if anyone else is experiencing this too..

Here it is: when I used Firefox 2, I had no problems with the layout of the site, everything was fine. However, now that I'm using Firefox 3, one page of Newgrounds is a little bit messed up. It isn't annoying and I can use the page, but I'd like to have it solved.

What happens: the "Watch This Movie" button is acting weird. I mean... I don't know how to describe it exactly, just look at the picture below.

I discovered something: the letter "A" is the problem, it seems. Look at this comparison, the "Play this Game" is fine, but the "Watch This Movie" acts differently.

Can anyone give me a hand?

I think is something about the font...
I have the same problems.. I saw it often when I vote, the Thanks for voting, aldlv! Your exp... the bold words looks weird... Until you SELECT it

but If you roll over on the page... I mean.. if you move the page so you can't see the words.. and then you go back to the words... the problems is back again
that kind of crappy font...

[Z-Sector]

in answer to #2, just right-click and "properties."

[TehHood]

At 6/18/08 09:16 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:
Can anyone give me a hand?

Comparing picture:

Helps? ...

[BFK]

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: 1.) Firefox checks every single picture I save for viruses, then saves it on my download list. I just want to save a fucking picture, I don't need to check it for viruses.

That's your antivirus software integrating with firefox, not firefox, I think.

[Masculine]

At 6/18/08 10:37 PM, djmrules wrote: Okay now I'm having trouble again. I can't watch anything that is embedded.

As in you watch a flash on Newgrounds and nothing shows or what?

[Grammer]

I don't mind if this becomes to Fire Fox 3 unofficial help desk, which is what it appears to be heading towards.

Every time I open a flash in pop-up form (which I what I was accustomed to and will always do), I get this ugly bar of text above the flash. How do I get rid of it?

Thanks for all the advice so far

[gfoxcook]

At 6/18/08 08:30 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: 2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

There is an address bar
can you make a pic of how does your FireFox looks?

By address bar, he didn't mean the URL bar or toolbar.

He meant the status bar.

Which often shows the address of the link you're hovering over, or displays javascript-related text.

In Opera, which I primarily use, the status bar has to be turned on, as it is off by default to increase vertical viewing space, presumably.

I thought the status bar was always on in Firefox, but maybe in 3.0 they copied Opera and made it an option you have to switch on...

At 6/19/08 04:56 PM, Grammer wrote: Every time I open a flash in pop-up form (which I what I was accustomed to and will always do), I get this ugly bar of text above the flash. How do I get rid of it?

That "ugly bar of text" is just the URL of the flash movie you're watching. Firefox used to suppress the URL toolbar in flash windows, but... I guess 3.0 doesn't. Don't worry about it... unless you type shit there and hit enter, it isn't going to affect your flash-watching experience at all, really, is it?

In Opera, that bar is hidden when you first open flash pop-ups, but there's a narrow strip of gray below the menubar and above the flash viewing area, and it says "www.newgrounds.com" and if you click that, it expands to show the URL bar and some basic nav tools like back/forwards/reload, etc.

I love the way that Opera works, and I don't mean to turn your Firefox helpthread into an Opera ad...

but if you're really having so many problems with Firefox 3.0, and you don't want to go back to 2.x (or can't).... consider trying out Opera. It recently increased from version 9.27 to 9.50, and 9.50 is luscious.

[DarkSoldier]

My biggest problem with Firefox 3.0 is how they advertise the Vista Aero theme for it but you can't use it...?

[Wylo]

At 6/19/08 04:56 PM, Grammer wrote: I don't mind if this becomes to Fire Fox 3 unofficial help desk, which is what it appears to be heading towards.

Every time I open a flash in pop-up form (which I what I was accustomed to and will always do), I get this ugly bar of text above the flash. How do I get rid of it?

Thanks for all the advice so far

about:config > dom.disable_window_open_feature.location > false

[Wylo]

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: Okay, I just got it, and if there's anyone who knows how I can solve this bullshit, then please do, or I'm going to see if I can download Firefox 2 again.

1.) Firefox checks every single picture I save for viruses, then saves it on my download list. I just want to save a fucking picture, I don't need to check it for viruses.

about:config > browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone > false

2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

Not sure about this one, but maybe. about:config > dom.disable_window_open_feature.status > true

[gfoxcook]

At 6/20/08 09:33 PM, Wylo wrote:

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: 2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

Not sure about this one, but maybe. about:config > dom.disable_window_open_feature.status > true

window_open_feature.status = status bar in Firefox? hm... o_O

[deslona]

I have been unable to open any flash. It says I do not have flash player installed.
In addition it never saves my log-in details.
It maybe becasue I am using a proxy to view NG. But it used to work fine 2 weeks ago.

[Wylo]

At 6/22/08 03:10 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 6/20/08 09:33 PM, Wylo wrote:

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: 2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

Not sure about this one, but maybe. about:config > dom.disable_window_open_feature.status > true

window_open_feature.status = status bar in Firefox? hm... o_O

dom.disable_window_open_feature.status is meant for when there is a Javascript that disables the statusbar for a popup. If its true, then it prevents the popup from hiding the bar. It would be worth a try but if it doesn't work, it just means that it may not work for the main window. Maybe you're running in full-screen mode? Press F11.

At 6/22/08 05:39 AM, deslona wrote: I have been unable to open any flash. It says I do not have flash player installed.

