Which internet browser do you use?

BlueJean4114

I am using google chrome,
love the built-in spell-check,
and love the way it 'saves' posts, even if i accidentally close that tab, i can usually find it again,
by opening a new tab, and looking down where it says "recently visited"
and my half-written post is all still there when i open that link back up again:noway: -- awesome!!


but,
my shockwave crashes alllllll the time on chrome ,
and i often have trouble getting videos to play smoothly on chrome............

ANY IDEAS ON A BETTER BROWSER TO TRY,
or any ideas on what could be wrong that i can't run videos smoothly on chrome?


btw, i am not real adept at computer stuff, so plain-speak is much appreciated from you brainiacs out there! THANK YOU!!!

_the_feniks_

I'm using Google Chrome too. I have been noticing Shockwave crashing a lot recently too but not enough to make me look elsewhere. I love the Incognito window.

SurfinBird1981

Safari when on iPad or iPhone and Ubuntu when on my laptop.

BlueJean4114

I hear that Chrome HAS some form of shockwave already built in,
and so there is a conflict of some type,
between 'real' shockwave
and chrome's shockwave..............i once read an article, on how to remove the shockwave feature out of chrome, then re-install 'real' shockwave,
but,
it seemed very complicated,
and i decided to just try a different browser...........

randomtai

BlueJean4114

Safari when on iPad or iPhone and Ubuntu when on my laptop.

thanks!!!!!
does Ubunutu have spell check and saves your posts if you close the tab?

randomtai

Safari when on iPad or iPhone and Ubuntu when on my laptop.

Ummm... Ubuntu is an operating system.... not a browser...

BlueJean4114

Safari when on iPad or iPhone and Ubuntu when on my laptop.

Ummm... Ubuntu is an operating system.... not a browser...

lol, i am so dumb, that *might* be what i need,(?)
a new operating system...? or do i need a new browser?

we can't really change the operating system on the computer we own, can we? only the browser, right?
(ducks and waits for computer-smart ppl to pile on me with sarcastic remarks......)

BlueJean4114

tryclyn

Most of the time I use Firefox , but I also have Chrome and Lunascape 6 on my PC. On my mini I use Chromium.

BlueJean4114

Most of the time I use Firefox , but I also have Chrome and Lunascape 6 on my PC. On my mini I use Chromium.

thanks, maybe i should give firefox a try.....

texasgal22

Lately I have been using Firefox primarily but there are times I will use Chrome or IE9. I'm a true end-user; if it works I use it.

BlueJean4114

THANKS!

I just tried Opera, but, it keeps saying "this page need Adobe Flash, download it now?"
so i click yes.


then, every time,
it tells me (para) "You can not download Adobe Flash while Opera is open"....(?)

so when i close Opera, (which sure did seem faster, esp after i enable OperaTurbo)
then,
of course, there is no way to get Adobe .....duh.




all righty then, on to Firefox.............

Frozen300

IE Experienced User all day everyday

tryclyn

It might not let you "install" it while it is open, but it should download. Did you check your download folder?

Mr_Bad_Example

I use Firefox 99.9% of the time, mostly because it has add-ons that remove all advertisements from websites. I come on MFP, no ads. I go to Pandora to listen to my station - no ads. YouTube - no commercials. It's quite awesome.

oker673

Firefox

magj0y

I had firefox... then my husband put google chrome on it...I still use both.

not amused. but whatevs. He didn't mess with my Gimp or Fspot, or switch it to windows so I can't be that mad

randomtai

I use Firefox 99.9% of the time, mostly because it has add-ons that remove all advertisements from websites. I come on MFP, no ads. I go to Pandora to listen to my station - no ads. YouTube - no commercials. It's quite awesome.

They also have this feature in Chrome... it's quite awesome.

BlueJean4114

It might not let you "install" it while it is open, but it should download. Did you check your download folder?

no, i never ever could download Adobe in Opera, even after i closed Opera, Adobe would not install.............
I never did look in downloads,
cuz Adobe made me hit 'cancel' to even move off of that screen...............


now, i just installed and am currently on firefox,
but having a heckuva time being able to read the words on the screen:sad: ...........i made font bigger, to 150% still can't see it..........ata 300% font size, words are now overlapping onto each other...............


hmmmmm..


