OT : Firefox

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

TIA

On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 16:31:33 -0500, Dominique wrote:

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,

Use Opera. It uses the same engine as Chrome but without Google's added
surveillance of the user.

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Slimer
OpenMedia Supporter and SPCA Paw Partner

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:31:33 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

mozilla.support.firefox

Can be reached through news.mozilla.org (no registration required).

BTW I'm guessing you're *not* the registered owner of 'domain.net'. This
goes against the terms of use of the newsserver you're using,
Eternal-September. You should use '.invalid' instead.

http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=terms

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s|b

On 1/3/2015 4:31 PM, Dominique wrote:
Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

TIA

There are support newsgroups for all of Mozilla products at

news.mozilla.org

I have been using these newsgroup for a long time so can not remember
for sure but I believe there is a free registration.

Once you are registered the one I use is

mozilla.support.firefox

I don't know what version you use of Firefox, or your experience with
the complete Mozilla product line, But Thunderbird w/Lightning and
Firefox are becomnig a great set of programs for managing you complete
web presence. Thunderbird w/Lightning allows you to schedule task and
events, and send and recieve invitation to those events with the MS
product line.

You can not beat the price, Free.

"s|b" écrivait :

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:31:33 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

mozilla.support.firefox

Can be reached through news.mozilla.org (no registration required).

BTW I'm guessing you're *not* the registered owner of 'domain.net'. This
goes against the terms of use of the newsserver you're using,
Eternal-September. You should use '.invalid' instead.

http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=terms


I wasn't aware that "domain.net" was actually a domain name. I've been
using this for many years.

Thanks

Dominique écrivait news:XnFA417A82EB9EBEdoumdomainnet@
213.239.209.88:

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

TIA

Thanks all for your answers.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:51:51 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

"s|b" écrivait :

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:31:33 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

mozilla.support.firefox

Can be reached through news.mozilla.org (no registration required).

BTW I'm guessing you're *not* the registered owner of 'domain.net'. This
goes against the terms of use of the newsserver you're using,
Eternal-September. You should use '.invalid' instead.

http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=terms


I wasn't aware that "domain.net" was actually a domain name. I've been
using this for many years.


FYI "invalid.net" is also a valid domain name [see below]. Use "domain.invalid".
IOW, use ".invalid" - ends with ".invalid"



| C:\nslookup -type=SOA invalid.net
|
| invalid.net
| primary name server = NS31.WORLDNIC.COM
| responsible mail addr = namehost.WORLDNIC.COM
| serial = 111100822
| refresh = 10800 (3 hours)
| retry = 3600 (1 hour)
| expire = 604800 (7 days)
| default TTL = 3600 (1 hour)


| $ whois invalid.net
|
|...
| Registrant Name: Invalid.net
| Registrant Organization: Invalid.net
| Registrant City: Portland
| Registrant State/Province: OR
| Registrant Postal Code: 97229
| Registrant Country: US
|...


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Kind regards
Ralph

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:51:51 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

"s|b" ÛÍivait :

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:31:33 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

mozilla.support.firefox

Can be reached through news.mozilla.org (no registration required).

BTW I'm guessing you're *not* the registered owner of 'domain.net'. This
goes against the terms of use of the newsserver you're using,
Eternal-September. You should use '.invalid' instead.

http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=terms


I wasn't aware that "domain.net" was actually a domain name. I've been
using this for many years.

Thanks

But s|b said ".invalid", not "invalid.".

To be compliant you should actually use "(whatever you like).invalid",
not "invalid.net".

But thanks for listening - not everyone is nice like that.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Dominique wrote:
Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

TIA

You can also try out Seamonkey if you like.

That's my "second browser". I keep one browser here, with
no Flash plugin at all in it. And the other browser has Flash,
but with Flash block, so I have control over what Flash
video runs. And that's why I have two browsers, for
that "extra degree of control". I usually surf with the
non-Flash browser, to avoid any Flash entanglements at all.
Only switching browsers if necessary.

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Seamonkey includes a "Composer" window, for cases
where you want to WYSIWYG-edit some HTML. So while
some browsers may offer "View Source" option, this
one includes the ability to edit what you see a bit
more sanely.

