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Offline Lona

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mozilla second time around
« on: December 13, 2003, 23:03 »
I have decided to give Mozilla a second shot as IE6 is acting up something rotten.  I have downloaded a lovely apple green theme and I don't have to look at the ugly lizard any more. The only thing I find at the moment is, it is a bit slow to open up and I thought with my lovely new BB it would open in a flash.
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Re:mozilla second time around
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2003, 23:39 »
You mean Mozilla itself is a bit slow to open up, or the web pages once it's running?

If you go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced, you should have the box ticked to enable Quick Launch (see below).  This should make it a bit quicker starting up, Lona, as it will be sitting ready in your System Tray.

I have noticed quite a few web pages being a bit slow tonight, so maybe there's a problem somewhere on the Internet.  Don't let it put you off - once you get used to Moz, you'll never go back!

Make sure you check out the Mozilla Tips and Tweaks thread, for some useful plug ins.  The best one being the "View In IE" one, for the occasion site that will only work with IE.  See link below.

http://ieview.mozdev.org/
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Re:mozilla second time around
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2003, 12:06 »
Quote from: Lona on December 13, 2003, 23:03

I have decided to give Mozilla a second shot as IE6 is acting up something rotten.  I have downloaded a lovely apple green theme and I don't have to look at the ugly lizard any more. The only thing I find at the moment is, it is a bit slow to open up and I thought with my lovely new BB it would open in a flash.


Right Lona,

are you sitting down, because I don't think your gonna believe this  ;)

You have downloaded Mozilla 1.5, right ?  Well I was on 1.4 and when 1.5 came out, I downloaded that, not that it appeared to offer any added benifits to what 1.4 offered me. And you know what, it slowed my PC up no end. So I reinstalled 1.4 and it was fine again.

Right, yesterday I thought, maybe some bugs in it that they have sorted out...give it another go...same thing, so I'm back on 1.4
Now maybe it is OK on XP, but iffy on W2K and ME.

So if I were you Lona, I would try downloading the latest 1.4.1  build from
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Re:mozilla second time around
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2003, 12:13 »
I have to admit, 1.4.1 does seem slightly more robust than 1.5, although there should be no reason for that.  I would second Tony's advice, Lona.  If you want to swap, uninstall 1.5 with Add / Remove, but before you install 1.4.1, also delete the 'Mozilla.org' folder from C:\Program Files, to ensure a clean install.  You won't lose your Bookmarks or settings as there are hidden elsewhere.
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Re:mozilla second time around
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2003, 04:43 »
I have version 1.4 which was the one you told me about Simon. I had never removed it, so I just re-installed that version.  I won't go for version 1.5 then. Is there a 1.4.1 version?. I didn't tick the quicklaunch when I installed it as I thought it would slow down my bootup. I do find that there are some sites it won't allow me into. A message comes up which says "access denied" but I can get in using IE.
I will certainly read more up on it, as I didn't really give it a proper try last time.
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2003, 07:56 »
Looking good, Lona!  OK, you have the best version, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to get 1.4.1 from the link Tony posted above, which you can just install on top of 1.4.  It just fixes a few bugs, which you might not even have noticed.  You also need the IE View plug in from http://ieview.mozdev.org/, which again is very simple to install.  This will enable you to right click any page or link, and there will be an option to open it in IE.  Once you've got that, you can't go wrong!  

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Re:mozilla second time around
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2003, 08:23 »
Quote from: Lona on December 15, 2003, 04:43

Is there a 1.4.1 version?.


Eh

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So if I were you Lona, I would try downloading the latest 1.4.1  build from
HERE

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Re:mozilla second time around
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2003, 14:58 »
Thanks guys. :D.  I have installed the IEview plug-in but when I go to upgrade to 1.4.1 the download page takes me to 1.5. Any suggestions.? ???
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2003, 17:03 »
This should do it, Lona:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4.1/mozilla-win32-1.4.1-installer.exe

You might have to re-install the IE plug in, though.   ;)
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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2003, 18:22 »
Will it install ok over the top of 1.4 or should I uninstall 1.4 first? :)
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2003, 19:00 »
You should be able to install it on top OK.  It's only when you change versions (i.e. 1.4 to 1.5) you need to uninstall first.   :)
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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2003, 19:10 »
Ok, Simon all installed. I have also re-installed the IEview plugin.  Should there be something showing on the toolbar to show that the plugin has been installed?
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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2003, 19:13 »
No there's not, Lona, but if you right click anywhere on the page, you'll see 'View this page in IE' as an option in the list.  Similarly, if you want to open a new link in IE, right click it and select 'Open link target in IE'.

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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2003, 23:10 »
Found it no bother. See, I am a fast learner for an old buddy. ;)
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