 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006Firefox problem
Using the latest Firefox on the very latest OSX. I'm using it to input text into a data-management tool that feeds into a major "how-it-works" website, part of the publishing process. the tool has various places to put chunks of text, and often it won't let me move the cursor from one place to another. i'll input text, then try to click on the next box (there is no option for tabbing my way there -- tool's too crude), and it ignores me. how do i "fix" it? by yellow-dotting the whole window to the dock and then bringing it back. this is the kind of hinky-dinky solution to a ticky-tacky problem that makes me feel silly even doing it -- it's so graceless. i wondered if the problem has to do with the tool being momentarily disconnected from the main server, but the "solution" i've hit on suggests it's a problem in how Firefox (or this lousy tool) is reacting to my own computer. Any thoughts? > Using the latest Firefox on the very latest OSX. I'm using it to input > text into a data-management tool that feeds into a major "how-it-works" [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Any thoughts? Hmm... sounds strange. It sounds like it could be an issue with the actual HTML form on the page - which means it would have nothing to do with Firefox at all. I don't see why you wouldn't be able to manually put the cursor into the next text box. I am thinking it is just a poorly set-up web page that you are accessing... I'm told I'm the only person having this problem among their network of at-home data-input folks. But they've admitted this tool is buggy overall. In my case, I'll have finished with the text in one box (usually the main text box) and when I want to move to the next one, it simply doesn't recognize my effort (via moving the cursor manually) to do so. The weird thing is that the problem goes away the minute I send the file to the dock and bring it back, as if my browser needs a refresh on some superficial level to shuck the problem. >> Using the latest Firefox on the very latest OSX. I'm using it to input >> text into a data-management tool that feeds into a major "how-it-works" [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > put the cursor into the next text box. I am thinking it is just a > poorly set-up web page that you are accessing... > I'm told I'm the only person having this problem among their network of > at-home data-input folks. But they've admitted this tool is buggy [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the file to the dock and bring it back, as if my browser needs a > refresh on some superficial level to shuck the problem. Please don't top-post. I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on web sites that render just fine in other browsers, including the mozilla home page. At this point I've discarded it as too unreliable for regular use, and gone back to Safari. > I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on web > sites that render just fine in other browsers, including the mozilla > home page. Strange, I find it to be very reliable; I have it stuffed full of extensions too. FF 1.5.0.7, OS X 10.4.8 > At this point I've discarded it as too unreliable for regular use, and > gone back to Safari. I keep Safari as third choice; for me FF is top, Opera next.  Signature^Ï^ > > I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on web > > sites that render just fine in other browsers, including the mozilla > > home page. > > Strange, I find it to be very reliable; I have it stuffed > full of extensions too. FF 1.5.0.7, OS X 10.4.8 Meanwhile I stopped using FF for general browsing when it started swallowing bookmarks. I've no idea where they got to, but I got stuck with just 3 of my own items, and no more. > > > At this point I've discarded it as too unreliable for regular use, and > > gone back to Safari. > > I keep Safari as third choice; for me FF is top, Opera next. Safari as the default, with Java and Javascript disabled. I was using FF for those sites which require JS, but have recently been using Opera. Not forgetting the occasional use of Lynx :-) SignaturePaul Sture > > > I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on web > > > sites that render just fine in other browsers, including the mozilla [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > swallowing bookmarks. I've no idea where they got to, but I got stuck > with just 3 of my own items, and no more. The worst that's happened with mine so far is that I've lost the status bar and have spent the last couple of days trying to find out how to get it back. Greg >>>> I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on > web [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Greg mine's buggy as hell. i only posted about the most frustrating one. the drop-down/auto-fill function of the URL bar is whacked. it likes to hiccup and turn up an inch lower, unconnected to the rest of the browser. when i go to use it, it disappears and i have to go back up and start the process over again in the URL bar. one more curiousity: at any spot in the publishing tool i'm working with, when autofill begins a phrase or URL for you, you can't complete the process by hititing Tab. that just leaves the partially filled text dangling there. i suspect that's a problem with the HTML, not firefox. (?) > Strange, I find it to be very reliable; I have it stuffed > full of extensions too. FF 1.5.0.7, OS X 10.4.8 I find it to be extremely reliable as well. My only complaints about FireFox, and there may well be solutions for all I know, are that it doesn't "do services" so for example Apple's spell checker doesn't work in it. Also it doesn't use the Keychain for passwords but keeps them in its own database. For these reasons I normally have Safari as default web browser. I actually have quite a number of web browsers on this Intel iMac. As an aside I think I'll mention the excellence of URL Manager Pro which has been recently updated a little. I mention this because with URL Manager Pro you can keep all your bookmarks in it and it will open them in whatever browser is front-most so it doesn't matter so much which is the "default browser". I've used URL Manager Pro for years actually, it and File Buddy are the two utilities I've used consistently for a very long time indeed. SignaturePatrick Brighton, UK > I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on web > sites that render just fine in other browsers, including the mozilla > home page. > > At this point I've discarded it as too unreliable for regular use, and > gone back to Safari. Firefox works great for me 100% of the time (MacBook, OS X 10.4.8). Have you tried a re-install? Phil > > I've found Firefox to be a extremely buggy. It crashes regularly on web > > sites that render just fine in other browsers, including the mozilla [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Firefox works great for me 100% of the time > (MacBook, OS X 10.4.8). Have you tried a re-install? Twice. It's no big deal, as I don't particularly like FF's interface to begin with. And for web testing, Windows IE is what 85% of our customers are using, so testing for FF compatibility is comparatively low on the list. I know other people are using FF with success, and really like it. That's cool. I don't have a compelling enough need for it to be bothered trying to track down the problems. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.