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Am I the only one having an issue with Firefox 19 replacing their default PDF viewer with PDF.js? I need PDFs to open in Acrobat, but FF 19 takes over with its own built-in viewer. Even if I disable the PDF.js viewer entirely it doesn't give the app. association back to Acrobat. Any ideas?
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Feb 25, 2013 14:39
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http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-without-downloading-them#w_using-a-pdf-reader-plugin ?
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Feb 25, 2013 17:31
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I should have mentioned this is in a computer lab environment, so manually changing the plugin association on 150+ machines isn't really much of a fix. Is there a way to push those settings in an unattended/silent way without possibly breaking other plugins down the line? It's easy to disable the PDF.js plugin by pushing modified user.js or prefs.js files, but the mimetypes isn't as straight-forward. It seemed like I could replace the mimetype file with one copied from a Firefox user profile that works, but the file references specific dlls and such that will definitely change in the future. I suppose that maybe Firefox will scan and fix the plugins if there's a mismatch, right?
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Feb 26, 2013 01:48
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My issue is only tangentially related to firefox, but I guess it's a better tool for what I had in mind than IE. I want to save a flash browser game so I can play it on my laptop during bus rides and such. Unfortunately, the game isn't packed as a single file - first there's an intro file, then there's a separate load for a chapter 1 file and so forth. I've tried three different "save a flash fire" addons, and they all recognize the "gameintro.swf" file, but nothing else. So what's a good addon for saving all the files involved?
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Feb 26, 2013 12:12
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Xander77 posted:My issue is only tangentially related to firefox, but I guess it's a better tool for what I had in mind than IE. Adobe used to have Shockmachine designed specifically for that but I don't know if it is still available or supported.
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Feb 26, 2013 21:30
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I'm on the beta channel and got upgraded to 20 today. I love that they finally put in the ability to open up a private window while keeping your normal tabs open, since while I prefer Firefox to Chrome that was one area Chrome had an advantage in.
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Feb 27, 2013 01:05
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I really dig that Firefox pdf reader now. I've actually uninstalled Adobe reader and just associated .pdf with Firefox now.
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Feb 27, 2013 01:55
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slidebite posted:I really dig that Firefox pdf reader now. I've actually uninstalled Adobe reader and just associated .pdf with Firefox now. I agree. I read a lot of PDFs (CS PhD student), and I haven't seen it render anything wrong yet. Sometimes, it'll drawn on the screen weird, but if I just scroll up/down and force it to redraw the screen, it's ok. The text may not be as crisp as Chrome's, but this is certainly a step in the right direction.
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Feb 27, 2013 03:59
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Aleph Null posted:Adobe used to have Shockmachine designed specifically for that but I don't know if it is still available or supported.
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Feb 27, 2013 06:22
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Just in case any other sysadmins are trying to figure out how to disable PDF.js without breaking embedded PDF functionality, here is what I added to the prefs.js (and user.js and firefox.js) file I copy into the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile folder to set default config options:pre://disable new PDF.js Built-in Viewer
pref("pdfjs.disabled", "true");
pref("pdfjs.firstrun", "true);
pref("pdfjs.previousHandler.alwaysAskBeforeHandling", "false");
pref("pdfjs.previousHandler.preferredAction", 0);
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Feb 27, 2013 07:51
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Xander77 posted:I can't even find a download link (but that may be my lack of google skills) It looks like Adobe quit supporting it. Apparently, if you can find the app at all, it will only work with Flash 8 installed along with it. Newer versions of Flash will not work. So probably not worth tracking down.
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Feb 27, 2013 20:13
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Swell. So can anyone recommend something that does work?
