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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 09:52:37 AM

Title: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 09:52:37 AM: i went to watch a youtube video today and i get nothing.
the box stays black and it says the movie is not loaded.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/sadiesinner/forums/youtoob.jpg)

firefox:10.0 (updated as of this morning, i assume this is the issue)
flash:11.1.102.55 (just updated)
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Chris_ on February 01, 2012, 09:53:11 AM: Update your Flash player.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 01:29:07 PM: ok i had updated the flash player.

then i googled around i found a beta that is suppose to work with FF10.0. it didnt help

i opened google chrome, vids work.
vids work in FF if they are from a site other than Youtube, like MRC.tv

so its a firefox/youtube issue.

im thinking about going back to an older version of firefox and stopping the updates. anyone have an opinion on the best version to go with?
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Chris_ on February 01, 2012, 01:43:46 PM: I have no patience left for Firefox. If it's not the constant crashes, it's slow, boggy, and eats up resources.

Hell, I'd rather use Internet Explorer.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 01:49:31 PM: im so used to it, i cant make the switch to chrome :banghead:
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: CG6468 on February 01, 2012, 01:59:27 PM: Quote from: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 01:49:31 PM
im so used to it, i cant make the switch to chrome :banghead:

That's how I felt, too. Afraid to do it and afraid to not do it. So I did it within the last month. They are not THAT much different, but I'm still learning. Just export your favorites to a file.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 02:02:14 PM: uhhhh, i'll try :bawl:
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 03:10:23 PM: ok so i have been using chrome for an hour now
everything is much faster. i am not noticing the boggy-ness that i was asking about in the other thread.
it was definitively FF related
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Thor on February 01, 2012, 03:17:32 PM: I like the add ons for Firefox. I'm not real happy about its performance, though. :(
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 03:19:19 PM: yeah i lost my "upload to photobucket" and "screencapture" add ons

does chrome have these things?
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: thundley4 on February 01, 2012, 03:30:06 PM: There is another nice feature that Chrome has that I like. If you have a GMail account, you can set up a synch . If you you use different computers or have to do a reinstall of Windows, you can recover your favorites lists or share them between computers.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: LC EFA on February 01, 2012, 03:34:50 PM: I'm still running FF 7 for Ubunto.

Crash free beaches !
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: CG6468 on February 01, 2012, 09:46:32 PM: Quote from: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 03:19:19 PM
yeah i lost my "upload to photobucket" and "screencapture" add ons

does chrome have these things?

You have to add them to the tool bar. I had and continue to have some of those problems. That's why I recommended importing your favorites from FF.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Wayne on February 07, 2012, 02:33:07 PM: If you like chrome uninstall FF. Chrome will work even better. Also w/ chrome , the tool icon (upper right)will retain all of your bookmarks from FF.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: rich_t on February 07, 2012, 05:20:21 PM: I don't trust google enough to use their browser.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: JakeStyle on February 08, 2012, 12:09:45 AM: Quote from: Rugnuts on February 01, 2012, 01:49:31 PM
im so used to it, i cant make the switch to chrome :banghead:

I was the same way, but I was getting really frustrated with the way FF seems so laggy. I tried disabling my addons but it didn't help. Uninstalled FF today and am giving Chrome a shot, I like the way it imported my saved passwords and bookmarks on install. It's definitely going to take some time to get used to it.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 08, 2012, 07:05:14 AM: im still using chrome
it almost feels like a seamless transition

only thing im still hung up on, im used to clicking on the tab bar to open a new tab. when i do it now it un-maximizes the window. now i have to go all the way over and aim for the plus sign.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: JakeStyle on February 08, 2012, 03:12:48 PM: It bugs me that there is no bookmarks button, or maybe I'm missing something.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: thundley4 on February 08, 2012, 03:22:13 PM: Quote from: JakeStyle on February 08, 2012, 03:12:48 PM
It bugs me that there is no bookmarks button, or maybe I'm missing something.

On Chrome?

Under the little wrench icon , there is "bookmarks". You hover over it and it shows your bookmarks, but right at the top is the option to "a;ways show bookmarks". Check that box, then a little tab will show up on the top right of your favorite bookmarks.
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: JakeStyle on February 08, 2012, 03:55:34 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on February 08, 2012, 03:22:13 PM
On Chrome?

Under the little wrench icon , there is "bookmarks". You hover over it and it shows your bookmarks, but right at the top is the option to "a;ways show bookmarks". Check that box, then a little tab will show up on the top right of your favorite bookmarks.

Ahh, I knew i had to be missing something. Thanks very much!
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: JakeStyle on February 12, 2012, 10:23:08 PM: I notice that when I try to compose/reply to a message several of the buttons do not work in Chrome. The insert image one is the one that I miss the most, anyone know the HTML code so that I can do it manually?

* NM, I fingered it out. :-)
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: Rugnuts on February 21, 2012, 03:48:37 PM: new issue just started up

anyone else having problems loading certain websites?
i have a random website block thing going on. for the last 5 hours, some site wont load. the sites have been changing. for instance, at one time theblaze and youtube wouldnt load but this site and another would. then later on youtube would load but not this site. a couple of times a site would "half" load. (some text was there but the formatting was all jacked up)

sites randoming affected in the last 4 hours:
breitbart
blaze
here
youtube
yahoo (email)
star tribune (local newspaper)
a few others

i reset my internet modem, router, computer etc. my TV service never blanked out so i dont thinks its my provider.

anyone know what would make this happen?
Title: Re: Another issue has come up.
Post by: CG6468 on February 21, 2012, 07:37:07 PM: Quote from: Rugnuts on February 21, 2012, 03:48:37 PM

anyone else having problems loading certain websites? i have a random website block thing going on. (snip)...some site wont load.
anyone know what would make this happen?

Yep, some problems. With THIS SITE. It'll occasionally lock up or fail to load, but other sites do not, even at the same time.