Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
Speaking of browsers, I am attempting to edit my about:config in AuroraFox to stop nagging me about missing and outdated plugins. I toggle the settings, but they do not save after a restart. What is the trick? If there is no trick for that, isn't there a trick to get Flash to think it is updated for a G5 running Leopard? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
This thread has actually returned in its own way to the topic of browsers---in a general sense---and how to stay on the low-end as sites like Google demand more and more computer resources. For example, when I was limited to using my G3 iBook, and my G4 stock Digital Audio, I often took refuge in the Elinks text browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks It runs in the Terminal and reminds of my original internet experience of modeming in to my University Vax account, running Gopher. It is *especially* well suited to Google Groups as it eliminates all formatting other than ASCII text. It can also be used for Gmail and Yahoo mail. When I begin to detest how much WWW has become like TV, I use ELinks. As for Facebook, there is a Firefox addon called Facebook Purity which reverses some of the more egregious nonsense---as far as the formatting is concerned. Right now I am responding to this Google Groups thread through the Basic HTML version of Gmail---which, by the way, selects for you if quoted text appears above or below your reply. There is even a more barebones version of Gmail, the mobile version you can run in your browser. I don't think I will be posting through the Groups interface on principle. On 7/28/12, Paul Stamsen pwseventy...@bresnan.net wrote: On 7/27/12 2:11 pm, MaGioZal wrote: On 7/27/12 4:49 PM, Paul Stamsen atpaterfami...@gmail.com wrote: P.S. I dislike the new Google Groups interface. Blech! Newsgroups are supposed to be simple and texty, not full of CPU slowing frames and complex. Then you'll HATE the new FB Timeline!! ;) Well, first I was confused with the FB timeline, but with some time I'e got used to it -- because there are no way to turn back to the old interface, anyway... that's why I didn't go there! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
It runs in the Terminal and reminds of my original internet experience of modeming in to my University Vax account, running Gopher. It is *especially* well suited to Google Groups as it eliminates all formatting other than ASCII text. Gopher's still around: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/ http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Queen, you shall be it if you wish/Look for your king -- Pink Floyd -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On Jul 31, 2012, at 6:21 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: It runs in the Terminal and reminds of my original internet experience of modeming in to my University Vax account, running Gopher. It is *especially* well suited to Google Groups as it eliminates all formatting other than ASCII text. Gopher's still around: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/ http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw Ahh the good old days of spelunking the gopher holes. I remember when you had to trade around lists of open FTP sites to get software...I still have one about a half-inch thick, laboriously printed out on my Epson FX-80 Compatible Gemini dot matrix printer. And that sure looks like an offshoot of lynx, the original character-based web browser.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On 7/27/12 2:11 pm, MaGioZal wrote: On 7/27/12 4:49 PM, Paul Stamsen atpaterfami...@gmail.com wrote: P.S. I dislike the new Google Groups interface. Blech! Newsgroups are supposed to be simple and texty, not full of CPU slowing frames and complex. Then you'll HATE the new FB Timeline!! ;) Well, first I was confused with the FB timeline, but with some time I'e got used to it -- because there are no way to turn back to the old interface, anyway... that's why I didn't go there! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:00:06 AM UTC-5, MaGioZal wrote: On 7/24/12 5:47 AM, Kris Tilford at ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: PatchBurn 4.0.5 can fix this issue in anything earlier than 10.5, so it really doesn't matter if the firmware says Apple or something else. PatchBurn is HIGHLY recommendable for everyone who has a non-original CD/DVD writer and run Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5. Before installing P.B. I thought my DVD writer has some kind of hardware defect because it wrote CDs, but almost always had problems in writing DVDs... Did you have problems in Toast, or just with Disk Utility? I'm having a problem with the Toshiba TS-T632 drive in my G4 Mini, but all the problems have been while using Toast, and I wouldn't think that Patchburn would affect that. I need to do some more testing, but I think the drive is history. Jeff Walther P.S. I dislike the new Google Groups interface. Blech! Newsgroups are supposed to be simple and texty, not full of CPU slowing frames and complex. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On Jul 25, 2012, at 11:57 am, t...@prismnet.