Paul

On 01/03/2015 04:46 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 1/3/2015 4:31 PM, Dominique wrote:
Is there a good group for firefox? It seems that software is becoming,
slowly but surely, a real piece of garbage.

TIA

There are support newsgroups for all of Mozilla products at

news.mozilla.org

I have been using these newsgroup for a long time so can not remember
for sure but I believe there is a free registration.

Once you are registered the one I use is

mozilla.support.firefox

I don't know what version you use of Firefox, or your experience with
the complete Mozilla product line, But Thunderbird w/Lightning and
Firefox are becomnig a great set of programs for managing you complete
web presence. Thunderbird w/Lightning allows you to schedule task and
events, and send and recieve invitation to those events with the MS
product line.

You can not beat the price, Free.




No registration.

--
Caver1

In message , Keith Nuttle
writes
I don't know what version you use of Firefox, or your experience with
the complete Mozilla product line, But Thunderbird w/Lightning and
Firefox are becomnig a great set of programs for managing you complete
web presence. Thunderbird w/Lightning allows you to schedule task and
events, and send and recieve invitation to those events with the MS
product line.

You can not beat the price, Free.

I don't know whether they do what you want, but here I moved from
Firefox to a combination of Pale Moon (like Firefox before it was
broken) and Opera 12 (the version before they broke it).
I have these on the task bar for instant opening/closing and have left
IE as the default browser so that url's in emails and newsgroups open
that and don't mess with the main browsers.
--
Bill

Paul wrote:

I keep one browser here, with
no Flash plugin at all in it. And the other browser has Flash,
but with Flash block, so I have control over what Flash
video runs. And that's why I have two browsers, for
that "extra degree of control". I usually surf with the
non-Flash browser, to avoid any Flash entanglements at all.
Only switching browsers if necessary.

Try the Firefox QuickJava extension. You can put on/off buttons on the
toolbar for java, javascript, flash, silverlight, animated images,
images, cookies, css, and proxy. (You can pick and choose which
buttons you want, you don't have to have them all.)

scarecrow wrote:
Paul wrote:

I keep one browser here, with
no Flash plugin at all in it. And the other browser has Flash,
but with Flash block, so I have control over what Flash
video runs. And that's why I have two browsers, for
that "extra degree of control". I usually surf with the
non-Flash browser, to avoid any Flash entanglements at all.
Only switching browsers if necessary.

Try the Firefox QuickJava extension. You can put on/off buttons on the
toolbar for java, javascript, flash, silverlight, animated images,
images, cookies, css, and proxy. (You can pick and choose which
buttons you want, you don't have to have them all.)

At the rate I'm going, I may need a third browser that
can (somehow) fix those "mobile" sites. You got any
ideas how you can make the site formats change back
to the old desktop friendly format ? :-)

I mention that, because just today, cnn.com became
completely unusable, right before my eyes. I might as
well be looking at a news site... through a "coke bottle bottom".
I don't expect they make an add-on to fix stuff like that
(bad web coding).

Maybe I'm going to have to buy one of those screens
that is 5000 pixels wide. Just to keep up with this
madness.

Paul

On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:57:04 -0500, Paul wrote:

At the rate I'm going, I may need a third browser that
can (somehow) fix those "mobile" sites. You got any
ideas how you can make the site formats change back
to the old desktop friendly format ? :-)

I mention that, because just today, cnn.com became
completely unusable, right before my eyes. I might as
well be looking at a news site... through a "coke bottle bottom".
I don't expect they make an add-on to fix stuff like that
(bad web coding).

Maybe I'm going to have to buy one of those screens
that is 5000 pixels wide. Just to keep up with this
madness.

Were you playing with your browser's User-Agent string, or was it caused by
something else? The site looks fine to me, but if they were having issues
they would have fixed it by now.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:51:51 +0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

I wasn't aware that "domain.net" was actually a domain name. I've been
using this for many years.

Even if the domain isn't registered (yet) or the tld doesn't exist, it's
best to end a made-up domain name with

..invalid

In your case it is something that the news admin explicitly asks in the
terms of use.

Anyway, tnx for changing it!

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s|b