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But it will eventually. On the other hand, right now IE11 is my browser for "I need this site to work and can't trust NoScript not screwing it up."
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Jun 2, 2015 01:35
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It doesn't really seem prudent to use Internet Explorer from a security standpoint. Even if a new from-scratch version is more secure, I still think you're going to see more severe security bugs than Chrome or Firefox. I also think those bugs are going to be exploited more rapidly and readily, and Microsoft will be slower about turning around patches. Maybe I'll turn out to be wrong and applauding Microsoft after a couple years, but I don't think so.
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Jun 2, 2015 01:55
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Alereon posted:It doesn't really seem prudent to use Internet Explorer from a security standpoint. Even if a new from-scratch version is more secure, I still think you're going to see more severe security bugs than Chrome or Firefox. I also think those bugs are going to be exploited more rapidly and readily, and Microsoft will be slower about turning around patches. Maybe I'll turn out to be wrong and applauding Microsoft after a couple years, but I don't think so. I really don't see the basis that Edge should be any more vulnerable, especially considering its whole gimmick involves dropping substantial legacy support.
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Jun 2, 2015 02:09
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Nintendo Kid posted:I really don't see the basis that Edge should be any more vulnerable, especially considering its whole gimmick involves dropping substantial legacy support. My main concern would be that, because it's on every Windows 10 device, it's a large target. Even if it's more secure than the competition, that's offset by more people digging for exploits.
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Jun 2, 2015 03:10
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Toast Museum posted:My main concern would be that, because it's on every Windows 10 device, it's a large target. Even if it's more secure than the competition, that's offset by more people digging for exploits. By that standard we should all avoid Chrome and Firefox because they're certainly available on a lot more devices currently than Windows 10 only browsers will be, for years to come.
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Jun 2, 2015 03:20
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Nintendo Kid posted:I really don't see the basis that Edge should be any more vulnerable, especially considering its whole gimmick involves dropping substantial legacy support.
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Jun 2, 2015 03:36
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Edge seems okay. Not great, but faster and nicer than IE for sure. Not sure if this is the right place for this, but a Flashless web is awesome. Ever since Firefox did that update for H264 and I made another install for Win10 I've been going pretty much pluginless (And addon less almost as well). And it's been great. YouTube was the last reason I was using Flash and the fact that YouTube seems nicer with HTML5 than Flash is amazing. The only time I ever come across places that want Flash it's usually for annoying ads or stupid web games. gently caress Flash, I hope it dies.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:03
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Edge's security gimmick is that it's trapped in the Windows Metro Modern Immersive App sandbox instead of the Chrome and IE11 style bespoke reduced privilege custom sandboxes. (Or the Firefox-style complete lack of any sandboxing at all.)
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Jun 2, 2015 07:11
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Ublock keeps turning itself off and saying it doesn't have the right permissions? I have never had an extension do that? Do I have to run the browser as admin or some thing?
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Jun 2, 2015 08:05
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Jippa posted:Ublock keeps turning itself off and saying it doesn't have the right permissions? I have never had an extension do that? Do I have to run the browser as admin or some thing? Try removing and adding the addon maybe?
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Jun 2, 2015 09:02
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syntaxfunction posted:Edge seems okay. Not great, but faster and nicer than IE for sure. Yeah, I uninstalled flash a few weeks ago and there are only a few old sites with flash video players I can't view. I don't care enough about them to reinstall it just for that.
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Jun 2, 2015 13:59
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Jippa posted:Ublock keeps turning itself off and saying it doesn't have the right permissions? I have never had an extension do that? Do I have to run the browser as admin or some thing? Are you sure you're not launching Chome? uBlock Origin for Chrome recently went through some permissions changes.
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Jun 2, 2015 14:55
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Soon it's going to be that just as the only reason for a home user to install Java is to play Minecraft, the only reason for a home user to install Flash is to read Homestuck. Hope that this HTML5 flash plugin kills off that one, and that said plugin makes its way to Firefox for Android.
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Jun 2, 2015 17:35
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Why does the latest Firefox want me to put stuff in it's pocket? https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/38.0.5/whatsnew/?oldversion=38.0.1 It should at least introduce itself properly before putting it's hand in my pocket.  https://videos.cdn.mozilla.net/uploads/marketing/SpringCampaign2015/Firefox_Welcome_english.webm
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Jun 3, 2015 01:52
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Yeah, about Pocket: I've had an account with those guys for a few years and I'm not so sure about moving from their add-on to the built in one Firefox made unless I can log into the built in addon with the same account I've had for the past few years.
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Jun 3, 2015 16:08
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You can. Actually, the thing in your bookmarks is just a link to your online pocket page, so your saved sites are no longer directly available in the browser. Tamba fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Jun 3, 2015 18:32
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The last few days when having multiple tabs open and closing one it jumps to the first tab. Before it would go to the tab that is next to it. Kinda annoying when I open a bunch of threads to have it jumping back to the first tab. I didn't change any settings but suggestions on where to look to maybe fix it?
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Jun 3, 2015 19:28
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Do you have any tab-related add-ons installed? Does it still do it if you restart Firefox in safe mode?
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Jun 3, 2015 20:33
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That worked, all of my addons are uBlock, SALR and Greasemonkey. The only script I have for Greasemonkey is SAplusplus. Which I have a feeling is the problem.
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Jun 3, 2015 22:27
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calandryll posted:That worked, all of my addons are uBlock, SALR and Greasemonkey. The only script I have for Greasemonkey is SAplusplus. Which I have a feeling is the problem. I had to disable Greasemonkey because of that script (the only one I used, as well). It kept loving with tabs, like it is to you. Someone (with more JS knowledge than me) should re-write that. Or I'll ask the SALR dev to add that button to his extension.
