Fw: Re: Firefox 3 - random crashes

[Moshe Brace using Yahoo]

--- On Fri, 20/3/09, Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Firefox 3 - random crashes
> To: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, 20 March, 2009, 10:57 AM
> Thanks Dotan, 
> 
> I didn't know where Mozilla keeps the config files
> ~/.mozilla. Yes your right, Anti-Spyware manufacturers scare
> people over Cookies and also your right they won't make your
> Firefox crash but they can slow down the speed of the
> Internet pages drastically. However there's still a privacy
> problem to handle even in Linux, but that is a different
> issue from what Shlomo wants to know. 
> 
> Like you Dotan, I think that an Add on is to blame in his
> Firefox. 
> 
> I listed what works OK for me - variety is the spice of
> life. Control Shift X should appear in the Edit Menu but if
> it doesn't then you have to enable it with going to
> about:config in Firefox and ignore any warnings and search
> for the preference called "bidi.browser.ui", double click it
> & set its value to "true".
> 
> Tic Tac is good for GMail.
> 
> Moshe
>  
> 
> --- On Fri, 20/3/09, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Firefox 3 - random crashes
> > To: "Moshe Brace using Yahoo" <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Cc: shlomo at the-solomons.net,
> "Linux-il" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> > Date: Friday, 20 March, 2009, 10:42 AM
> > > Tic Tac (This lets you type
> > right to left in GMail and others)  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5814
> > >
> > 
> > Ctrl-Shift-X will do that in all Mozilla applications,
> not
> > addon necessary.
> > 
> > > Session Manager (remembers your open Tabs for
> when you
> > reopen Firefox) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=Session+Manager&cat=all
> > >
> > 
> > Built into Firefox 3 already.
> > 
> > > Dictionary choose the language English UK or US
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3
> > >
> > 
> > Built into Firefox 3 already.
> > 
> > > Hspell for Hebrew (Hebrew spell checker https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=Hebrew&cat=3%2C0
> > >
> > 
> > This should be in your Linux distro.
> > 
> > > Colorful Tabs (each tab appears in its own
> distictive
> > colour. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/policy/0/1368/37117
> > >
> > > Dictionary Switcher (bounce between Hebrew &
> > English Dictionaries) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=Dictionary+Switcher&cat=all
> > >
> > 
> > Built into Firefox 3 already.
> > 
> > > Locale Switcher (bounce between Hebrew &
> English
> > Dictionaries) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=Dictionary+Switcher&cat=all
> > >
> > 
> > Built into Firefox 3 already, at least for switching
> > dictionaries.
> > 
> > > PDF Downloader Good for deciding how to download
> an
> > Acrobat PDF https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636
> > >
> > 
> > Built into Firefox 3 already.
> > 
> > > Download Helper Download youtube movies easily
> and
> > some others https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
> > >
> > > Aeons gives (fantastic buttons for the browser)
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/166
> > >
> > > Cooliris Helps (you browse very fast indeed) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2207
> > >
> > > Download it all (Mass file downloader helper) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:5
> > >
> > > Save Complete (save the complete webpage your
> viewing)
> > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4723
> > >
> > > Sifrei Kodesh Search, Tanach Mishneh etc (Nice
> Add On
> > that works great!) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2820
> > >
> > > Download a new version and install it.
> > 
> > That is the Windows way of thinking, and it won't do
> a
> > thing in Linux.
> > In linux, you should remove your user's config files.
> For
> > Firefox,
> > that is usually ~/.mozilla
> > 
> > > In the past this is how I got over the problem.
> Also
> > some Cookies
> > > are so friendly that they do damage also.
> > 
> > Cookies don't do damage, that is a myth invented by
> the
> > so-called
> > Computer Security industry to scare people into
> spending
> > money on
> > their products. While cookies can be abused, they
> will
> > _not_ crash
> > your browser.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dotan Cohen
> > 
> > http://what-is-what.com
> > http://gibberish.co.il
> > 
> 
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