http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ We Rock Your Web Forum Forum: Web Browsers - Recent Posts en Thu, 17 May 2012 22:38:41 +0000 http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/firefox-click-or-enter-wont-load-web-page#post-1184 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:03:58 +0000 Anonymous 1184@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>If you're using security software (Emsisoft's Online Armor in my case), browse to Options &gt; Exclusions and add the folders of the other security software you're using (other anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, for example). </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/firefox-click-or-enter-wont-load-web-page#post-1177 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:48:33 +0000 Anonymous 1177@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Same thing is happening here. Super annoying! </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/firefox-click-or-enter-wont-load-web-page#post-1176 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:48:05 +0000 sBiz101 1176@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>I'm having this weird issue since I updated Firefox to v.8. Specifically, often times I'll enter a web address and hit the Enter key to launch it, or click on a link on a website, and nothing will happen. It's like Firefox is ignoring the first click on occasion. Any ideas why this is happening? </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/cant-sign-out-of-live-or-bing#post-1164 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:14:32 +0000 Anonymous 1164@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>just block all cookies from bing for a moment </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-1053 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:17:29 +0000 Anonymous 1053@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p><blockquote>Which do you choose, hibernation or sleep mode</blockquote></p> <p>When I'm done with my PC for the day, I lock my PC and press the "hibernate" button on my keyboard.</p> <p>I would assume just putting your PC in hibernation without locking it would accomplish what I was referring to. I have also found setting disk cache to 400MB and memory cache to 40MB (instead of automatic) works well. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/png-on-png-transparency-in-ie-8#post-987 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:47:35 +0000 Anonymous 987@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Thanks Woofus, I was looking for a solution to the same problem and yours worked perfectly! </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-917 Sat, 21 May 2011 15:41:01 +0000 Anonymous 917@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Which do you choose, hibernation or sleep mode since those are two totally different things? It takes a longer time for the pc to wake up from hibernation mode than from sleep mode.</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-910 Mon, 16 May 2011 23:29:15 +0000 Anonymous 910@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>If you're on Windows, try minimizing Opera to the task bar. Windows reduces RAM usage for minimized applications.</p> <p>I also tried something else that worked for me: lock Windows then put the PC in hibernation/sleep mode for about a minute, then log back in. Opera's RAM usage typically drops noticeably on my machine. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/firefox-4-how-to-clear-cache#post-906 Sat, 14 May 2011 10:35:40 +0000 cwd 906@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Browse to Firefox (top left corner) &gt; History &gt; Clear Recent History &gt; and check the "Cache" box (time range "Everything"). Make sure you <strong>uncheck </strong>other boxes if you don't want items such as your history, site preferences, etc. cleared. </p> <p>You can use <strong>Ctrl + Shift + Del</strong> as a keyboard shortcut to access this menu item. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/firefox-4-how-to-clear-cache#post-905 Sat, 14 May 2011 10:33:45 +0000 miraculix 905@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>How do I clear the cache in the new Firefox 4? I used to be able to browse to Tools &gt; Clear Private Data, but that option is gone. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-890 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:39:31 +0000 Anonymous 890@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Overzealous, are we? Don't you worry, Firefox has marketing which Opera never had and never will have. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/ubuntu-firefox-memory-leak#post-887 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:23:23 +0000 Anonymous 887@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>I was having terrible memory leaks with a recent fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04, recently updated, in Firefox 3.6.whatever. Finally narrowed it down to the Ubuntu Firefox mods add-on. I disabled that and the memory leak is gone. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/firefox-how-to-disable-cookies-for-local-files#post-883 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0000 JeffNox 883@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>I'm trying to view a local file I downloaded to my PC in Firefox, but it keeps asking me if I want to store the cookie for file:///. Regardless of the option I pick (Allow or block), the dialog keeps popping up, essentially preventing me from using Firefox at all.