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Firefox 2.0.0.2 is now out and available for download. A number of security issues have been fixed in the new release. Many enhancements and fixes for Windows Vista are included. Plus a few other things that probably won't affect most users here.

Brother Roger,

I did install it and used the auto-update for the first time. It was really nice to have such a small download automatically install itself. I did read about some security enhancements, but I really can't tell much of a difference in anything else.

I really came over in this area to post about several really nice extensions for Firefox when I saw your post. So, I'm off to make a couple of posts about extensions.

Ever since I downloaded firefox 2.0.0.2 I can't see any of the animations here in the forum. Any suggestions?

I haven't had any problems with it at all. In fact I just got finished installing it in my wife's computer yesterday. She was having problems with an older version of FireFox. I uninstalled the older version and installed the new one and it corrected the problems. You might try uninstalling it completely and then installing it again.

When I do that I run a registry cleaner in between the uninstall and install to clean out erroneous files that the uninstall doesn't get. This action takes care of any FireFox files that may be corrupted.

I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it, but I didn't use a registry cleaner. What registry cleaner would you suggest?

I am sure that there are some free ones out there that are very good ones. I use Registry Mechanic myself. My son got it for me. It does cost a bit though.

I would need a free one, that does a good job, but doesn't create any problems  :-\

I'll do some research on that. In the meantime maybe someone else on here knows of a good free one.

Thanks  :D

Hello Sister Maria,

Try CCleaner from SnapFiles. I've been using it for years. It's excellent and completely free.

That's a very strange problem you are talking about, and I really don't think that it has anything to do with Firefox. I do know that I had all kinds of strange problems after I tried to install Internet Explorer 7. I only tried it several hours, but my computer hasn't been right since then. I did remove Internet Explorer 7 and turned off Windows Update, but I still have all kinds of problems that I think were all related to Windows products, not Firefox. In fact, I spent most of today with a crashed computer, and all of the problems were with Windows. Of course, with me, it could also have been operator error, but I don't think so. I think it's Bill Gates, REALLY.

I have been having problems with windows too and so has my husband. Do you think Bill Gates is trying to make us all upgrade to Vista???   ;D ;D ;D ;D
I have a sneaky feeling he does.
My husband bought me Vista, but then he had to buy me a new motherboard, now he has to buy me a new power supply that will work with it and a hard drive that will work with it, and new memory because the memory I have won't work with it, and a new case because the case I have won't work for the motherboard, and a new video card and a sound card. SEE WHAT I MEAN? He wants MORE MONEY

Yep, he wants more money. That's why he is jumping into the political and global warming arena  .... sorry about repeating myself like that. Global warming and the political arena are one and the same, it's all politics.  :-X :-X   ;D ;D ;D ;D

I haven't had any problems with windows but then I didn't install IE 7 on mine or my wifes computer. I stayed away from it.

I didn't install IE7 either, after seeing all the problems it caused on my husband's laptop. He had to uninstall it and install Mozzila

Brothers and Sisters,

I'm still having all kinds of problems. I installed IE7 again, hoping that it would end some of the problems. I thought it might have something to do with portions of IE6 disabled when I took IE7 off the computer. I don't have a verdict yet, but I've had nothing but problems since I first installed IE7. It's almost as if Bill Gates has taken control over my computer and decide what programs I use or don't use.   ???

Frankly, all of the crashes have gotten beyond irritating, and things were working pretty smoothly before I installed IE7 the first time. It's installed again now, and the computer is trying to work again. I did list IE7 as the primary browser, and that appears to be what started things to working again. I could obviously be wrong, but this appears to be the source of all kinds of problems.

Hmmmmm .....  sounds like a spinoff of the Twilight Zone. Instead of controlling your TV it's controlling your computer.

 ;D ;D ;D It's more like the Bill Gates Zone. Brother Tom is right he is trying to control everyone's computer.

Firefox has a new update 2.0.0.3, I downloaded it yesterday.

Or perhaps it's more like the Outer Limits ......


"There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a thousand files or expand one file to complete chaos - and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive. For your complete lifetime we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest inner mind to... The Outer Limits. Bill Gates Land. Please stand by."

 ;D ;D ;D

I tried out IE 7 before it was released and have kept it updated and had no problems with my computer. I usually use Firefox, however, as I like it better.

I have noticed that with the continual Windows updates lately my computer is getting more unstable - I have occasional problems with Outlook Express crashing.

Will say I have NEVER been able to get Firefox to run animated GIF's. In some cases it won't even display static images, such as Ebay's main page.

I have never had a problem with Fire Fox loading any images of any sort. You might want to check Options under the Tools. Click on Content and then check to insure "Load Images Automatically" is checked and then insure there are no Exceptions listed for it as a "block". I do have a few there but I have them as an "allow".

Those are all O.K.
It does load images, just not some and animated gif's aren't animated.
May be you have a fast connection - I have a slow dial up.

There is that. I have cable internet. It is supposed to be 10 megs download but most of the time it operates at 1 to 2 megs. Still faster than dial up so that may have something to do with it.

