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  • Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 8:43 pm #167255

    I was in the middle of browsing a website and Firefox crashed, I went through the procedure of re-start, by- passed the bit asking me to open an account and opted, rightly or wrongly, for refresh instead of the restart in safe mode option, now every time I want to open a 2nd tab, in addition to the one I’m using, the whole thing closes and I have to go through the whole  restart, refresh thing again. As I am most definitely very computer un-savvy any help (in as simple language as possible please) would be much appreciated.

    Many thanks :rose:

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 9:04 pm #167280

    Apart from the ‘Well, this is embarrassing’ messages, I haven’t come across the restart or refresh choices with Firefox, which I am using as I type, but you could try downloading Opera, which I also use from time to time. It can import your favourites and things like passwords from Firefox, even if the latter isn’t working at the moment as it should.

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 9:32 pm #167291

    Thanks VK I’ll have a look when I get back on laptop tomorrow (on tablet now) :rose:

    25th June 2017 at 10:20 pm #167322

    Why anyone uses the invasive pile of poo that is FurFux is beyond me

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 10:25 pm #167324

    What do suggest we should be using instead, sure you know Far More than me personally, Barty :-)

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 10:35 pm #167337

    Helpful suggestions would be appreciated Barty

    25th June 2017 at 10:47 pm #167347

    Sorry you have problems Fruitcake, I know how you feel, my laptop died. That’s how I’ve ended up with my iPad , which I love to bits!  Bargain on Ebay.

    25th June 2017 at 10:48 pm #167349

    Chrome works for me, followed by Explorer/Edge and unless I want to use an FF specific application I wouldn’t touch it.

    What I know for certain from the numerous satellite broadband installations I’ve been involved with is that FF users get through far more data than users of other browsers which in user terms means that it’s likely to appear slower than other browsers especially on slower connections.

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 11:05 pm #167355

    Thanks A Lot for that Barty, food for thought, is there more advertising using ‘chrome’ etc? :-)

    Hope your prob is sorted soon F :-)

    25th June 2017 at 11:22 pm #167367

    “more advertising”???? don’t understand the question

    you use a browser (chrome, firefox/explorer) to access a search engine (google/yahoo/bing) the search engines sell advertising, I don’t think it makes a much odds what browser you use what ads you get.

    If you sign in and allow Chrome to track you then the ads that you get will be more targeted. Same number of ads but they’ll be more relevent to you, which surely is a good thing.

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 11:32 pm #167376

    We can use ad block on Ff, does the same apply on these browsers Barty, yes I am a computer Numpty!

    Much appreciate the benefit of your knowledge :-)

    25th June 2017 at 11:44 pm #167394

    yes you can use ad blocker.

    As a bit of an aside I have a crusade against ad-blockers as their use deprives many sites of essential income. There will come a time fairly soon when web sites will routinely check for ad blocking software and deny access if it’s detected or simply have to close and the internet will be a poorer place.

    Anonymous
    25th June 2017 at 11:55 pm #167406

    Fair comment B :scratch:

    Anonymous
    26th June 2017 at 9:47 am #167428

    Thank you for the advice Barty, have now downloaded Chrome and am sorted.

    Anonymous
    26th June 2017 at 6:01 pm #167775

    Hope it collected all your passwords and favourites from Firefox.

    Anonymous
    26th June 2017 at 6:26 pm #167783

    Yes VK I imported everything from Firefox – I’m quite proud of myself as I’m very out of my depth with computers and their workings!

    26th June 2017 at 7:06 pm #167836

    Well done Fruitcake! Bet the grandchildren know it backwards, they all do at that age!   :mail:

    Anonymous
    26th June 2017 at 7:13 pm #167840

    Yes they do Blue and from a very young age too! I love the tolerant “Poor old soul I’ll just humour her” look they fondly give when trying to explain something – very disconcerting when it’s a 6 year old doing so!  :wacko:

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