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I have a Mac mentor who gave me an old iBook out of the kindness of her heart and I've enjoyed using it very much. I can't afford to buy a new laptop.

I just changed to Broadband so I can get faster reception and watch videos and listen to audios on the Net. I want to copy videos from Utube, but I don't get continuous reception, but only longer segments than before with a jerk in between. There is a notice in the upper right hand corner of the screen that asks me to upgrade plug ins, but I fear that my 10.4.11 operating system will not support the upgrade. Do I have to and can I upgrade my operating system on an old iBook that was conceived in the early stages of Mac laptops or can I just upgrade the plug ins that I have?  I'm afraid to change what is there. Can someone help me do this myself without bothering my busy mentor with something that I ought to be able to do myself?

My laptop has limited RAM - about 2GB. Of the browsers I've tried (Chrome, Safari, Firefox), Firefox uses the least RAM, but it still uses around 1GB of RAM to display about 10 tabs (gmail, facebook, reader, and assorted other websites) - this seems insanely high.

Thinking back, this didn't seem to be a problem "back in the day", so to speak, so I tried installing Firefox 3.6 again.

Lo and behold, with the same addons and the same tabs open, Firefox 3.6 is using 300MB of RAM where Firefox 21 used 980MB of RAM. In addition, navigation is noticeably snappier in Firefox 3.6 - probably because it doesn't have to page to disk as often (which would often lock up my computer using Firefox 21).

I thought that newer versions were supposed to improve memory performance, not triple the required memory...

After I put my password on windows live log in page I get a page saying

Server Error in '/' Application. Runtime Error Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<configuration>

  <system.web>
      <customErrors mode="Off"/>
  </system.web>

</configuration>

Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<configuration>

  <system.web>
      <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
  </system.web>

</configuration>

I've tried different things like clear the cache and cookies, check for any general.useragent.override pref. that might be causing the issue but no luck on anything. Is it my settings or is it a problem from Microsoft. Other people that I asked could actually log into their accounts which leads me to think its something on my computer or account. I can't access my account neither from friends computer that could access theirs nor from my kindle or my blackberry.

Hi! I've readed many topics about this, but nothing helped. Last solution I've found on this site is about the "No Proxy" setting, but that didn't help too. I have no problems at all with FF 3.6, and I'm still using it most of the times, but I can't keep doing this for much longer, and some sites already won't work with it. I didn't like FF 4\5 so I've never used them "online", but since I've started trying out newer version, I've always had this problem (FF 12+, up to 21.0). 3.6 never had such problem, I can open 20 bookmarks from the same site at once and it does it flawlessly. I use Windows XP and Sandboxie, and I install FF directly into the sandbox. Tried disabling or not installing any plugin at all, nothing changes. Tried installing it over the working 3.6, tried with clean installs and with the reset function. Sometimes it loads pages without any prolem, but most of the times it takes ages and it's stuck at the blank page with the spinning weel for 30+ seconds. Sometimes, if i open two new tabs from te same site within a second, one of them loads, the other doesn't. Sorry for the long post and for my bad English. Thank you! :)

I know how to added a site to the "Exceptions - Cookies" list an block the site. The problem I have is the site just changes the first part of its name/url and adds the cookie to the list. SInce the site is using a 8 digit number; it is impossible to block all the name/url it can create. Is there a way to block all the possible name/url by using a wild card symbol? Like the "*" symbol in UNIX. Example *.xxxx.xxx.com to the list of sites I wish to block?

I am trying to update firefox and thunderbird and seamonkey on my IBM AIX 5.3/7.1 systems.

Trying to find the latest version that works on my system.

Environment:

  IBM pSeries hardware (Power 4 and Power 6) running AIX 5.3 and AIX 7.1.

IBM latest version is 3.6.26. Really need a newer version. Having problems at a number of web sites.

Anyone know where I can find a newer executable binary? Or the latest source with the instruction on how to build firefox on my system using gcc 4.7.2?

