OT: Google Chrome

craftech wrote on 6/19/2015, 7:41 AM

Over 60% of users are using Google Chrome so I figured I must be an oddball sticking with Firefox. I occasionally used Opera, but Opera issued a new version that made it impossible to stop automatic updates so I uninstalled it.

So I installed Google Chrome and the first thing I noticed was that there was no way to stop automatic updates with that browser either. Using Zone Alarm Free to try to stop it did not work and the only way I was able to stop it was to edit the registry to stop it. That completely disabled the ability to update it if new security releases are issued unless I downloaded it and then went through all the hoops to prevent automatic updates all over again.

So Google won. I completely uninstalled it and will never install it again. For now I went back to Firefox.

If Firefox goes the same anti-privacy route as Opera and Chrome I will used Vivaldi. Maybe some people don't resent a forced invasion of privacy, but I do.

John

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craftech wrote on 10/10/2015, 8:48 AM

Firefox:

As suggested, I installed the add-on YouTube Flash Video Player and it seems to work very well. At the top of the page is a Flash Player Icon that allows you to switch back and forth between the Flash Player and the HTML5 Video Player.

Also, I got rid of the Mozilla "Plugin Container". It has caused so many crashes and freezes for people for so many years I don't know why I didn't try it sooner. I thought it would prevent plugins from working, but it doesn't. Although there are other methods, this one works the best:

1. Right click on your computer icon on the desktop and click properties
2. Go to Advance system settings
3. Click the button called "Environment Variables"
4. Click the “New” button under User variables or System variables depending if you want the change to affect all the users on the system or just the one you are currently logged as
Set the variable name to MOZ_DISABLE_OOP_PLUGINS and its value to 1

John