Re: Why can one not copy from the Software Update window (was : Why doesn't check for update tell me there's a new version)
NoOp wrote: On 10/02/2011 10:38 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: My Seamonkey 2.3.3, in invoking Check for updates says ... nothing that can be copied and then pasted W H Y can I not copy text from the Software Update window, Actually I think this is an excellent question. File a bug report as this is most likely the only way it will probably be answered. I thought that, in general, it was better to try to establish by informed discussion whether or not a bug really existed than to report a putative bug and then risk wasting the developers's time investigating if it turns out not to be a bug at all. and is the text therein accessible to screen readers ? Install Orca check for yourself? I meant by design, not pragmatically. Testing, as everyone knows, can demonstrate only the presence of bugs, not the absence of them. Philip Taylor ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:45:25 -0500, /Jane--Galt/: Stanimir Stamenkov s7a...@netscape.net wrote : Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:50:27 -0500, /Jane--Galt/: But when, if ever, will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks problem, for people who keep huge bookmarks files of a few megs in size? Just to get some figures, how huge is your places.sqlite file? 62 megs, but what's that got to do with bookmarks? That's where your bookmarks (and browsing history) get stored, if you didn't know: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_SeaMonkey#Files http://kb.mozillazine.org/Places.sqlite The second article links to Locked or damaged places.sqlite http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite which suggests a damaged places.sqlite may cause hangs. You may further read: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs#Places_database bookmarks.html 73KB places.sqlite 21MB = 287 * 73KB 287 times more disk space - aie ! ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
Interviewed by CNN on 03/10/2011 06:14, Ray_Net told the world: bookmarks.html 73KB places.sqlite 21MB = 287 * 73KB 287 times more disk space - aie ! Unfair comparison. Places does more than storing bookmarks. It also stores history, for instance. AND it also stores the site icons (favicons), which do take a bit of space -- more than one line of text (which is what a bookmark is, essentially), at least. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Commodore 64. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.4 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
On 02.10.2011 23:39, Philip Chee wrote: --- Original Message --- On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:35:31 -0500, Jane--Galt wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov s7a...@netscape.net wrote : So did you try running in safe-mode or with add-ons disabled to see if it would make any difference? Yes, it makes no difference. Can you try installing and running this extension? http://www.andyhalford.com/checkplaces/ CheckPlaces is a Firefox/SeaMonkey extension that allows you to check your bookmarks in different ways. There is a basic check of your bookmarks, and optional checks that the pages still exist, duplicate bookmarks, and empty folders. You can also use it to restore favicons that have gone missing, and compact and check the integrity of the Places database. = Try compacting and checking the integrity of your Places database. Phil Be VERY VERY careful with that extension, it completely wiped out my personal toolbar as well as other very important bookmarks, etc. Luckily there is a restore function from the .json file. It also marks other current valid bookmarks as questionable, failed and so on. -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Lost extensions/add-ons in 2.4
Oedipe wrote: Here we go again, i've lost two extensions not compatible with the 2.4 recent upgrade :-( I begin to be quite fed-up with all these automatic upgrades... I can report that the Mail Redirect 0.7.6.6 extension stopped working properly when I upgraded to 2.4 (everything worked EXCEPT it didn't send anything). I just re-installed Mail Redirect 0.7.6.6 and it resumed proper operation. Bob ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Tom S. wrote: JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Disabled AdblockPlus, removed the tick from Block pop-up windows, and browsed to that link. No pop-ups occurred. That is a site I am on everyday as part of my morning routine, and I've don't recall ever having a pop-up. -- SeaMonkey Firefox Support http://support.mozilla.com and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_%28Firefox%29 SeaMonkey Support http://www.seamonkey-project.org/community Stand Alone Profile Manager https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Profile_Manager ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
On 03.10.2011 10:15, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message --- JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Not getting any popup(s) on the site, what are you seeing as a popup? -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
On 10/3/11 8:15 AM, Tom S. wrote: JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110923 SeaMonkey/2.4 I got no popups at that site. I did see a few artifacts similar to tooltips when I hovered my cursor over certain links. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
On 03.10.2011 10:15, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message --- Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Everybody so far replying isn't seeing any popup(s), popup blocking disabled, no flash block or adblocking type extensions enabled. Try clearing cache and cookies and try the site again. If still no luck, try creating a new profile and go back to the comics site and see if you're getting a popup. -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