</p> <p>Any ideas how to get Firefox to stop asking for cookies when I try and load a local (offline) file? </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/png-on-png-transparency-in-ie-8#post-816 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:54:22 +0000 Woofus 816@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>I'm a dummy! The problem didn't have to do with two PNG's being layered on top of each other, as I noticed when I removed one of them and my Views slideshow (Drupal site) still showed the white background PNG in IE 8. </p> <p>The solution was to disable Clear-Type in the IE settings of my Views Slideshow (View, Basic Settings &gt; Style &gt; Settings &gt; Internet Explorer Options &gt; ClearType (and ClearType Background). Works like a charm now &lt;img src=&quot;http://forum.werockyourweb.com/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/png-on-png-transparency-in-ie-8#post-815 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:08:14 +0000 Anonymous 815@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>You can try this code for your image in CSS:<br /> <pre><code>img { background: transparent; -ms-filter: &quot;progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#00FFFFFF,endColorstr=#00FFFFFF)&quot;; /* IE8 */ filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#00FFFFFF,endColorstr=#00FFFFFF); /* IE6 &amp; 7 */ zoom: 1; }</code></pre> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/png-on-png-transparency-in-ie-8#post-814 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:07:38 +0000 Woofus 814@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>I can't seem to get PNG transparency working in Internet Explorer 8. Actually, PNG transparency works, but if I lay another transparent PNG on top of the first one, the top layer PNG gets a white background, which looks terrible.</p> <p>My temporary solution is to simply merge the two into one image, but considering that Firefox and other browsers are able to layer transparent PNG's, I'm wondering why this isn't possible yet in IE? Maybe in IE 9? </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/64-bit-flash-player#post-739 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:26:28 +0000 Anonymous 739@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>I’m completely dumb the only advantage is that we can use more memory in the Flash Player.<br /> Now I think the more interesting area is further support for hardware acceleration. But I haven’t seen too many details of what and how. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/undo-closed-tab-in-firefox#post-701 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:28:17 +0000 Anonymous 701@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>@Anonymous I love you. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-610 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:44:12 +0000 Anonymous 610@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Sorry for multiple posts, I am a noob:</p> <p>[url=http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html]http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html[/url]</p> <p>Hope I've done the tags right this time </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-609 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:42:47 +0000 Anonymous 609@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>[url=http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html][/url] </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-608 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:41:41 +0000 Anonymous 608@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>JeffNox I would just like make a comment on what you said: </p> <p>"The find functionality now works similar to Firefox (it finds items on the page and highlights them, and even shades out the background so you can easily find the keywords you're looking for)."</p> <p>Opera had these features first and Firefox copied them. Actually Opera also was the inventor of tabbed browsing. Check this website out: http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/disable-you-are-using-an-outdated-browser#post-588 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:04:46 +0000 cwd 588@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Your web page most likely has a script that is calling this feature. Some templates from Template Monster are known to have this included. Simply delete the JavaScript line in the header that references this and that should stop the alert. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/disable-you-are-using-an-outdated-browser#post-580 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:43:59 +0000 forumator 580@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Recently, when starting Internet Explorer 8, I get an annoying bar on top that says "You are using an outdated browser. For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser." </p> <p>Ironically, it then lists Firefox first, followed by IE, Safari, Chrome, and Opera. But I'm already using IE 8 so why does this crap keep showing up? </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/cant-sign-out-of-live-or-bing#post-531 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:04:01 +0000 Anonymous 531@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Try opening and closing the browser like they say, or simply use Internet Explorer to access Live or Bing services. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/cant-sign-out-of-live-or-bing#post-530 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:00:15 +0000 Woofus 530@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>This is getting really annoying. Whenever I sign into a live.com or Bing service (For instance, Bing for Webmasters), I can't logout of my account (I'm using the Firefox web browser).</p> <p>The error message on the Windows Live page says:</p> <p><em>Couldn't sign you out</p> <p>We couldn't sign you out because your browser is blocking cookies. To sign out, close all of your browser windows.</p> <p>To keep this from happening again, change your browser's settings to allow cookies. If you don't know how to do that, see your browser's help.