Re: [Discuss] Firefox vs. Chrome

2011-07-21 Thread Robert La Ferla
On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Rich Braun wrote: Has anyone else gone through this switch? What steps could have been taken to troubleshoot Firefox to avoid having to make this switch? I basically disabled all plugins, flash, Java, everything--and it still took over my whole system. I'm

Re: [Discuss] Firefox vs. Chrome

2011-07-21 Thread Laura Conrad
Robert == Robert La Ferla rob...@laferla.net writes: Robert On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Rich Braun wrote: Has anyone else gone through this switch? What steps could have been taken to troubleshoot Firefox to avoid having to make this switch? I basically disabled all

Re: [Discuss] Firefox vs. Chrome

2011-07-21 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:15:30AM -0400, Rich Braun wrote: Has anyone else gone through this switch? What steps could have been taken to troubleshoot Firefox to avoid having to make this switch? I basically disabled all plugins, flash, Java, everything--and it still took over my whole

Re: [Discuss] What do typical Linux users do WRT protecting their systems from malware

2011-07-21 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of MBR I've asked some Mac users what they do, and for the most part the answer seems to be nothing. There's a general belief that Macs aren't targeted as much as Windows systems

Re: [Discuss] Firefox vs. Chrome

2011-07-21 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Rich Braun Has anyone else gone through this switch? What steps could have been taken to troubleshoot Firefox to avoid having to make this switch? I basically disabled all