[Cialug] firefox 2.0

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 10:57, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>I'm having that problem too, and I too feel my problem is flash
> related. Some of my coworkers disable javascript, flash and all
> plugins and extensions because (in their opinion) those technologies
> are primarily for advertisements. They say they never have stability
> problems or crashes.
>
>I couldn't live without javascript, personally. :-)

Those coworkers are basically correct. I do have JavaScript and flash 
enabled, but i won't browse without these Firefox extensions installed: 
QuickJava, NoScript, Flashblock. QuickJava isn't so important to me (it 
is used to easily enable/disable Java and JavaScript) because offhand i 
don't know if i even have Java installed, much less enabled. NoScript 
and Flashblock are lifesavers though. NoScript makes it very easy to 
keep JavaScript disabled for most sites but allow it when needed, and 
Flashblock replaces annoying flash applications with a little flash 
logo that only loads the flash application if you click it. I also 
browse through a Privoxy proxy that filters out most of the ads.

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