</em></p> <p>I'm allowing cookies from both live.com and bing.com. What else do I need to do? </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/youtube-wont-play-in-firefox#post-509 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:13:11 +0000 Anonymous 509@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Same problem here, the preview (thumbnail) photo shows up in the video along with the play button, but when I click play, the screen goes black and I get the error message <strong>An error occurred, please try again later</strong>. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/youtube-wont-play-in-firefox#post-506 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:59:18 +0000 andy 506@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>This has only happened recently, but is now happening consistently: I cannot get a Youtube video to play when it's embedded in (hosted by) another website. That is - Youtube videos will only play on Firefox if I view them directly on youtube.com.</p> <p>Has anyone else experienced this issue? </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/opera-failed-to-reserve-heap-closing#post-368 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:03:02 +0000 Anonymous 368@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>The only way I could get it to work was to install Opera Mobile on my storage card (instead of my device), and to not set it as the default browser. I'm not sure if the latter made a difference, but I figure might as well change up as many settings as possible to see if it will keep it from crashing.</p> <p>That, and I uninstalled the Jar Facebook app - thought that might help/ by freeing up memory or whatever. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/opera-failed-to-reserve-heap-closing#post-367 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:01:04 +0000 obelix 367@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Ok, I've got a Samsung BlackJack II, running Windows Mobile 6.0, and I'm getting less and less font of this phone. For voice, text, and basic address book, etc. functions it works fine. But when it comes to Internet, it downright sucks.</p> <p>I'm unable to update to Windows Mobile 6.5, which means I'm stuck with the most outdated Internet Explorer mobile browser ever. It's horrible, slow, and terribly unreliable. </p> <p>So I do a Google search for mobile browsers. The Firefox one only works on some Nokia phone, the SkyFire browser captures all my info on my servers - um, no thanks - I already have enough privacy issues dealing with my Facebook account. So the only viable option is the Opera 10 Mobile browser or the Opera 5 Mini. </p> <p>The Opera 5 Mini doesn't seem to recognize my keypad correctly - instead of the letters I expected to appear when I begin typing, a bunch of weird characters show up - which basically renders Opera 5 Mini unusable.</p> <p>Opera 10 Mobile on the other hand, is awesome. Here's my problem - I can only run it successfully right after installing it. As soon as I try to launch it at a later date, I get a dreaded "<strong>Opera Failed to Reserve Heap...Closing</strong>" error, following which the application shuts down. </p> <p>If I uninstall Opera, restart my phone and re-install it, it will work again; but again - only for a short while. This is driving me crazy!! Short of buying a new phone (since I'm with AT&amp;T I'm going to finally jump on the iPhone bandwagon once iPhone 4 gets released, but until then...), how the heck do I get this browser to work? </p> <p>I Googled the "failed to reserve heap" error and found virtually nothing on the topic. Strange. Don't people use this browser? Seems to me to be a potential market niche for Opera, especially considering it's lack of penetration in the desktop browser market. </p> http://forum.werockyourweb.com/web-browsers/how-to-reduce-opera-memory-usage#post-354 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:16:27 +0000 cwd 354@http://forum.werockyourweb.com/ <p>Hi Jeff,</p> <p>There's several things you can do to reduce Opera memory usage. You'll want to experiment with these, and remember the settings you've changed, so you can switch them back on in the event that a website or web app stops working as a result of the setting change. Also, you can pick and choose which memory settings you want to change - you don't have to do all of them. They all save a different amount of Opera memory, and even making a couple of them should make a difference and help you run more Opera tabs at once without slowing down your PC.</p> <p><strong>Reducing Opera Memory Usage</strong></p> <p><ul><li>The first thing you'll want to do is adjust the appearance of Opera. You can turn off some fancy graphics settings to save memory. Click on the main Opera icon in upper left, and then select "Appearance" (or use the Shift + F12 keys). Change the "Opera Standard" skin to "<strong>Windows Native Skin</strong>."</li><li>In the same menu, <strong>deselect "Enable special effects"</strong>. Hit OK to save your changes.</li><li>Next, open a blank tab and type the following in the Opera address bar: <code>opera:config#UserPrefs</code>. This will let you visit the main Opera configuration page, where you can adjust all kinds of settings (you may even find some other ones that you want to tweak, independent of the memory settings).</li><li>Use Ctrl + F (Find) to locate the following settings and disable them:<br /> - AutomaticRAMCache<br /> - Bittorent support<br /> - Cache &gt; Empty cache on exit<br /> - Favicons (the little icons that appear in the tabs to identify web pages)<br /> - Java<br /> - Opera Sync<br /> - Page Index<br /> - Quicktime (this will only show up if installed)<br /> - Smooth Scrolling<br /> - Speed Dial<br /> - Thumbnails<br /> - Wand</li><br /> </ul> </p>