I am used to chrome, and it had a lil deal, i could adjust the screen size on each tab if i needed to.:bigsmile: ...........i could EASILY increase the size of each tab, one tab at a time, if i wanted to,
by increments.......150%...................200%..........etc etc.
was really nice.........i can not find such a tool anywhere on Firefox screen............yet.

so i began messing around
with screen resolution............at the recommended size of 1600 x 1200, i can not see a single thing on the screen..:glasses: ...(i'm kinda old and do not see well)
so i made screen resolution to 1280 x 960, i could see words better,
but some of the screen won't fit now.....................................


i have had this trouble before,
but, now,
i can't remember what i did to fix it so i can see the words............right now, to type this her reply,
i am using the Magnifier, but, what a pain, lol.......

BUT YAY, my computer WILL play videos!! YAY!! I use [/b]Playlist[/b], to create my own song list,
haven't looked at pandora in long time,
will have to go check that out......THANKS..............



Ey, what is the app to download that no ads appear? will that app slow down my borwsing speed or anything like that?


had to turn off magnifier to be able to see the button to hit "post reply"
i can't really see what i typed here, hope this is all spelled well enough you can read it, lol!!!!!!!!!!


signed,
the half-blind, & not-good-at-computers person...haha!

BlueJean4114

btw, THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED ME, VERY VERY MUCH!!!:flowerforyou:


SO SO NICE TO HEAR MY MUSIC AGAIN, without all those hiccups i got listening to music in chrome...........i really really liked chrome, just could NOT get music or videos to play smoothly without hiccups,
and
shock-wave
crashed
about every few hours................

BlueJean4114

do i need some type of an app or extension or something
to make the page big enough to read the words?


decreasing the screen resolution didn't really work that well,
and
increasing font size makes the words overlap each other..............


maybe i need some app for firefox??

OR DOES FIREFOX HAVE SOME TOOL somewhere, to make a page bigger, (like chrome had)
that i just haven't found yet??????

BlueJean4114

I FIXED IT!
I FIXED GOOGLE CHROME ALWAYS HAVING SHOCKWAVE CRASHES!!!

It wasn't really that hard to do, at all!

When i first looked at this article, it seemed it'd be too hard for *me*to do,
but, it wasn't!:bigsmile:

YAY, i can KEEP my chrome,
AND
watch videos smoothly, too! NO MORE SHOCKWAVE CRASHES AND FREEZE UPS!!! :drinker:

AND IT RUNS A LOT FASTER TOO, now! YAY!!

DO THIS:

http://www.howtogeek.com/103292/how-to-fix-shockwave-flash-crashes-in-google-chrome/


BE SURE TO READ THE COMMENTS, TOO, about disabling that setting in youtube...

xSophia19

I have gooooogle! I love google because sometimes you can play with the letters! And it keeeps me occupied for agesss haha

abstrakt_star

Chrome.

BlueJean4114

Chrome.

does your shockwave or flash crash a lot?
freeze up and stuff?? does your computer kind of 'hiccup' or skip just a bit during videos or songs?

Poemetra

I use chrome but I use Firefox too. I used to use Firefox all the time but then I switched now I am thinking of switching back. Shockwave crashes way too much and when I am looking for a page I have been too it doesn't show up when I type it in the address bar. I also don't like how every time I close chrome and restart it, it tells me that it didn't shut down properly. How am I supposed to cut chrome off properly other than by hitting the X in the corner? (sigh)

DeeDel32

Chrome.

Gave up on Firefox about a year ago. I couldn't deal with how much of a memory hog it was becoming.

BlueJean4114

THANKS FOR INFO.


To anyone using chrome,
but suffering those freeze-ups or shockwave crashes,
i found a way to fix that, and am SOoo stoked that *I* (who is NOT good at computers)
fixed it myself! was not hard.

see, the problem is,
that google Chrome has a built in form of shockwave,
which conflicts with the 'real' forms of shockwave:grumble: , which are used in flashing ads, youtube, music, etc.

so all we have to do, is 'disable' one of the shockwave flash files. I thought it sounded hard,
and almost shutdown my brain picturing myself disabling one file in chrome,
i figured i'd wreck it,
but, it wasn't hard to do at all,
and now my computer is running GREAT!! YAY!!:drinker:

HERE'S HOW TO FIX CHROME
:bigsmile: :drinker:
if you have shockwave flash issues:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/727724-fix-for-shockwave-crashes-in-google-chrome-yay

ket_the_jet

-wtk

heliumheels

I've been using mozilla since I can remember. No issues for me.