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Comment Firefox crashing (Score 1) 891

by zzxc on Saturday September 12, 2009 @12:41PM (#29398999) Attached to: Why Users Drop Open Source Apps For Proprietary Alternatives

On the verge of dumping firefox after years of use. 3.5.2 was horrible. 3.5.3 crashed within the first 5 minutes of use.

I suggest that you look up your Crash Report to see why it's crashing. The automated crash report will link to the bug report and support articles, if they exist.

The most common crashes in Firefox are caused by third party spyware, by plugins (Flash, old versions of Java, etc), and by extensions that are misbehaving. Mozilla actively works to correct these problems by warning users to upgrade and by blocklisting extensions that cause the most problems.

Comment Re:Just fix FF's stability damnit (Score 1) 282

by zzxc on Thursday April 30, 2009 @11:05AM (#27773131) Attached to: Firefox Beta Scores 93 On Acid3 Test

It's not normal for either Firefox 3.0.x or 3.5 beta to crash on ajax sites. If you are getting crashes, look up your crash reports and search for your crash signature on Bugzilla.

Plugin crashes (eg. flash) are among the most common, but corrupt files and spyware on Windows machines have also been known to cause them. If you are getting a specific crash that can be reproduced, either file a bug or comment on an existing bug with details.

Submission + - TV Torrents: When 'piracy' is easier than purchase

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13, 2007 @11:04AM

An anonymous reader writes: NBC's recent withdraw from the iTunes store leaves the millions of Apple's customers who have Macs or iPods without a legitimate way to purchase and watch NBC's content. They join Linux users, and people outside western markets whose only method of watching The Daily Show is to turn to illegal downloads. Online media stores such as iTunes, Amazon and Walmart have never been able to compete with the pirates on price, or freedom and flexibility — as the content they sell is typically wrapped in restrictive DRM. The one advantage that legal purchase offered was ease of use. CNET looks into the issue, and discovers that with mature open-source media players such as Miro supporting BitTorrent RSS feeds, it is actually trivially easy for users to subscribe to their favorite shows. Want to wake up to the latest episode of The Colbert Report, Top Gear or any of hundreds of TV shows automatically downloaded and waiting for you? CNET offers an easy three step guide.

Submission + - Compiz gets thumbs-up for Gutsy Gibbon (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Da Chronic on Thursday September 13, 2007 @09:06AM

Da Chronic writes: After a vigorous debate at the last Ubuntu Technical Board meeting, the board decided to ship Ubuntu 7.10 with Compiz enabled by default. The decision was made despite the fact that Compiz still has some significant issues relating to drivers and Xorg. 'For instance, there are some problems — like accelerated video playback issues with Intel drivers — that can only be resolved by using the EXA accelerated rendering framework which is still not ready yet. When asked why Intel isn't addressing the driver issue, technical board member Mathew Garrett explained that "Intel are working on the basis that composited desktops won't be ready for rolling out until EXA is stable enough anyway, so it's not a concern [for them].' In the end, all but one member voted to include Compiz in Gutsy.

Submission + - English Wikipedia passes two million article mark (wikinews.org)

Submitted by

reybrujo

on Sunday September 09, 2007 @01:34PM

reybrujo writes: "Today saw the English language Wikipedia pass the two million article mark. The article in question is El Hormiguero and covers a Spanish TV comedy show. Wikipedia user Zzxc created it at 8:21 UTC, with another 104 articles being created within a minute of it. (Text taken from Wikinews)"

Submission + - Apple sued for use of tabs in Mac OS X 10.4

Submitted by

rizzo320

on Monday April 23, 2007 @12:14PM

rizzo320 writes: "AppleInsider is reporting that "An Illinois-based company and its Nevada partner have filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., alleging that Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" treads on an interface patent that affects the operating system's nearly universal use of tabs." The patent in question is 5072412, which was originally issued to Xerox in 1987, but now seems to be owned or licensed to IP Innovation LLC and its parent Technology Licensing Corporation. "Category dividers triggered by Spotlight searches, as well as page tabs in the Safari web browser, bear the closest similarity to the now 20-year-old description." of the patent. IP Innovation is requesting damages in excess of $20 Million, and in addition, an injunction against future sales and distribution of Mac OS X 10.4. Software patent reform can't come soon enough!"

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