David E. Ross wrote: On 10/2/11 8:34 AM, Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. Initially, popups (I almost typed poopups, which might be appropriate) were separate Web pages launched by scripts in the page you wanted to see. Today, many popups are artifacts of CSS, Flash, or scripts themselves (without launching anything). If they are from Flash, I strongly recommend Flashblock at http://flashblock.mozdev.org/. I normally run with this enabled. It allows me to display a Flash presentation by clicking an icon on the page containing Flash. If you know a page uses JavaScript for a popup, you can disable JavaScript. I have the PrefBar extension (from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/67148/) installed with a checkbox on the PrefBar toolbar for enabling and disabling JavaScript. It's very, very handy. I normally run with JavaScript enabled. However, when SeaMonkey seems to be operating strangely, I disable JavaScript; then, SeaMonkey usually returns to normal behavior. Similarly, I also have a checkbox on the PrefBar toolbar for enabling and disabling CSS. While disabling CSS strips away almost all formatting, a well-designed Web page should still have understandable content. As I mentioned, I have Flashblock. I also have PrefBar, but constantly needing to toggle JavaScript on off seems a bit impractical. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Why doesn't check for update tell me there's a new version
Otto Wyss wrote: AUS:SVC gCanApplyUpdates - testing write access C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\update.test AUS:SVC gCanApplyUpdates - unable to apply updates. Exception: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) [nsILocalFile.create] nsresult: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) location: JS frame :: jar:file:///C:/Program%20Files/SeaMonkey/omni.jar!/components/nsUpdateService.js :: aus_gCanApplyUpdates :: line 202 data: no] This sounds like your windows account has no write access to the install-location. And is most likely your reason for having the error. -- ~Justin Wood (Callek) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:34:46 -0400, /Tom S./: I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? SM continues to stop automatic popups. I don't see a change in the behavior. When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? You may stop interacting with the page but I don't think that's much useful for you. Unfortunately popups triggered from an interactive actions are not blocked, otherwise it would block all legitimate popups triggered explicitly by you. You may however try to blocking somewhat more (than the default setup) or most popups with the Edit - Preferences: Browser / Link Behavior settings: Open links meant to open a new window in: (x) The current tab/window When scripts want to open a new window: (x) Always divert windows into tabs The label for the later is somewhat confusing according the real preference documentation [1]: | 0 | Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow. | This includes: | * All HTML links with target=_blank. | * All JavaScript calls to window.open(). That should mean no new windows/tabs could be created by web content - only explicitly by you (e.g. using Ctrl+N or Ctrl+T). Using the default value for the second option with the changed value for the first would also block more but no all of the popups (see what fits bets for you): Open links meant to open a new window in: (x) The current tab/window When scripts want to open a new window: (x) Don't divert custom windows into tabs The later really means: | 2 | Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow, unless | the new window specifies how it should be displayed. | This includes: | * All links with target=_blank. | * JavaScript calls to window.open() without the features | parameter (3rd parameter). | This does not include: | * JavaScript calls to window.open() with the features | parameter (3rd parameter). This will eliminate more of the new windows, unless opened by scripts with features parameter. [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction Thanks. I changed this setting from 0 to 2 in the config editor (about:config). So, now when a pop-up opens, it is in a new small window instead of another tab. I can close it with Alt-F4 on the keyboard instead of using the mouse. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
chicagofan wrote: http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj Just tested it and got the 404 message when I clicked on the AVG Anti-virus Free Edition 2012 link. When I right clicked and selected Open link in New Tab, it opened just fine. Strange, but true. -- SeaMonkey Firefox Support http://support.mozilla.com and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_%28Firefox%29 SeaMonkey Support http://www.seamonkey-project.org/community Stand Alone Profile Manager https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Profile_Manager ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Jay Garcia wrote: On 03.10.2011 10:15, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message --- JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Not getting any popup(s) on the site, what are you seeing as a popup? It's usually an ad (using Flash) for Netflix. I notice now that after it pops up, it can't get it to repeat until after I close SM and open again to the page. Here's a few more sites with the same action: http://snopes.com/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/ ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Tom S. wrote: JD wrote: Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Works fine for me, no popups. Tried disabling AdBlockPlus and reloading, still no popup. SM 2.3.3. Tried clicking in blank areas of the page (not links), both with and without ABP, no popup. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
