Keith, for me it's exactly the opposite. I have more problems with streaming and control access with IE than with Firefox. Why I made the initial switch.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You're right. Microsoft had to issue several warnings recently, deeming > some of their patches "critical" to fix new security holes, and that > affected Firefox. I like Firefox in many ways, but it indeed has problems. > One is that it's more of a memory hog than one would like or expect from > something based on Mozilla code. And despite all the updates, it still tends > to grab memory and not let it go until the executable is closed. > I have also noticed that it's not as reliable/stable in AV streaming than > Internet Explorer. Almost daily I listen to the Tom Joyner Morning Show and > Michael Baisden via streams, typically after the live shows have aired. > Often I get problems with Firefox where it freezes up, the controls don't > appear or don't work, etc. I've never had that issue with I.E. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 6:54:25 AM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Firefox issues > > > > I think that they are having problems dealing with the flood of updates > that microsoft sent out in the last couple of weeks. I think it was 32 > updates. Plus they updated .net. There was also a flash and java update too. > > > I still have faith in mozilla even though it makes me have sound problems > especially when I use youtube or some other site using flash. Maybe apple is > right? Flash sux despite its age. In comparison to the other stuff that > adobe makes, flash just isn't up to par. > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Serious ones, Mr Worf. Every day for the past week, I've had the Adobe >> plug-ins crash on me in the middle of a session. When I open extra tabs to >> surf in, they don't always load. And I've had two sessions crash on me >> entirely, with Firefox being unable to recover then afterward, forcing me to >> go back to scratch. I've reported them all, but I'm seriously looking into >> switching to Chrome. >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Looks like Mozilla is having some issues with Firefox. Just this week >>> they have pumped out 3 software updates. I don't think all of the issues >>> have been resolved yet. (They went from 3.62 to 3.66) >>> >>> Anyone out there having issues? >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
