Browser Battles: IE 8 vs. Firefox

I'd keep the binders on IE8 for a while yet.

I use Abiword then copy and paste to the browser.

To run Firefox in safe mode, right-click the shortcut icon you use to start Firefox and select Properties. Add a space and -safe-mode to the end of the Target line and click OK. Then click the shortcut icon to start Firefox. It will run using the default theme and no addons.

Example: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode

After you've finished troubleshooting, remove -safe-mode to set the shortcut back to normal.

That is a horrible problem. If it is due to a connection timeout then maybe disabling IPV6 or equivalent would help, as discussed here. If not, try this article for about:config tips on how to find that elusive setting you need to change.

I admit I've never had this problem, but like bwire, if I have a long one to write I usually work on it in a text editor, instead of online, then cut and paste it in.

Can't say anything about IE8. Firefox is working fine for me in Ubuntu linux.

I am not quite sure such timeouts are browser-specific. In fact I've had several time-outs happen in IE (former versions). Like everybody else, I've been copy-pasting long texts into browser fields eversince. Better safe than sorry.

On a lighter note: BTW, as software battles go, this one is I think forever lost for IE despite the crappy MS start-up marketing! Don't you yield, man! (My XP desktop keeps asking on startup for permission to check my setup for pirated software... What insolence!... I think I'll just go reformat c: in a pointless display of power!)

_{I was sure my reply started out as on-topic before I shifted to MS-hate-mode... I'll give it 5 marks for off-topic, but this won't show in your browser unless you're using IE (any version).... p-x}

Download "Delete_WGA.exe."

This will remove the dreaded Windows Genuime Advantage crap from your machine - I had this same problem.

Also turn off Automatic Updates

Linux users are geekin' out all over this thread!

<*ahem*>I am one too...

Never had the timing out problem...I use gmail and it has an automatic draft save every few minutes. Why not configure thunderbird or something??? It's light-weight enough to run on these little netbooks (my wife as a Acer One) and gets the job done.

You wrote:-

(my wife as a Acer One)

The question is, should you talk about your better half in this manner???

Is my spelling and grammar really that bad?!? Too early in the morning to be writing anything.

<*ahem*>"sorry dear..."

"My wife has an Acer Aspire One"

I had or have the same peoblem with a really old version of netscape, 7.XX

what i did was a not so much a cure,, but a way to protect myself for yes I had that happen too you would be making a LONG e mail and suddenly it's gone!

What I started doing is at each paragraph break or whenever i think about it I tell it to save as a draft.

This does save it as a draft and if when it dissappears I look in the draft folder and at least where i saved it last time was is there and continue on.

Joe

I have the same setup (XP & Firefox). The most annoying thing to me is that when using the slide button on the right side of the screen to scroll down the page, the cursor seems to "loose its grip" on the slide. I know it is a small thing, but it has been an annoyance for many months. Has anyone else experienced this?

Bill Morrow

The mouse is telling you to replace the battery

No, it is a wired mouse. I think that a process going on in the background is causing it.

Bill Morrow

Yes, when I was using two radio devices from different manufacturers and one was blocking the other....(Keyboard and mouse).

IE8 is slow compared to firefox. The timeout problem are you using outlook express?

See posts #21 and #24 in this thread:-

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/42895/PC-Sound-Mixer

enigma