On 03.10.2011 12:48, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message --- Jay Garcia wrote: On 03.10.2011 10:15, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message --- JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Not getting any popup(s) on the site, what are you seeing as a popup? It's usually an ad (using Flash) for Netflix. I notice now that after it pops up, it can't get it to repeat until after I close SM and open again to the page. Here's a few more sites with the same action: http://snopes.com/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/ I get zero popups on those sites as well. Did you try creating a new profile to see what happens? -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:31:46 -0400, /Tom S./: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Open links meant to open a new window in: (x) The current tab/window [...] | 2 | Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow, unless [...] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction Thanks. I changed this setting from 0 to 2 in the config editor (about:config). So, now when a pop-up opens, it is in a new small window instead of another tab. I can close it with Alt-F4 on the keyboard instead of using the mouse. Unless you change the first one (browser.link.open_newwindow) to something more restrictive (as suggested above) you effectively allow more popups setting the second one (browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction) to value of 2. Try such a configuration: browser.link.open_newwindow = 1 browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction = 0 -- Stanimir ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Tom S. wrote: snip It's usually an ad (using Flash) for Netflix. I notice now that after it pops up, it can't get it to repeat until after I close SM and open again to the page. Here's a few more sites with the same action: http://snopes.com/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/ Only pop-up/redirect I had was when I hovered over the lower left item of the bar at the bottom of the philly.com link. With AdBlock Plus disabled it showed an ad for Verizon, with it enabled it still opened but was blank. If you are getting Netflix ads, I recommend the Adblock Plus extension. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ I also see that there is an Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon for even more control over pop-ups. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus-pop-up-addon/ -- SeaMonkey Firefox Support http://support.mozilla.com and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_%28Firefox%29 SeaMonkey Support http://www.seamonkey-project.org/community Stand Alone Profile Manager https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Profile_Manager ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
WLS wrote: chicagofan wrote: http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj Just tested it and got the 404 message when I clicked on the AVG Anti-virus Free Edition 2012 link. When I right clicked and selected Open link in New Tab, it opened just fine. Strange, but true. Thanks for the check! Apparently their latest page updates need some work. :) I'll try your trick, if it doesn't correct today or tomorrow. bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
Jay Garcia j...@jaynospamgarcia.com wrote : On 02.10.2011 23:39, Philip Chee wrote: --- Original Message --- On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:35:31 -0500, Jane--Galt wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov s7a...@netscape.net wrote : So did you try running in safe-mode or with add-ons disabled to see if it would make any difference? Yes, it makes no difference. Can you try installing and running this extension? http://www.andyhalford.com/checkplaces/ CheckPlaces is a Firefox/SeaMonkey extension that allows you to check your bookmarks in different ways. There is a basic check of your bookmarks, and optional checks that the pages still exist, duplicate bookmarks, and empty folders. You can also use it to restore favicons that have gone missing, and compact and check the integrity of the Places database. = Try compacting and checking the integrity of your Places database. Phil Be VERY VERY careful with that extension, it completely wiped out my personal toolbar as well as other very important bookmarks, etc. Luckily there is a restore function from the .json file. It also marks other current valid bookmarks as questionable, failed and so on. Uh, no thanks then. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
MCBastos myemail@example.invalid wrote : Interviewed by CNN on 03/10/2011 00:35, Jane--Galt told the world: Oh. I've been a fan of Netscape browsers since around 1994 when I first got on the net - Navigator, which I suppose eventually evolved into Seamonkey in the nearest form to that original? I thought they resided in something called Bookmarks.html They used to... up to Seamonkey 2.0.x. The big thing in Seamonkey 2.1 was exactly introducing the new database-based Places system, which Firefox had since version 3. And that appears to be exactly when I started having these stalled bookmark button problems. In fact I recall uninstalling 2.0 for awhile and using 1.x instead, because of it. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
MCBastos myemail@example.invalid wrote : Interviewed by CNN on 03/10/2011 06:14, Ray_Net told the world: bookmarks.html 73KB places.sqlite 21MB = 287 * 73KB 287 times more disk space - aie ! Unfair comparison. Places does more than storing bookmarks. It also stores history, for instance. AND it also stores the site icons (favicons), which do take a bit of space -- more than one line of text (which is what a bookmark is, essentially), at least. I like a lot of history, it makes things very convenient, but they need to find some way to speed up the loading from that Bookmarks button and make it stop being eratic. Perhaps they could separate the history stuff from the raw bookmarks file? I think my bookmarks alone were just about 3.4 megs. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: When will they fix the sluggish Bookmarks in SM?
