So I just downloaded Mozilla Firefox.

[TDPRI]

Originally Posted by sultan59

I had a weird problem with Firefox. Every time I clicked a link on the Desktop I would get an error message saying the site couldn't be found, then immediately after that the site would come up.

I have the exact same problem and I've just put up with it all this time. Hmmm, maybe I'd better do a search and see what I can find to fix it. If others have this problem maybe there's a fix. I'd sure love one.

[eryque]

Originally Posted by 601210

I beg to disagree. The way IE works, you can get viruses by updating your Windows manually.

Can you explain what you mean? It's unclear, do you mean by running Windows update manually you can download a virus?

[TDPRI]

Originally Posted by sultan59

I had a weird problem with Firefox. Every time I clicked a link on the Desktop I would get an error message saying the site couldn't be found, then immediately after that the site would come up. Then when I closed out the tabs the stupid error message was still there. I finally just gave up after one uninstall and reinstall.

OK, I did some searching and found that this is a common problem. However, it turns out to be a problem with Firefox users that also use the Google Toolbar not really a Firefox problem.

If you uninstall or deactivate the Google Toolbar it will fix this problem in Firefox.

Both Google and Mozilla Firefox are aware of this problem and working on fixes. There is a registry fix that fixes the problem and I've just applied it and it works fine. If you are ok with modifying the registry on your computer this will fix the problem -- at least until you apply another Firefox update at which time you have to reapply the reg fix.

I have this fix in a file format and if you want it email me at webmaster@tdpric.om and I'll send it to you. Once you get it on your computer you simply right click on the file and sellect "Merge" and it will fix this problem.

Oh... one more thing. Google Adblock causes the problem too. Not just the Toolbar.

[markinlondon]

Originally Posted by Tony474

Funny, that - I used to use Netscape all the time when I was on Mac OS9; when I upgraded to OS X (Tiger) I started using Safari, but found it really slow to load or refresh pages. So I downloaded FireFox and that's much faster on my machine.

Tony, you need Safari 3. All those memory leaks are history. I use Camino for sites that just don't work with Safari.

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

[Tony474]

Originally Posted by markinlondon

Tony, you need Safari 3. All those memory leaks are history. I use Camino for sites that just don't work with Safari.

Appreciate that, Mark, but I upgraded to Safari 3 recently and was disappointed to find little or no improvement. I also installed Camino a while ago, which seemed promising, but some of the sites I visit regularly, such as my on-line banking service, weren't set up to support it, so I abandoned it.

[tazzboy]

I would got there forums http://forums.mozillazine.org/ they very helpful there and if you can't find the problem pose the question to them and they shall do search and tell you what's going and how to fix it.

[Mikecito]

Originally Posted by teerjerker

oof! IE is such a mess. I love Firefox. I'd like to recommend a "theme" that I like very much called Modern Pinball. A theme is basically a set of button icons that you can install - Modern Pinball is nice and small so you can have a lot of space left for viewing.

Thanks for the link! I just loaded Modern Pinball and like it alot.