IE8 is the last straw.

[Baz]

Firefox here I come.

 

[tomshobby]

IE8??? I thought they were probably still on 5 or maybe 6!
You will like Firefox!

 

[TRDejaVu]

I like Firefox and have used it for a long time, but every now and again it locks up; it just happened again today. You exit the program and then try to restart it and it tells you that an instance of FF is already running and you need to reboot. Looking on the Mozilla website, they say that the Zone Alarm firewall might be one cause and that you should uninstall it and go back to the Windows firewall - I DON'T THINK SO. I will not use IE for its security holes, so this is very frustrating. Perhaps Mozilla should just take responsibility and fix FF.

 

[74WannaB]

I've generally had good luck with Firefox. I've been using it for a couple of years now. The only major problem that I've found so far is that sometimes Firefox has problems with some java applications. In those instances I jump back to IE 7

I've been experimenting with Google Chrome lately. It seems to work pretty good, and it's fast. I don't know how it stacks up to Firefox with security issues, though.

 

[DNK]

I like Firefox and have used it for a long time, but every now and again it locks up; it just happened again today. You exit the program and then try to restart it and it tells you that an instance of FF is already running and you need to reboot. Looking on the Mozilla website, they say that the Zone Alarm firewall might be one cause and that you should uninstall it and go back to the Windows firewall - I DON'T THINK SO. I will not use IE for its security holes, so this is very frustrating. Perhaps Mozilla should just take responsibility and fix FF.

Ian- Had the same problem with FF and Zone. Got rid of the zone . No problem any more.

 

[TRDejaVu]

Ian- Had the same problem with FF and Zone. Got rid of the zone . No problem any more.

I use Zone Alarm because of its strength compared to the windows firewall. I have not had any other issues with it. I am not prepared to downgrade on security because Mozilla can't get it right with FF.

 

[DrEntropy]

guys... find an old working P-II, install SmoothWall. Get a REAL firewall appliance for FREE. Then you can dump those software firewalling thingies.

 

[jsneddon]

You exit the program and then try to restart it and it tells you that an instance of FF is already running and you need to reboot.

happens every once in a while to me. You probably don't need to reboot - go into task manager (right-click on an empty part of the system tray and click Task Manager), click on Processes and you'll find one clearly marked "Firefox" - just kill that process and try starting FF again.

 

[TRDejaVu]

You exit the program and then try to restart it and it tells you that an instance of FF is already running and you need to reboot.

happens every once in a while to me. You probably don't need to reboot - go into task manager (right-click on an empty part of the system tray and click Task Manager), click on Processes and you'll find one clearly marked "Firefox" - just kill that process and try starting FF again.

Doesn't work. Nor can I shutdown FF using a separate process manager program that I use. This is a known FF problem that Mozilla seem unable to fix.

Also, now all of a sudden FF 3 is locking up another computer which is running XP Pro. When I shutdown FF on that machine, the mouse stays active but nothing else is selectable. Ctrl-alt-del doesn't work, so I have to pull the power. I will be trying a re-install of FF on that one.

 

[AweMan]

I too have been having problems with F.F locking up on me when trying to access certain websites BUT only as of late. {last couple of weeks} . Up until then it ran flawlessly. I DO NOT run I.E. NOR does it exist on my computer at all! { I use win98 se and F.F. exclusivly}
Therefore I believe it is attributed to some sort of security breach attempt or attempts
and further more I have encountered an unusualy higher amount of worm, trojan and keyloggers on my system. which my S&D program dilligently informs me of upon every boot cycle. And I dilligently remove them all each time.
Never the less I assume that the "Kiddie Scripters" are trying to find workarounds for F.F. among many many other programs.
as long as I have owned a P.C. Scripting by the juveniles has been just a nucieince and a fact of life! The scripting of spyware, supercookies and the like are another fact of life.
all we WIN users can do is be dilligent in keeping our sustems as JUNK free as humanly possible { I know, its a full time job now days.}

 

[TRDejaVu]

{ I use win98 se and F.F. exclusivly}

Win98 stopped being supported with security updates years ago.

 

[GregW]

Win98 stopped being supported with security updates years ago.

That's OK, nobody writes 16bit virus' anymore either.

 

[AweMan]

My reasoning exactly Greg.
Beside the fact that other than an occasional visit to one of the big three websites and B.C.F and a couple of email {Web based} accounts. I have no other use for a computer or the internet. Win 98 se suites me just fine and dandy.
I have all of the drivers I need stored on a spare hard drive
to keep this O.P. sys up and running until the computer gurus decide to do away with the fat32 system all tgether.So I say if the Kiddie scripters Wanna hack it .... hack it! There is nothing here of interst or worth taking. And as far as virus go I have a box full of used hard drives enough to keep me going to years to come. I keep NO important information on any computer EVER.
One son has xp and one has vista and I can truthfuly say I spent 100 times more time maintaning their systems and keeping them clean of spyware and viri than I ever do my win98
BUT having said all of that .... to each his/her own.

 

[TRDejaVu]

Well, I have reluctantly switched from FF to Google Chrome. It is still an early beta version and so far so good.

 

[DrEntropy]

The "L" word.