I've had all kinds of nightmares with my computer, and many of them are still going. Some of the computer works now and some of it doesn't. I really don't know what to think. All kinds of little things are broken, even in simple settings like the forum. As an example, my spell-checker says that everything is wrong.   ;D

I'll just have to see what happens next. YES - it is a trip into the twilight zone. I'm sure that I could have made some mistakes and be partly responsible for a few problems, but I really don't think much of this is operator error.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Psalms 107:6 NASB  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.

The verse in your last post is very fitting right now brother.  ;)

Brother Rhys, I have firefox too and my animated gif's  aren't animated either  :-\ ???

Try clearing the Cache

Unless you have a problem with your registry, i would recommend you leave it well alone, unless you know what you are doing. Just one mistake and it will mess your whole system up. There really is not any need to clean the registry as it makes no difference to the running of your PC.

For those having problems with animations on FireFox there is a help page on Mozilla for this:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Images_or_animations_do_not_load

That is the reason I use a program specifically designed for that purpose. I have numerous occasions where I had a system crash caused because of problems in the registry. The system trying to access something that the registry says is there and it isn't. A sluggish system can also be caused by this. With a program that is designed specifically for cleaning the registry, errors are limited and a good registry cleaner will have a restore function built into it in case there is a problem caused from the cleaning.

Joey this is weird if I use IE I can see the animations, if I use Mozilla I can't. I am going to have my husband look at it and fix it for me. He's an IT and I know he's going to tell me I don't need both browsers ...yada yady yada yada... so I haven't said anything to him yet.  ;D ::) :o

Sorry i didn't see this sooner. If your still having probs, try this. Open Firefox and go to tools menu > options > content > load images automatically > exceptions (button) and see if you've accidentally told Firefox not to load images from christian unite and if so, remove the site from the list > okay and reload the page and see if it helps.... Its so easy to accidentally block images on a web site.

Hello IDGM,

I think that you and I are in the same boat right now. I used to think that I was fairly computer literate, but many of the problems today are beyond me. I am also thinking very heavily about switching to Linux RIGHT NOW. I'm zeroed in on Ubuntu Christian mainly because it is geared specifically for Christians. One of the high points for me is that it allows the use of e-Sword Bible Study Software. e-Sword is number one on my favorite list to use every day. It's only been recently that Linux became a possible OS for e-Sword. e-Sword requires a database for a core, and a new Linux database called "Wine" recently made it possible to run e-Sword on Linux.

I think this would be great for a discussion topic. Ubuntu Christian Linux is FREE, so this topic is fine, just as e-Sword is FREE. I've been doing a lot of reading about Ubuntu Christian, and it appears that they are doing everything they can to make it easy to switch. There's also a regular version of Ubuntu that's also FREE, but all versions of it are getting rave reviews. I'm investigating this very seriously right now. I'll write a lengthy review on the forum if I make the change.

I am personally having nightmares with Microsoft products right now, and I've had just about all I want. If the nightmares continue, they might as well be with Linux. BUT, everything I hear indicates that nightmares with Linux are rare. You might not get to use all of your favorite software, but it will at least WORK!

Ok, color me confused or something, what is the difference between unbuntu and unbuntu christian???  I use Unix all the time and know of unbuntu and don't know what the difference would be.  A Unix Os is a Os is a Os.

Wine however is a old program that emulates windows and runs some windows programs like Esword in a window that acts like windows OS.  Thats kool :)  The Database engines of unix are usually various open source ones and thats where Esword will benefit by exporting their databases to a opensource one.

Just a word to the wise, Unbuntu does not work on all computers, make sure it does work on yours before formatting your drive and attempting install. iF i am not mistaken, you can make a bootable CD of it and try to boot that CD. If it works, its probable that it will work on your hardware. 
I run Fedora 64 on mine. 

I'll tell ya, one of the finest easiest installations of Unix i have ever seen was Caldera but you have to pay for that if its still available.
Either way you will also have to relearn how to install new programs as they do it differently in unix than they do in windows.

Hello Barelahh,

I didn't say that I understood all of this Linux stuff, but I am trying to learn what I can. You can read some about the Christian Version of Ubuntu here:

http://www.christianubuntu.com/

From everything I can understand, this is a very active development and there are numerous versions that are past, current, alpha, and beta. I would opt for the current most stable version. There are also many different versions of "Wine" and various components of popular Linux installations - again past, current, alpha, and beta versions. I understand that the differences between many of them is in the GUI. Tremendous progress has been made with Linux in the past few years, and there is considerable differences between various versions.

The most common thing that they share is that most of them can be downloaded without spending a penny. Costs associated with some of them are for packaging and documentation. I really don't care about fancy packaging, and I would rather have my documentation on the computer than in book form.