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Feb 28, 2013 00:01
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Xander77 posted:Swell. So can anyone recommend something that does work? Alereon fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Feb 28, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 00:03
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My Win 7 machine installed this update last night, and since the reboot, I've been getting graphical corruption in some text and images in Firefox. Has this happened to anyone else? e: like this: 
The Dark One fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Feb 28, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 00:49
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The Dark One posted:My Win 7 machine installed this update last night, and since the reboot, I've been getting graphical corruption in some text and images in Firefox. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Feb 28, 2013 00:54
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Try setting gfx.content.azure.enabled to 'false' and restarting browser. Got it from http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=12700709#p12700709.
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Feb 28, 2013 00:55
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Fapos posted:Try setting gfx.content.azure.enabled to 'false' and restarting browser. Got it from http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=12700709#p12700709.
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Feb 28, 2013 01:04
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The Dark One posted:My Win 7 machine installed this update last night, and since the reboot, I've been getting graphical corruption in some text and images in Firefox. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Feb 28, 2013 02:29
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I upgraded to the Firefox 20 beta last night and pdf.js really looks great in this release. There's still some weird stuff in places, but the PDF I posted earlier about how much pdf.js sucks looks great now. Looks like incremental loading works now, too, in a couple of cases.
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Feb 28, 2013 03:52
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Alereon posted:Do you have the latest graphics drivers installed? Updating to the latest Radeon drivers cut it down to something only showing on every couple of pages, but it didn't remove it entirely. :/
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Feb 28, 2013 05:45
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The Dark One posted:My Win 7 machine installed this update last night, and since the reboot, I've been getting graphical corruption in some text and images in Firefox. Has this happened to anyone else? Yup, I got the exact same problem after installing that update. It comes up randomly and switches back to normal after a few seconds or highlighting it. My video card is Radeon 4670 with  .
Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Mar 2, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 08:27
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For what it's worth, I am not seeing graphical issues after installing that update on Aurora on a Geforce GTX 670 using the nVidia 313.96 drivers. For those of you having issues with Radeon HD 5000 and later cards, make sure you are using the latest BETA drivers from the AMD website and see if that helps. Release drivers are not recommended for AMD cards due to their age and the number of important fixes in recent beta drivers.
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Mar 1, 2013 02:21
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Firefox 19.0.1 is available, in a roundabout sort of way (getfirefox.com seems to still be offering version 19 by default, and the release update channel seems to also still be on v19). The release notes for 19.0.1 seem to have a single change - "Windows 8 only: Fixed stability issue for some AMD Radeon HD graphics cards". Might be worth checking out for anyone having problems with that particular combination.
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Mar 1, 2013 07:13
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Yechezkel posted:Yup, I got the exact same problem after installing that update. It comes up randomly and switches back to normal after a few seconds or highlighting it. Are you sure you're using the latest drivers? I had the same issue with my HD4890 post-update (though only when I'd resize the Firefox window; maximized it was fine) and thought I was up to date, but it turned out CCC and Steam both lied to me. I was using the 12.6 drivers and checking on AMD's website found 13.1 from January. Updating to those seems to have fixed it for me.
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Mar 1, 2013 17:04
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Just to chime in on the text issue: I was having the same problem on a Dell Optiplex 760 w/ an ATI Radeon HD 3450. Upgrading to 19.0.1 fixed the problem entirely; I was also able to correct the problem on Firefox 19.0 by changing the "gfx.content.azure" setting in about:config. edit: Actually, all text on all sites looks about 10x better now. haljordan fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Mar 1, 2013 18:12
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I am having the weird text problem on my laptop. I can't get an officially supported updated AMD Radeon driver from HP and using Catalyst 12.10 when it came out caused huge graphical glitches in some of my games. I will try that about:conf fix when I am off work.
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Mar 1, 2013 19:37
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Glare Seethe posted:Are you sure you're using the latest drivers? I had the same issue with my HD4890 post-update (though only when I'd resize the Firefox window; maximized it was fine) and thought I was up to date, but it turned out CCC and Steam both lied to me. I was using the 12.6 drivers and checking on AMD's website found 13.1 from January. Updating to those seems to have fixed it for me. I'll be damned, you're right. I assumed there would be no more drivers after 12.6 for the 4000 series since last summer, but no. Thanks for pointing this out. Update: Updated AMD drivers to 13.1 and Firefox to 19.0.1 and I still get the occasional blurry text.  I'll just disable that azure setting and let it be the end of that....and turning off that option results in a black box appearing under the address bar. Restarting the browser cleared that up. 