I have been using my 3.6.28 Firefox for more than 3 years and still want to use it in the future. Some functions are not working when I visit websites so I need to install the newest as to see them. I have Google Chrome as my second browser but would like to swap it for the latest Firefox. Read on some forum that its not possible to have two Firefox browsers on the same Win OS. Is it possible to have both my old Firefox 3 and Firefox 20 installed on the same Win XP OS as teo different programs?

hi everyone...

just as the title said, whenever i load the site lazada.co.id, as soon as it finishes loading, it quickly redirects to pxs.atomex.net within a second. it keeps loading that page and it stucks there. the description in the status bar says "transferring data from pxs.atomex.net..." and it never finishes. i'm using FF 3.6.28 by the way.

but, when i use the latest FF (i.e.: FF 20), this problem doesn't happen. the lazada.co.id site loads the way it should be. as soon as it finishes loading, and the status bar says "done", it stops there without redirecting to pxs.atomex.net. so you see that this is not some malware or virus related issues. and both FFs are set to default settings.

i like using FF 3.6.28 so much. is there a way to fix this without having me to upgrade my browser? is there anything i should change in the about:config to match the settings in the latest FF? please help. thank you.

I just upgraded an old MacBook from 10.4 to 10.6 + updates. I can finally upgrade my Firefox from version 3. But from within Firefox 3 itself I don't seem to have the usual options to check for updates and install them (maybe they weren't invented yet in 2004). So, I downloaded the installer for Firefox 20 "manually" and was about to drag Firefox.app into /Applications, when I had a moment of doubt about simply overwriting the old Firefox.app. I know updates applied from within the program don't clobber preferences and bookmarks, but when that's not possible, is the installer from scratch just as kind? If not, how do I save them to be reimported once I've upgraded Firefox?

Since downloading Firefox 3.6.28, each time I open Firefox I get a message window suggesting I download the latest version of Firefox. I must decline the suggestion before I can proceed. How do I stop the Firefox message window from popping up when I open Firefox? I use Mac OX 10.6.8

Yes, I access the web, but not google since this afternoon. What is the matter with fire fox suddenly not accessing google anymore? As this is vital, fire fox is of no use if it cannot google search.

Hi,

The new firefox 20 is a recommended PC requirement on a p4 and 512mb.. I have an Pentium 4, and ive tested some of the new versions but theyr really shiit compared to 3.6.28 wich im still using.. The new firefox is running 140mb memory more then the one im using in a Game through the web. It annoys me alot, but still ill like to have an upgraded version due to security etc.

Can someone recommend me the best / fastest version for a very slow PC?

Firefox 3.6.28 OS 10.4.11 Ibook G4

Hi,

I back up regularly both as .json and as .html. With the .json back up, I remove the date each time I back up so there's an over-write and there's only one .json back up file in my Backup Folder.

I've never had to import bookmarks back into Firefox, but I've had a crash that's wiped out my Firefox bookmarks in the Firefox program where I kept the bookmarks in a very carefully indexed system of categories and menus that dropped down from the toolbar.

When I import .json or .html back into Firefox, will my menubars re-set to the way I had them? I remember from a long time ago using Safari, I restored backed up favorites, and what I got was a long list of titled links which wasn't anything like the way I'd set the favorites up in the first place. I hope I don't get the restoration like that this time with Firefox. In addition, when I press 'Import' from the file menu, I'm only given the option of importing from Safari. That's not what I want to do. I have "Backups" in a designated folder in my Documents in the Finder and that's where I need to pull them from.

There's something about "Profile" regarding Firefox that I've not known about that may have been something I needed to do in relation to Bookmarks.

I would appreciate any help you could provide to help me my bookmarks back in place.

Thanks,

Rafael

PS Regarding "Troubleshooting Information". I had to do it manually because the function doesn't support my veersion of Firefox.

  "# A new window will open. Click on a button called Copy text to clipboard."

Did That

  "# Paste the info in the text box below."

Did That

  * Click on the empty box above this text.

I don't see an "empty box above this text." The box above isn't empty. It contains my question.

So the following don't make sense because I already Pasted below.

   * Look at the top of your screen, and click the menu item called Edit.
   * A small box will open. Click on the item called Paste. Alternatively, type Ctrl+V or Command+V.
   * Some text will appear in the empty box.

I have an iMac and Firefox version 3.6.28. Every time I open Firefox I get a "not using latest version" message but when I download it and try to put it in my apps it says "do you want to replace the newer version that is already installed with this older one?"

I get emails with video's I like to watch. I recently changed my tower and thought I updated everything but every time I click on a video to watch, I get a blue screen with wording on it about error messages. I can't remember exactly what it says but I have to shut down my computer to get out of it. I don't know what to do.

On my Win XP system (running SP3) I currently run Firefox V3.6.28. I want to upgrade to the latest Firefox version that will run on this system. Will my options/preferences settings be preserved in that upgrade, or will they be wiped out?