Firefox Browser -NOTE FF versions 3.5 on are having a high rate of stability issues, see post in this discussion

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Permalink Reply by Carol Henry on June 22, 2009 at 10:29pm

Debbie, I'm trying Firefox; however, what are add ons...especially those you mentioned. Sorry to be so uninformed, but, before retiring, all my hours on the computer each day were spent on Microsoft software or special software designed or purchased for use by Pepsi. These type sites are totally new for me. Just discovered your questions section and hope to use it more; also, the getting started (tutorial) I discovered today. Am looking forward to learning more any way I can. But, good to see a site that is proactive in teaching those of us who are illiterate in these sites and chatting/blogging. It's a whole new world, but one I have to conquer if I want to make a difference in our country. Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by PR on June 22, 2009 at 10:52pm

Hello Carol,
Add ons are extra little things you can add to firefox to make it friendlier or easier to use. There are hundreds of them.
Sxipper is a password tool, it will remember user names and passwords for the sites you visit. And can even generate secure ones and remember them. I like it because I am the member of and use so many sites with so many different usernames that I would truly be lost.

Xmarks is for your favorites, or as firefox calls them bookmarks. The difference is that xmarks backs them up on the internet for you so, if something were to happen to your computer or you had to reinstall your browser they can be recovered.

FEBE saves your extensions and backs them up. Useful if you use a lot of files.

Screengrab is a great tool for me. I can click on the screengrab icon at the bottom of my browser and it instantly grabs a picture of the screen and opens my documents folder to save it. Much easier than the process for Explorer.

Personas for firefox lets you customize your browser, personalize it. Mine has a mountain background. You can pick colors, styles, etc....

There are many more.
If you need further assistance please let me know and I will help anyway I can.
Have a great night!
Terri

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Permalink Reply by A . Murphy, Mod on July 16, 2009 at 6:42pm

Terri, you know some smart people!!

for those looking for what she is talking about

Addons website

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Permalink Reply by PR on July 17, 2009 at 8:46am

LOL Why yes Murphy I do!!! Murphy HIGHLY recommended Firefox to me after my Internet Explorer basically had a melt down one weekend. I have not had any problems since. Thanks Murphy!!!

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Permalink Reply by A . Murphy, Mod on July 19, 2009 at 10:24pm

This is more suggested addons for resisters that would like to spend less time cutting and pasting and more time moving in a positive direction and get more time out of their browsing day:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9825

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5457

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5523

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4689

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6984

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8425

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11653

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/142

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9549

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Permalink Reply by PR on August 21, 2009 at 8:22am

Thank you Donald, I have received numerous complaints and have filed a trouble ticket with ning about this. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.

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Permalink Reply by PR on August 21, 2009 at 12:35pm

NING reports this issue is now resolved. Let me know if you experience further problems. Thank you!!

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Permalink Reply by Robert M Stanton Oh 5&9 Dist Co! on September 29, 2009 at 7:40pm

Terry I am the coordinator for the 5th congressional district and have many sites I have joinded through my name and through ning.
I am taking on the 9th congressional district for Ohio also. The Name under this page would be (Robert M Stanton Oh 9 Dist Coord!)
I would like this to be under a different e mail address p3remember. password 11nov61. if you could assist me it will be a great help. I still want to maintain the other account as it is under the 5th district of ohio. can you help.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer_MI, Dist. #8 Coord. on December 13, 2009 at 10:04am

Funny, I was using Firefox and kept having trouble. I just switched to Internet Explorer and now it is working fine. Which is unfortuate as I much prefer Firefox.

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Permalink Reply by Donnie Brison IN 9th Dist.Coord on January 3, 2010 at 1:34pm

yes Firefox is a great browser, I have been using it since it was Firebird 0.6 in beta. I liked it better than IE even then I think IE was like version 3.2 and Firefox has been in development since then and has gone thru several different iterations. There are just scads of add ons and you can really get some to make your browser act like it is on steroids or something. Look for add ons for Tab Mix Plus, All In One sidebar, All In One Gestures, Tweak Network, and FasterFox. Once you have installed these, look for the Tweak Network and select Options. If you are on a cable or DSL network, you can select the Power tick box and select that, click apply and then OK or close. Then do the same with FasterFox and select Custom for the most capability to change settings.

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Permalink Reply by A . Murphy, Mod 23 hours ago

From experience of using FF almost 24/7 daily, and wanting to help out fellow Resistors.

Ever since release of FF version 3.5 I have had increasingly difficult issues with FF locking up or crashing. I am not alone, as this appears to be a common issue lately with FF v 3.5+ according to several posts at mozilla.org and others. So, as to decrease my issues I recently tried the 3.6 and was horribly disappointed. FF version 3.6 would not even allow me to click on a menu item, locking for periods of 5-10 seconds before response. I have Linux so that may be part of it, but even just installing version 3.6 crashed my browser on install! So, based on this, I recommend that Resistnet users with these issues, and want to use FF, install the 3.0 development versions until Mozilla gets this FF crashing issue sorted out. FF is a great browser, normally, but there is something gone wrong in the 3.5+ versions that I cannot explain, only recommend to Resistnet users an alternative. I would die without my FF addons and features, therefore downgrading is my only option.

I have used Firefox release 3.0.17 for some time now without a SINGLE CRASH or issue with lock ups. Even though it is not considered the cadillac of the Firefox development tree, I have never had an issue with it. For some reason Mozilla is still updating 3.0 versions....I presume to satisfy the old die hards and commercial users, making security patches and such. I am typing on Resistnet with 3.0.19 version referred to on the ftp site as firefox-3.0.19.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2, but there is a windows .exe as well. I would only recommend downloading and reinstalling FF if you are having crashes or lock ups like I have experienced. There is one issue that is unfortunate, but happens with the addons when downgrading. Some version numbers will say they are not compatible with FF verson 3.0.x and will not run. Fixes are possible sometimes.

Here are the links for the files to download if you positively think you are in the same situation and need a fix...but remember, I have not installed nor tested the Win or Mac versions...............:

Linux zip Tarball
Mac dimage file
Windows

If I should find there are some issues with 3.0.19 I will come back and update these links, but so far things are great.............email me at resistnet if you have any questions

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