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Mar 2, 2013 01:17
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Pale Moon finally updated from FF 15 to FF 19.
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Mar 3, 2013 20:12
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This is a really minor thing but it is getting on my nerves: as of the latest update, Firefox no longer remembers whether I chose to open or save a download and always defaults to save. The vast majority of the time, here at work, I just need to open and print the file, and I'm used to just hitting enter as the dialog pops up, so this is bugging me. Poking around in options and about:config didn't seem to turn up anything; any advice?
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Mar 4, 2013 17:02
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Would Aurora 21 function better using my current GPU, a 1GB nVidia GTS 250, or should I switch to the integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics?
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Mar 4, 2013 23:05
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Would Aurora 21 function better using my current GPU, a 1GB nVidia GTS 250, or should I switch to the integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics?
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Mar 4, 2013 23:09
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I have a slightly different graphical problem. When browsing some sites that have a lot of vertical scrolling, I'll occasionally come across a large black band plastered across the page, at a guess I'd say it was around 30 pixels tall. It scrolls with the page, and scrolling it away and back again doesn't get rid of it. I'm on FF 19.0.1, Win8-64 and crossfire Radeon 6970s with the 13.1 drivers.
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Mar 5, 2013 00:40
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Try the latest Beta drivers linked above, release drivers are buggy for AMD cards.
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Mar 5, 2013 00:43
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Alereon posted:Try the latest Beta drivers linked above, release drivers are buggy for AMD cards. I thought that was just for font rendering? which is one thing I've never had a problem with in firefox. It's not annoying me enough to go and stick beta drivers on my system, I'll wait for the proper 13.2s if that is the only available fix. Also still haven't found out which FF setting it is that makes firefox pick up my windows theme colours for tabs and statusbar either. I have a feeling I'm going to end up copying my (ancient) profile over to my laptop at this rate.
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Mar 5, 2013 00:46
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I'm not sure why you're so hesitant to install the drivers, they won't set your machine on fire or delete your files. The absolute worst-case scenario is that you have to uninstall them in safe mode, run Driver Fusion or something in normal mode to cleanup the remnants, then reinstall the last version you were using. I can't guarantee it'll fix your problem, but rendering problems are usually a driver or profile issue, and since we know you're using a buggy driver version it makes sense to fix that and see if you even have a problem before going to a lot of effort to troubleshoot.
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Mar 5, 2013 01:06
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Effort vs risk vs reward. It's only affecting me on a couple of sites and doesn't bother me too much, so I'll just wait it out for now and come back if it still happens in the release version of 13.2
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Mar 5, 2013 01:47
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theshim posted:This is a really minor thing but it is getting on my nerves: as of the latest update, Firefox no longer remembers whether I chose to open or save a download and always defaults to save. The vast majority of the time, here at work, I just need to open and print the file, and I'm used to just hitting enter as the dialog pops up, so this is bugging me. Poking around in options and about :config didn't seem to turn up anything; any advice? It's not just you, this has started happening for me, too, and it is annoying when you just need to glance at the contents of a file rather than save/open/close/delete. Hopefully someone has a workaround or it's fixed in v20
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Mar 5, 2013 03:15
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Need Help. Whenever I do the first download in a new Firefox session it will freeze up/hang before it downloads. All downloads after that are fine.
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Mar 5, 2013 04:29
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Is your destination drive having to spin up from sleep?
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Elphiem posted:Need Help. I get this due to roaming profiles. Firefox will spend a long time waiting to see if a particular path exists before giving up and asking you to pick another. If I save something to a location that's not there when I next use it, I get the "first save takes forever" lock up issue.
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