On 03.10.2011 15:02, Jane--Galt wrote: --- Original Message --- Jay Garcia j...@jaynospamgarcia.com wrote : On 02.10.2011 23:39, Philip Chee wrote: --- Original Message --- On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:35:31 -0500, Jane--Galt wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov s7a...@netscape.net wrote : So did you try running in safe-mode or with add-ons disabled to see if it would make any difference? Yes, it makes no difference. Can you try installing and running this extension? http://www.andyhalford.com/checkplaces/ CheckPlaces is a Firefox/SeaMonkey extension that allows you to check your bookmarks in different ways. There is a basic check of your bookmarks, and optional checks that the pages still exist, duplicate bookmarks, and empty folders. You can also use it to restore favicons that have gone missing, and compact and check the integrity of the Places database. = Try compacting and checking the integrity of your Places database. Phil Be VERY VERY careful with that extension, it completely wiped out my personal toolbar as well as other very important bookmarks, etc. Luckily there is a restore function from the .json file. It also marks other current valid bookmarks as questionable, failed and so on. Uh, no thanks then. You can give it a shot but make SURE you make a backup first. If you're using SM or FF then an auto-backup of your bookmarks are backed up to a .json file which is accessed/restored via Bookmarks = Manage Bookmarks (SM) or Show Bookmarks (FF) = Restore - that's how I restored mine in FF. -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.3.1 email and Google Desktop Search
On 09/07/2011 06:41 AM, Steve B. wrote: Since installing SM 2.0 and later versions I have not been able to have Google Desktop Search index any of my SM email. I have copied GoogleDesktopMozilla.dll, GoogleDesktopMozillaStub.js, and GoogleDesktopMozillaStub.xpt to C:\Program Files\Seamonkey\components with no success and even reinstalled GDS and re-indexed. No luck. Any help will be appreciated. Steve B. As an FYI: http://googledesktop.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-desktop-update.html quote Google Desktop Update Friday, September 02, 2011 12:48 PM ... As of September 14, Google Desktop will no longer be available for download, and existing installations will not be updated to include new features or fixes. Thanks again to all of our users. It’s been a fun journey. /quote ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:31:46 -0400, /Tom S./: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Open links meant to open a new window in: (x) The current tab/window [...] | 2 | Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow, unless [...] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction Thanks. I changed this setting from 0 to 2 in the config editor (about:config). So, now when a pop-up opens, it is in a new small window instead of another tab. I can close it with Alt-F4 on the keyboard instead of using the mouse. Unless you change the first one (browser.link.open_newwindow) to something more restrictive (as suggested above) you effectively allow more popups setting the second one (browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction) to value of 2. Try such a configuration: browser.link.open_newwindow = 1 browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction = 0 OK, I tried that. Now the pop-up opens in the same tab, so I have to use the back button to get to the source page. Thanks anyway. :-\ I'll try again with add-ons disabled or with a blank profile, but doubt there will be much difference. It's strange why no one else seems to have even any sign of a pop-up on these sites. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
chicagofan wrote: http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj I clicked on your url, and i don't experience de error. Win7 32 bits pro with: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20110608 Firefox/4.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.1 The only extensions i have are the french language and the french spell-checking. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
On 10/03/2011 01:39 PM, Tom S. wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: ... Try such a configuration: browser.link.open_newwindow = 1 browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction = 0 OK, I tried that. Now the pop-up opens in the same tab, so I have to use the back button to get to the source page. Thanks anyway. :-\ I'll try again with add-ons disabled or with a blank profile, but doubt there will be much difference. It's strange why no one else seems to have even any sign of a pop-up on these sites. Were I you, I'd run malware/spyware/virus etc., scans. Clear your cookies, cache, and history (you can easily make a backup first). ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
