--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > > > >> My Flash player gets easily corrupted (I know - its prolly the porn). > >> But almost daily, u-tube and other videos run on Flash stop playing. > >> No sound. And usually the video just freezes. > >> > >> The temp fix is to re-install Flash. Tht takes 10 seconds. But to do > >> that, I have to shut donw Foxfire, And with 30 tabs open -- it does > >> take some time to reload. > >> > >> So, not the biggest problem in the world -- but does anyone have > >> similar experience -- and / or have a more permanent solution? > >> > > > > The issue may not be related to Flash per se > > but to its sensitivity to "available memory." > > The clue may be in your mention of "30 tabs > > open." Every time you open a tab, Firefox > > assigns an area of memory to it; no other > > application can use that area of memory. And > > an interesting flaw in Firefox is that it > > doesn't release the memory when you close > > the tab; you have to exit from Firefox alto- > > gether to release all assigned memory. This > > is one of the things that Google's Chrome > > browser is supposed to fix. > > > > I could be completely off-base about this, > > but try exiting from Firefox periodically > > during the day and restarting it, and see if > > Flash continues to misbehave. > This is happening in Windows too?
Yes, -- I am using Vista Home Premium. And while I am at it -- another Windows or perhaps Bios problem): I have accumulated a lot of USB hubs -- daisy chained and direct connects to my motherboard 4 ports. The 4 slot Kingston hubs lock up the boot sequence. I have to unplug them, boot up, replug them -- and then wait 5 min while Vista sorts out the "new hardware". How lame. Anyone have similar problems and/or solutions. It happens with Ubuntu but most > people think it's a problem with Adobe being lazy about the Linux > version. I hadn't heard it was happening with Windows. I installed an > add-on called "Flash Block" in Firefox which keeps Flash videos from > opening automatically. This helped a lot. It displays an icon where > the Flash object, such as a video, is supposed to be and you can click > on it if you want see it. This has been saving me a lot of lockups > though it can still happen if I watch a video or listen to streaming audio. >
