I'm trying Firefox 3.0 Beta 4

[Goodpasture]

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4

The speed to download files of size under 200KB just completely knocks me out of my socks.

As some of you know, this has been one of the consistent failures of prior versions of Firefox in every instance of WXP that I've ever run them in.

It's also faster by at least a a factor of 10 when bookmarking blocks of links.

March 10, 2008 6:20 PM PDT
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.0 beta 4
Posted by Steven Musil


The fourth beta of the Firefox 3.0 browser (download Firefox 3 beta 4 for Windows or Mac, (English-US) from Download.com) was released Monday and includes more than 900 enhancements over the previous beta, Mozilla announced.

The creator of the open-source browser said the new beta includes improvements to performance and memory usage, fixes for stability, and platform-specific enhancements. Some of the enhancements include a new download manager to make locating downloads easier; a full page zoom feature that allows you to zoom in and out of pages more easily; and integration for Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux that features platform-specific icons, buttons, and other user interface elements.

The current beta of Firefox 3.0, which is expected to get its final release later this year, is available for download now at Mozilla.com.

Firefox, which has been slowly chipping away at the lead held by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, recently announced that it had passed the 500 million download milestone.

Firefox accounted for more than 17 percent of all browsers used last month, while IE accounted for nearly 75 percent, according to research conducted by Net Applications, a Web measurement company. However, IE's share stood at more than 79 percent a year ago, and use has been dropping steadily over the past eight months, the company said.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9890593-7.html

 

[Faster horses]

GP, I can't open PDF files when they are sent to me.
I have Adobe 7.1. The way I understand if is that if someone sends me
PDF in 5.0; 6.0 my Adobe program won't open them.

I can't believe this is what is wrong. Do you have any suggestions?
I downloaded Adobe Professional Home 8.0 and that didn't help.

However...
I don't ...
believe...
I know...
what I...
am doing...


:?

 

[Goodpasture]

You say you are using adobe 7.1........are you referring to adobe acrobat? The free pdf reader? It is backwards compatible, which means you can read most pdf files, regardless of when they were printed. Most distillers (the program that creates pdf files) have the capacity to determine what versions of adobe can be read. If I am sending a pdf to one of my clients, I can set it up so people with versions 4, 5, 6, etc can read it as well........I think Adobe 8 is the current version. If you are using 7.1, I would suggest you go to the adobe page and get the latest version. If you have the latest version and you still can't open a pdf, you probably have a virus or a worm that is blocking it. Run a GOOD antivirus. (Not McAfee or Nortons). Use Panda AVG or bitdefender......both have free online antivirus programs.

 

[Faster horses]

Gee, thanks GP. I asked the person who sold me the computer about using something besides Norton because of what you posted on this subject earlier. He said Norton 2007 was fine, didn't have the problems Norton had prior to that. So I left it alone.
I downloaded Adobe 8.0 but I don't think I have activated it yet. So I will do that. So discouraging when Vigortone sends me something I can't open. Drives me nuts...but it isn't far :wink: ...

Now, my tower is noisy. I mean when the computer is running it sounds like something is rattling in there. This computer is only 8 months old and I'm sure has a 1 year guarantee. The person I bought it from is the one who mentioned it to me...but he didn't say if the noise was a harbringer of more problems.

What do you think.

And thanks.

 

[Goodpasture]

Noise is a harbinger of problems. There are two or three devices in the computer that are mechanical. there are fans......two or three. One is at the power supply (where the power goes into the computer and is filtered through a transformer. That transformer creates heat, and heat is the enemy of electronics, so there is a fan there. There will also be a fan or fans on the cpu that actually does the processing. It is a fairly large chip that generates a tremendous amount of heat. It gets hot enough to burn you if you touch it after it has been running a while. There will be a big finned piece of aluminum on it with a fan or fans mounted on top.

The other motors in there are in the disk drives. Whether it is a hard drive, a CD, a DVD........they ALL have a motor that spins between 5000 and 7,000 rpm's. Nothing else has a motor. All motors have bearings. Bearings, when they start to give out, make noise.

If the fans give out they can be replaced by a guy with a screwdriver for $10 to $25 dollars. If a CD or DVD give up, it is $50-$100 to replace. If the hard drive gives it up, you are looking at about $50-$100 for a replacement.......the loss of data is the really critical loss. If your computer is making noise when it runs, take it immediately to your service guy (or do it yourself) and have the HD checked and, if needed, replaced. They can "copy" all the settings and data from one HD to another and you will spend under $100. But, if the HD fails PRIOR to being replaced, you will spend weeks trying to get all your stuff running again, and you will lose all those things you haven't backed up.....photos, emails, music, business information, addresses........I had one crash on me a year ago and I still have not recovered everything, and I back mine up once a week to three different Hard Drives.......