There are even several different versions of Ubuntu Christian from what I understand. I'm still looking into this, but I think this comes ready to install with e-Sword, and Internet Nanny for children, and other features that Christians should appreciate. They even have an auto-install package from what I understand and an active community that will provide all of the help needed by new users. Several sites will even mail a FREE CD to you at no charge if you are willing to wait for it. I will probably opt for something much faster and try to get a completely legal copy from someone who already has it. I don't have very much money, but I do try to support developers of FREE software that I really like to use. The FREE e-Sword Bible Study Package is one example. e-Sword is supposed to be in the Ubuntu install package, along with "Wine" and everything set for an easy installation of e-Sword and other FREE Christian Software.

If I didn't explain this very well, use the link and take a look. I at least tried.

Love In Christ,
Tom

John 17:11 NASB  "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

Since your talking about FoxFire, this seemed to be a good place to ask this question. Is there a add-on for it that gives you a way to increase the word sizes on a page you wish to read??
 On my internet explorer browser page i have a little magnifying glass in bottom right hand corner that lets me increase the page words to 125-150, so I can read it without eye-strain.

There is a function under the view button that does allow you to change the text size, but there currently is no magnifier for firefox that I have seen. The Firefox web site doesn't know of one either. There are several commercial ones that will work with Firefox. Those are fairly expensive from what I've seen.

Hello Brothers,

I'm experimenting with this problem right now. I found a few surprises after changing operating systems and getting away from older software. I've never used screen resolutions above 800 x 600 before, but you have to if you want to use recent software. So, going to 1024 x 768 was a pretty big shock for me. It changes everything. Firefox is capable of making the fonts as big as you want them, but everything starts looking strange beyond a certain point.

I'm experimenting with "User Style Sheets", and this does work with several popular browsers, including Firefox, Opera, and a few others. "User Style Sheets" also effect everything else, but they do give you a lot of choices - all the way down to selecting fonts.

I'll give everyone a laugh about my changing screen resolutions. I really didn't want to change to the higher resolution, so I tried a few programs that weren't designed to work in a resolution as low as 800 x 600.  I couldn't even see parts of the configuration menus, so I changed the resolution temporarily to  1024 x 768 to get the configurations done and changed back to what I really wanted - 800 x 600. Should I go ahead and tell you that many things disappear in those programs that are designed for 1024 x 768 and higher.   ;D

Needless to say, I have to use 1024 x 768 or not use the programs. Most of the programmers now view 800 x 600 as stone age stuff, and it's being phased out by nearly everyone. Old guys like me will just have to change, so I am trying to change. That doesn't mean that I have to like it.   ;D

I'm also experimenting with accessibility features that are available in most operating systems. They also effect everything. SO, most folks still have quite a bit of older software that works fine under 800 x 600 with good visibility because they were designed for that resolution or lower. You mix in the newer software that was designed for 1024 x 768 or higher, and you get some interesting problems. This is where "User Style Sheets" come to the rescue. Many programs will work with "User Style Sheets" and you can set individual programs for whatever you want, but they are a lot of work. If I remember correctly, they have sites for Firefox to help users do this quicker and with less work. You look at the effects of each change, decide if it's going to help or not, and either keep or discard the change. Many programs use "User Style Sheets" whether they tell you about them or not. Many of them do have a file extension of ".uss", so you can look in the program's main directories and find out. If you want to play with these, do yourself a favor and keep the old style sheets so you can go back to them if needed.

I'm curious, how many folks with problems seeing are still using the older 800 x 600 resolution? I ask this because 800 x 600 is larger everything, and there are fewer visibility problems in the lower resolutions.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Acually my screen is set at 1152 x 864. I can read items at most sites and christiansunite just fine. My problem is often in reading news articles and on blogs and other sites I go to. Since it does not apply to all sites, that is the beauty of the little magnifier tool. I use Foxfire on occaison but would like to use it more often.

Another thought came to me. Is there a way to save a page in Foxfire. To print I go to the file menu and click on print. But I went to save a page the other day and could find no way to do this in Foxfire. Any ideas or am I missing something??

Good Morning IslandBoy,

Yes, you are missing some things. Firefox actually has many ways to save web sites in files, and it will also print them. I've used Firefox back and forth between two different operating systems recently, so I hope that I tell you right. I think that the print commands are on the far left under the "File" menu. Many versions of Firefox also have a print icon already on the main menu. You will probably have to configure the printer for Firefox the first time you use it.

One of my favorite add-ons for Firefox is ScrapBook. You highlight whatever portion of a web site you want and save it to your ScrapBook. You can categorize the captures, and all of the captures can be searched for fast retrieval later. The interesting part is that ScrapBook saves what you see in the same format, yet it can all be searched. Retrieving an item in a search results in showing an exact duplicate of what you captured, colors and all.

Love In Christ,
Tom

There is also a function available in the right click menu for saving pages. This saves them in a file of your choosing. It saves the entire web page though included any advertisement and icons into separate places in the same main file.

I have also used the highlight function for saving portions of a page then pasting it into another program like WordPad. That is rather a lengthy process though and it is easier using the add-on that Brother Tom mentioned.