Tom S. wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:31:46 -0400, /Tom S./: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Open links meant to open a new window in: (x) The current tab/window [...] | 2 | Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow, unless [...] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction Thanks. I changed this setting from 0 to 2 in the config editor (about:config). So, now when a pop-up opens, it is in a new small window instead of another tab. I can close it with Alt-F4 on the keyboard instead of using the mouse. Unless you change the first one (browser.link.open_newwindow) to something more restrictive (as suggested above) you effectively allow more popups setting the second one (browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction) to value of 2. Try such a configuration: browser.link.open_newwindow = 1 browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction = 0 OK, I tried that. Now the pop-up opens in the same tab, so I have to use the back button to get to the source page. Thanks anyway. :-\ I'll try again with add-ons disabled or with a blank profile, but doubt there will be much difference. It's strange why no one else seems to have even any sign of a pop-up on these sites. Because we use the ADblock Plus extension. -- SeaMonkey Firefox Support http://support.mozilla.com and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_%28Firefox%29 SeaMonkey Support http://www.seamonkey-project.org/community Stand Alone Profile Manager https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Profile_Manager ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
Ray_Net wrote: chicagofan wrote: http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj I clicked on your url, and i don't experience de error. Win7 32 bits pro with: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20110608 Firefox/4.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.1 The only extensions i have are the french language and the french spell-checking. Thanks!!! They have apparently fixed whatever was wrong this morning, because I just tried it again, and downloaded the app I wanted. :) bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
chicagofan wrote: http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj When I start here: http://www.avast.com/en-us/index and click on the Download learn more button, it goes to: http://www.avast.com/en-us/free-antivirus-download and when I click on the Download button it goes to: http://www.avast.com/en-us/download-thank-you.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.avast.com%2Fiavs5x%2Fsetup_av_free.exeproduct=FApage=en-us/free-antivirus-downloadlocale=en-usavast=0 and a window pops up for me to click on to download the setup file. setup_av_free.exe No Cnet. The exe file is coming from: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/setup_av_free.exe -- JD.. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Still getting pop-ups
On 10/3/11 10:48 AM, Tom S. wrote: Jay Garcia wrote: On 03.10.2011 10:15, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message --- JD wrote: Tom S. wrote: WLS wrote: Tom S. wrote: Hello all, I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. Here's something that's bugged me for a long while. I thought eventually someone else would bring it up and soon after, it would be fixed. Oh well. Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have assigned a pop sound and the highlighted exclamation point shows on the bottom toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere on the page, the pop-up will open into a new tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This happens on almost all websites that use pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension disables it, so it only shows the F button.) Is there anything I can change to prevent the pop-ups from happening? TIA. You do not state whether you have Block unrequested popup windows checked under your Privacy and Security preferences. Are the offending popups Ads? I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have AdBlock Plus installed and never have a problem with unrequested popups. I double checked the preference setting, and it is checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: Even if blocked, websites may use other methods to show popups. So, that may be what's happening. I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it worked back then. Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? Sure. Here's one (comics site): http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Not getting any popup(s) on the site, what are you seeing as a popup? It's usually an ad (using Flash) for Netflix. I notice now that after it pops up, it can't get it to repeat until after I close SM and open again to the page. Here's a few more sites with the same action: http://snopes.com/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/ No wonder I didn't see any popups. You say it's Flash, but I run with the Flashblock extension enabled. Furthermore, with one execption, I don't even see the Flashblock icon (f in a circle) because I also run with the AdBlock Plus extension enabled. The exception was for one Flash on the http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ page, which was nevertheless stopped by Flashblock. With AdBlock Plus disabled, there were three additional Flash presentations on that page. All four of them were stopped by FlashBlock. None of these Flash presentations meet the classical definition of popup, at least the definition used in implementing SeaMonkey's Popup Manager. To manage Flash, you really should install the Flashblock extension from http://flashblock.mozdev.org/. To manage advertisements in general, use AdBlock Plus from http://adblockplus.org/en/. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Anyone ever get a 404 on Cnet downloads?