Install it then? Or you could try following steps.

In addition it never saves my log-in details.
It maybe becasue I am using a proxy to view NG. But it used to work fine 2 weeks ago.

Disable Torbutton. For some reason with the latest release, Torbutton gets rid of all your private data every time you close FF.

[deslona]

At 6/22/08 11:12 AM, Wylo wrote:

At 6/22/08 05:39 AM, deslona wrote: I have been unable to open any flash. It says I do not have flash player installed.

Install it then?

Naturally I did try this and it works everywhere else.

Or you could try following steps.

It was already installed, just NG is being difficult. I will try with my changed TOR setting to see if that makes a difference.

In addition it never saves my log-in details.
It maybe becasue I am using a proxy to view NG. But it used to work fine 2 weeks ago.

Disable Torbutton. For some reason with the latest release, Torbutton gets rid of all your private data every time you close FF.

I will try that now thanks. I found where you can disable the auto-delete feture (wasn't that hard to find) Right click Torbutton > Prefrences > Security Settings > Shutdown
I just had to know what to look for :)

[gfoxcook]

At 6/22/08 11:12 AM, Wylo wrote:

At 6/22/08 03:10 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 6/20/08 09:33 PM, Wylo wrote:

At 6/18/08 06:33 PM, Grammer wrote: 2.) There's no address bar at the bottom of the browser. If I hover my mouse over a hotlink, how am I supposed to know what site it will take me to?

Not sure about this one, but maybe. about:config > dom.disable_window_open_feature.status > true

window_open_feature.status = status bar in Firefox? hm... o_O

dom.disable_window_open_feature.status is meant for when there is a Javascript that disables the statusbar for a popup. If its true, then it prevents the popup from hiding the bar. It would be worth a try but if it doesn't work, it just means that it may not work for the main window.

I see. I was thinking of the situation as one that had existed since he installed the browser or the specific version of the browser... as opposed to a problem that was created by an individual site's javascript disabling the statusbar. After all, it sounded like it was a problem.... all the time, 100% of the web.

[Alfie]

I don't have any of these problems.
The only problem I have is my NG skin isn't compatable.

[Wylo]

At 6/23/08 06:49 AM, deslona wrote:

At 6/22/08 11:12 AM, Wylo wrote: Disable Torbutton. For some reason with the latest release, Torbutton gets rid of all your private data every time you close FF.

I will try that now thanks. I found where you can disable the auto-delete feture (wasn't that hard to find) Right click Torbutton > Prefrences > Security Settings > Shutdown
I just had to know what to look for :)

Oh, I didn't realise Torbutton had that setting enabled by default now. Good to know.

At 6/24/08 05:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 6/22/08 11:12 AM, Wylo wrote: dom.disable_window_open_feature.status is meant for when there is a Javascript that disables the statusbar for a popup. If its true, then it prevents the popup from hiding the bar. It would be worth a try but if it doesn't work, it just means that it may not work for the main window.

I see. I was thinking of the situation as one that had existed since he installed the browser or the specific version of the browser... as opposed to a problem that was created by an individual site's javascript disabling the statusbar. After all, it sounded like it was a problem.... all the time, 100% of the web.

Yeh, I kinda figured that too, but as long as there's a possible solution, its worth a try. Btw, if the javascript were to disable the satusbar on a popup, that popup would continue to have no statusbar even if you were to navigate to another site within the popup. I think his problem stems from one of his add-ons since you should only be able to hide the statusbar with an add-on or javascript. Worst-comes-to-worst, He should just uninstall FF, manually delete his profile and Firefox settings and do a complete clean reinstall.

At 6/24/08 12:33 PM, Alfie wrote: I don't have any of these problems.
The only problem I have is my NG skin isn't compatable.

Can't rly help you there. You'll either hafta wait for the next update to come are edit it yourself.

[Unkle-Krakerz]

Wow! It's released? You know when Firefox released that the night it was released they tried to make a World Record with most downloads on one night?

[ramagi]

At 6/24/08 07:29 PM, Unkle-Krakerz wrote: Wow! It's released? You know when Firefox released that the night it was released they tried to make a World Record with most downloads on one night?

It has been out for a while, I havn't had any problems with it.

only reason I keep Ie around is for testing things around the site , so I can test bith firefox and IE :)

[Punisher]

I've got an issue with the Newgrounds Cookie not being stored.
Along with a handful of others, such as eBay, Yahoo, Xbox.Com, Myspace, Xpeeps, etc..

I have the settings to where everything should be fine, but whenever I close firefox, apparently all the cookies get swept away, even though the boxes are checked appropriately for this to NOT be happening.

w.. t.. f.. ?

[Wylo]

At 6/26/08 05:40 PM, Punisher wrote: I have the settings to where everything should be fine, but whenever I close firefox, apparently all the cookies get swept away, even though the boxes are checked appropriately for this to NOT be happening.

w.. t.. f.. ?

Torbutton.

[LordZeebmork]

At 6/24/08 05:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: I see. I was thinking of the situation as one that had existed since he installed the browser or the specific version of the browser... as opposed to a problem that was created by an individual site's javascript disabling the statusbar. After all, it sounded like it was a problem.... all the time, 100% of the web.

I thought not showing the location bar in popups was the default. At least, I think it was on FF2. I haven't tried FF3 yet, although I should. Nothing can be as bad as Safari.