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:00:06 AM UTC-5, MaGioZal wrote: P.S. I dislike the new Google Groups interface. Blech! Newsgroups are supposed to be simple and texty, not full of CPU slowing frames and complex. Then you'll HATE the new FB Timeline!! ;) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On 7/25/12 2:57 PM, t...@prismnet.com at t...@prismnet.com wrote: Did you have problems in Toast, or just with Disk Utility? My problems were basically with the burning interface of Finder. -- MaGioZal. http://fotolog.com/_magiozal/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On 7/27/12 4:49 PM, Paul Stamsen at paterfami...@gmail.com wrote: P.S. I dislike the new Google Groups interface. Blech! Newsgroups are supposed to be simple and texty, not full of CPU slowing frames and complex. Then you'll HATE the new FB Timeline!! ;) Well, first I was confused with the FB timeline, but with some time I'e got used to it -- because there are no way to turn back to the old interface, anyway... -- MaGioZal. http://twitpic.com/photos/magiozal/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On 7/28/12 1:51 AM, Cameron Kaiser at spec...@floodgap.com wrote: P.S. I dislike the new Google Groups interface. Blech! Newsgroups are supposed to be simple and texty, not full of CPU slowing frames and complex. Yeah, it's terrible. It's not even good on the office Core i5, and it's way too slow for the iMac G4. The Yahooization of Google. -- MaGioZal. http://flickr.com/magiozal/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
Ok, I am using AuroraFox with great success, including the NoSquint addon for formatting, so I am all good on that aspect of setup. Strange problem has emerged. The Superdrive has no trouble reading DVD's, but, I am trying to add some cd's to my ITunes, and the cd's won't mount. Any ideas on this? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On Jul 24, 2012, at 2:20 AM, a1 wrote: Any ideas on this (CD won't mount, DVD fine)? Perhaps clean? Some of the Apple Superdrives are standard other drives with newer firmware that support more media types. There is even patched newer firmware for some drives that will allow the drive to be recognized as Apple rather than something else. All that stupidity about the origin of the drive ended completely by Leopard 10.5, so it's not necessary to have an Apple drive as of 10.5. PatchBurn 4.0.5 can fix this issue in anything earlier than 10.5, so it really doesn't matter if the firmware says Apple or something else. I kinda suspect you won't solve this problem, you might need another drive? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
On 7/24/12 5:47 AM, Kris Tilford at ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: PatchBurn 4.0.5 can fix this issue in anything earlier than 10.5, so it really doesn't matter if the firmware says Apple or something else. PatchBurn is HIGHLY recommendable for everyone who has a non-original CD/DVD writer and run Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5. Before installing P.B. I thought my DVD writer has some kind of hardware defect because it wrote CDs, but almost always had problems in writing DVDs... -- MaGioZal. http://magiozal.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
At 12:20 AM -0700 7/24/2012, a1 wrote: Strange problem has emerged. What does this have to do with web browsing? When changing subjects, please start a different thread. The Superdrive has no trouble reading DVD's, but, I am trying to add some cd's to my ITunes, and the cd's won't mount. Any ideas on this? won't mount -- in what way? Exactly what happens? What do you hear from the drive? Does the drive and media show up in System Profiler? Are errors being thrown into the system log? Clean the CDs. Clean the optical drive. Is Finder set to display CDs/DVDs on the desktop? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
At 4:51 AM -0500 7/22/2012, arichic...@gmail.com wrote: Dual 1.8 G5 Leopard What was the last stable, reliable version of Opera for PPC? Opera has never been stable or reliable on any of my ppc macs, so... Compared to my G4 I am not having too much trouble playing video right off the websites. I think my Flash is outdated because I can play Youtube and Hulu with no difficulty. It was mentioned here though that there is a way of always getting Quicktime to play video: what is that utility again? Not sure what you're asking here. If the web site presents a flash video, then the browser will use the flash plug-in. For all other video types, QuickTime is called, which subsequently runs the appropriate codec. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?
Compared to my G4 I am not having too much trouble playing video right off the websites. I think my Flash is outdated because I can play Youtube and Hulu with no difficulty. It was mentioned here though that there is a way of always getting Quicktime to play video: what is that utility again? Not sure what you're asking here. If the web site presents a flash video, then the browser will use the flash plug-in. For all other video types, QuickTime is called, which subsequently runs the appropriate codec. He might be referring to this: http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/QuickTimeEnabler -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Political correctness is tyranny with manners. -- Charlton Heston -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
