Just out of curiosity, what sort of horror stories have you heard about Safari? I have used Safari since it was introduced last century sometime, have never seen any reason to try anything different . . . Is the horror related to something it does, or to something people think it should do that it doesn't?
stan On Jul 1, 2013, at 12:21 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele >> On 6/30/2013 11:53, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>> ... >>> >>> Honestly, this really is for your own good. I bet that if you disable >>> all plugins and extensions, this problem goes away. If you have >>> JavaScript enabled, you REALLY need to upgrade, or you're asking to get >>> cracked. Ditto if you access any SSL-enabled sites. >>> >>> I'm personally extremely unhappy to get stuck on the upgrade treadmill, >>> but today's malware environment pretty much requires it. >>> >> I buckled under too... for the same reason.. but haven't yet updated >> java to latest - dragging my feet on that. >> >> I've allowed firefox to upgrade whenever suggested lately. >> >> ann > > Ok, here's the deal: > > The problem with Mozilla started on Saturday, 29Jun2013. Every time I > launch the browser, I get TWO tabs - homepage & Plugin check. > > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ > > I have to tell NoScript to allow Mozilla.org before I can see the > plugins being checked. > > *ALL* of my plugins are currently up to date except for Quicktime (more > on that later). I had to disable Quicktime. > > I cannot log in to Mozilla.org support. It tells me my username or > password is incorrect. I cannot create a new account because my existing > account is already linked to my email address. I will have to create a > new email account if I want to create a new Mozilla account so I can log > in to Mozilla.org "support". > > Searching Mozilla.org, I find a question about the same problem I'm > experiencing. The topic was CLOSED as FIXED 2 years before I encountered > the problem. None of the solutions proposed back then work. > > Quicktime - You can't just download it, you MUST HAVE AN ACCOUNT. > > Apple won't let me use my iTunes username/password to download Quicktime. > > Apple wouldn't let me create a new account to download Quicktime because > my email address is already linked to my iTunes account. I can't update > Quicktime because I can't log in to my existing account & I can't create > a new account. > > So, I have disabled Quicktime. When I start Firefox, I still get the > same two tabs & when I look at the plugins, Quicktime is not shown. > All of the other plugins are current and up to date. > > I'm looking to see what other browser options I might have. It will > *NOT* be Windoze Exploder, and it will *NOT* be Chrome. Probably not > Safari either given the number of horror stories I've heard about it & > the problems I'm already having with Quicktime. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
