Firefox issues
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Firefox issues
I did a clean installation of XP the other day. I had to reinstall the Mozilla and from that moment I have two problems:
1) the letters on most sites are too small for a confortable fast reading despite being 18 size font on the options page... If I make the size larger other sites appear ackward (sp?). Any ideas how can I correct the size?
2) In the current version, the sites I visited remain on the address bar and they pop out when I type a new address and they remain in the memory even when I erase my traces at the end of the visit. How can I avoid the pop out of the address when I type a new address?
Many thanks in advance because it is annoying...
Rwy in Sight
1) the letters on most sites are too small for a confortable fast reading despite being 18 size font on the options page... If I make the size larger other sites appear ackward (sp?). Any ideas how can I correct the size?
2) In the current version, the sites I visited remain on the address bar and they pop out when I type a new address and they remain in the memory even when I erase my traces at the end of the visit. How can I avoid the pop out of the address when I type a new address?
Many thanks in advance because it is annoying...
Rwy in Sight
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
Is the magnifier new in Firefox? Ctl, + mouse wheel. If it isn't, then I just hadn't discovered it before...and nor had a 'computer friend'.
The thing is that it works well, but retains its setting when I come back to Pprune for example. Clever, but I kinda wish that it would reset to some standard datum when off.
The thing is that it works well, but retains its setting when I come back to Pprune for example. Clever, but I kinda wish that it would reset to some standard datum when off.
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From: Tracey Island
HI...Issue No2 the drop down prediction. Yes, it can be annoying or brilliant depending on how you wish to use your browser.
You can turn it off......Prepare to be amazed.
To stop annoying bookmark drop-down menu from URL bar:
1. Enter "about:config" into the address bar and hit Enter (no quotation marks).
2. Press the "I''ll be carefull. I promise!" button.
3. Enter "browser.urlbar.maxRichResults" in the Filter field (no quotation marks).
4. Change it from 12 results to 0 (or whatever number you want).
Enjoy FF3.....
You can turn it off......Prepare to be amazed.
To stop annoying bookmark drop-down menu from URL bar:
1. Enter "about:config" into the address bar and hit Enter (no quotation marks).
2. Press the "I''ll be carefull. I promise!" button.
3. Enter "browser.urlbar.maxRichResults" in the Filter field (no quotation marks).
4. Change it from 12 results to 0 (or whatever number you want).
Enjoy FF3.....
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Thank you both for your assistance. You are very smart and knowledgable (sp?). Call100 it worked great...
Loose rivets, I am aware of the magnifier but I am looking to a more permanent solution as you say. Take good care...
Rwy in Sight
Loose rivets, I am aware of the magnifier but I am looking to a more permanent solution as you say. Take good care...
Rwy in Sight
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I have 3.01 installed on 2 machines running win XP sp3. I have no problems on one machine, but on the other the FF toolbar is massive and I can't find how to reduce it in size also web pages are oversized, I have to reduce them to 65% or even 50% in order not to have to scroll left and right to see the page.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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From: Tracey Island
Try here....This may be the answer you are looking for....
Toolbars and page content appear too large after upgrading to Firefox 3
FF has never been a problem for me....Most faults are soon sorted...Those that are not are usually the fault of the machine/OS that it has been installed on...
Toolbars and page content appear too large after upgrading to Firefox 3
FF has never been a problem for me....Most faults are soon sorted...Those that are not are usually the fault of the machine/OS that it has been installed on...
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From: Witnesham, Suffolk
I had an occasional annoying problem with Firefox: if I had a lot of tabs open and was scrolling around quickly in them, it would do the "severe error, please tell Microsoft" thing and crash. It did that three times in fairly quick succession last night, so I went a-googling.
Two answers:
First, make sure you have the latest Java cos one of the recent ones had a bug. I did have the latest Java, but also 11 earlier ones - apparently all the old ones stay in the machine, too. So I removed the lot. No improvement to Firefox crashing, but over a GB of disk space recovered, and the pooter seems faster, too.
Second, some users suggested the AVG8 Link Scanner causes this behaviour. I took the risk, and turned off the Link Scanner, and Firefox hasn't crashed since despite my trying hard to get it to do so. The AVG gets all shirty about this highly dangerous practice, so I've told Windoze to hide that particular icon.
Two answers:
First, make sure you have the latest Java cos one of the recent ones had a bug. I did have the latest Java, but also 11 earlier ones - apparently all the old ones stay in the machine, too. So I removed the lot. No improvement to Firefox crashing, but over a GB of disk space recovered, and the pooter seems faster, too.
Second, some users suggested the AVG8 Link Scanner causes this behaviour. I took the risk, and turned off the Link Scanner, and Firefox hasn't crashed since despite my trying hard to get it to do so. The AVG gets all shirty about this highly dangerous practice, so I've told Windoze to hide that particular icon.
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From: Tracey Island
If it's working on one machine and not another it may indicated a corrupted file in the download. If AVG is not found to be the culprit then try a complete re-install.
Most FF faults are either corrupted files during download or a machine/software fault.
PS...Another vote for ditching AVG and installing AVAST.
Most FF faults are either corrupted files during download or a machine/software fault.
PS...Another vote for ditching AVG and installing AVAST.