On 10/3/11 9:49 AM, chicagofan wrote: http://download.cnet.com/windows/?tag=contentMain%3bcontentBody I've tried several times to download the Avast free version of their anti-virus software through their site and got a 404. When I noticed it was going to the Cnet site, I went directly to the Cnet site and tried again several times... and keep getting a We're sorry the page you requested cannot be found from the site. I've never had this happen before on their downloads. Has anyone here? bj Were you trying to get AVG 2012 or Avast 2012? I got the freeware version of the former from http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-free-all-product. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: [Ping David E. Ross] Browser sniffing - Another Section 508 for you
On 09/30/2011 08:53 PM, David E. Ross wrote: ... I've submitted two reports to the U.S. Department of Education, to their Technical Support unit. One report was about Firefox 7.0 not being recognized, and the other was about SeaMonkey (any version) not being recognized. I'll wait about a week for a reply. If none (or none acceptable) is received, I will then send a postal letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. HOWEVER, everyone else encountering such problems should also communicate with those in authority to correct them. You should not slough it off onto someone else. Reply from federalstudentaidcustomerserv...@ed.gov to a user that reported that he couldn't access the website with a linux browser (Firefox in this case): *From:* FAFSAWeb federalstudentaidcustomerserv...@ed.gov *Date:* October 3, 2011 time snipped *To:* snipped *Subject:* *RE: Can't access site* Thank you for your inquiry about federal student aid. The browsers (along with specific operating systems) listed below have been certified for use with FAFSA on the Web. If you choose to use a browser (with an operating system) other than the ones listed here, the site's pages may not display properly, and you may encounter problems while entering your application that Customer Service may not be able to resolve. On a quarterly basis, the U.S. Department of Education will evaluate new browser versions and certify them for use with FAFSA on the Web. Please use one of the following supported browser and operating system combinations. Microsoft browsers: 6.0.2600. - Internet Explorer 6.0 (Windows XP) 6.0.2800.1106 - Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (Windows XP) 6.0.2900.2180 - Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 2 (Windows XP) 7.0.5730.11 - Internet Explorer 7.0 (Windows XP, and Windows Vista) 7.0.6000.164448 - Internet Explorer 7.0 (Windows Vista) 8.0.6001.18702 - Internet Explorer 8.0 (Windows XP, Windows 7) 8.0.600 - Internet Explorer 8.0 (Windows Vista, Windows 7) All versions of Internet Explorer 6 customized with the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) include one of the following strings after the version number when you select About on the Help menu: IC = Internet Content Provider IS = Internet Service Provider CO = Corporate Administrator Mozilla Firefox browsers: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.x, and Mac OS X 10.5.x) Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.5.x, and Mac OS X 10.6.x) Apple Safari browsers: Safari 4.0 (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.x and Mac OS X 10.5.x) Safari 5.0 (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.5.x and Mac OS X 10.6.x) Google Chrome browsers: Google Chrome 5.0.x (Windows 7) Google Chrome 6.0.x (Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.5.x) Google Chrome 7.0.x (Windows 7) Opera browsers: Opera 9 (Windows 7) Opera 10 (Windows 7) Opera Mini (Mac OS X 10.4.x) If you have additional questions or technical problems with FAFSA on the Web, please contact the Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC) at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) or 319-337-5665 between 6:00am and midnight, Monday through Friday and 9:00am to 6:00pmSaturday Eastern Time. Please listen for the Web site assistance option for help with the PIN or the FAFSA on the Web site. You may also contact us at federalstudentaidcustomerserv...@ed.gov if you have further technical support questions. We hope this information is helpful. Ingrid Sure FSAIC Technical Support 1-800/433-3243 TTY 1-800/730-8913 Note that they specify approved operating systems (linux not included), *and* require users to use an EOL FF 3.5 browser (?? not sure as there doesn't seem to be any definitive FF page on EOL's), and/or a close to EOL Mozilla browser 3.6. Regardless of the status of FF 3.x versions, they clearly do not support any current versions (7.x) and that would include SeaMonkey 2.4 (gecko 7) and SeaMonkey 2.5 (gecko 8). ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