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Jun 3, 2015 22:46
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I like Mozilla. I used to use Pocket. (I've switched away from it because they don't support my Kindle). But I hope that they get a poo poo-ton of money for integrating a non-libre app. Also their videos are like a parody of the new crop of bland corporate bullshit videos but I'm afraid they really think that users of Firefox want to see them.
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Jun 3, 2015 22:47
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hooah posted:I had to disable Greasemonkey because of that script (the only one I used, as well). It kept loving with tabs, like it is to you. Someone (with more JS knowledge than me) should re-write that. Or I'll ask the SALR dev to add that button to his extension. The only thing I use for it is Open threads in tabs. I'll disable it and be done with it for now.
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Jun 3, 2015 23:53
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Is there an addon for firefox (or that other browser.. if I have to) that highlight overused words?
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Can you be more specific?
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Jun 4, 2015 01:56
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:Is there an addon for firefox (or that other browser.. if I have to) that highlight overused words? Are you talking about something for writing you are doing? If so you may be better off looking for something in a dedicated writing program but I can't think of any at the moment that offer the feature you're talking about.
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Grim Up North posted:I like Mozilla. I used to use Pocket. (I've switched away from it because they don't support my Kindle). But I hope that they get a poo poo-ton of money for integrating a non-libre app. According to this PCWorld article, Mozilla isn't getting any money from the integration. quote:A home-grown Reading List feature for Firefox is still under development, Chad Weiner, Mozilla's director of project management, said in an email. The browser maker chose to directly integrate Pocket so more users could take advantage of it. There's no monetary benefit to Mozilla from the integration: Pocket didn't pay for placement in the browser.
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Jun 4, 2015 04:22
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What the hell that makes it even worse. There was no need to integrate it now, especially when they are developing their own. browser.pocket.enabled = false to disable it.
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/\/\/\/\Thanks!
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Jun 4, 2015 18:51
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Any idea why my graphic display driver would stop working when switching tabs in Firefox? This ONLY happens in Firefox, and I'm running the latest Nvidia drivers. The display driver always recovers, then firefox crashes. I've disabled hardware rendering in settings, and Firefox seems oddly faster and snappier now too (wouldn't hardware be better assuming no crashing?  ). I also disabled any plugins I had that were related to tabs, just in case.
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Jun 4, 2015 22:21
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Snuffman posted:Any idea why my graphic display driver would stop working when switching tabs in Firefox? This ONLY happens in Firefox, and I'm running the latest Nvidia drivers. The display driver always recovers, then firefox crashes. Alereon fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jun 4, 2015 |
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Jun 4, 2015 23:03
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Alereon posted:Uninstall your current drivers, remove the remnants with Display Driver Uninstaller, then reinstall the latest drivers. If you still have issues, try a clean Firefox profile. Also, what card do you have? EVGA GTX 780. Haven't had a crash since switching to software rendering, but I'll give the clean driver install a go. Thanks.  EDIT: Sorry for going all Haus of Tech on the thread. Ok, overall things are running a lot better after the clean driver reinstall so it was totally worth it...BUT I'm still getting video kernal crashes (with instantaneous recovery). I've narrowed it down though: Tab switching and youtube videos (embedded or youTube itself). Switching rapidly will crash the kernal reliably. Flash problem? Firefox problem? I thought youTube was all HTML5 now and didn't need flash? Snuffman fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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Jun 5, 2015 00:54
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The biggest day-to-day performance improvement from a new laptop didn't come from the hardware, it's from forgetting to install Flash and realizing a few weeks later it's no longer required for any content worth viewing. I bet a majority of the install base is residual at this point.
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Jun 5, 2015 16:16
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Weird question (no weirder than the questions I usually ask I guess): does anyone know how to remove the minimize/maximize/close buttons in fullscreen mode? e: looks like the Hide Caption Titlebar Plus extension can do what I need! Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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Jun 5, 2015 18:23
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Fiskiggy posted:The biggest day-to-day performance improvement from a new laptop didn't come from the hardware, it's from forgetting to install Flash and realizing a few weeks later it's no longer required for any content worth viewing. I bet a majority of the install base is residual at this point. Most UK broadcaster sites still use it, like BBC or Channel 4. Any way around needing Flash for them?
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E: Never mind
Sweevo fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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Jun 5, 2015 22:55
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Most UK broadcaster sites still use it, like BBC or Channel 4. Any way around needing Flash for them? Yeah, i genuinely find it interesting that so many people on here can get rid of Flash without missing it. My stupid dorky media consumption habit is Japanese pro wrestling, and the streaming service for that requires flash. Same with Dailymotion which is where you need to go for the smaller companies 
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Jun 6, 2015 06:54
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I let my parents have my old computer, and when I came back home, they complained about all the browsers having this as the default starting page: http://www.%3C%21doctype%20html%3E What's up with that, what caused it, is there anything I should fix (besides setting about :blank as the new starting page)?
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Xander77 posted:I let my parents have my old computer, and when I came back home, they complained about all the browsers having this as the default starting page: If it's all your browsers and it's gibberish, it's a good idea to run a malware scan.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Most UK broadcaster sites still use it, like BBC or Channel 4. Any way around needing Flash for them? I have only watched iPlayer via android/iOS apps, played on to a Chromecast on my TV in about the last year, so that's nice. Channel 4's player is disgustingly full of ads, to the point that it's easier to steal the content. Their apps are also trash. Google and Netflix are only just getting HTML5 w/DRM working and approved for use by the studios. These tv channels are well behind technology wise so won't get rid of flash for a while,. Too many parties to approve the DRM stuff, and lots of ad-serving tech integrated into their flash players. BBC will be first.
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