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To: KyGeezer

i’ve used firefox for years, altho’ i have ie and chrome available.

the latest editions of firefox 5 and 6 do not properly install.

opening a second window results in a window with two task bars and no google to type into.

fragments of previous windows remain on the desktop.

previous editions of firefox did not do this.


2 posted on 07/31/2011 6:40:28 AM PDT by ken21 (dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: ken21

I’ve been using Firefox 5.0 (Windows 7) with no problem. I have IE because it’s integrated, and only use it when I’m testing a new web page. Firefox has been my browser of choice for some years. No plans to change.


7 posted on 07/31/2011 6:44:15 AM PDT by bcsco
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To: ken21
the latest editions of firefox 5 and 6 do not properly install.

Install? On what platform? I am running Firefox 5 on Xubuntu 11.04 and it works fine. Have had one upgrade on it since the system was installed and I like it like all the other Firefox versions I have used. Have been using Firefox since the first Windows version came out. Seldom use Windows though.

9 posted on 07/31/2011 6:45:50 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: ken21
opening a second window results in a window with two task bars and no google to type into.

fragments of previous windows remain on the desktop.

That is odd. I am using Firefox 5 in Windows 7, having no problems. Seems to be working very good.

10 posted on 07/31/2011 6:46:45 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ken21

I have the same problem. It’s nothing more than a minor nuisance, no big deal, but it’s definitely a glitch with this version of Firefox.


15 posted on 07/31/2011 6:50:42 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The only thing still propping up the GOP is the dwindling illusion that it's at all conservative.)
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To: ken21
the latest editions of firefox 5 and 6 do not properly install.
I've used Firefox 5 on two machines since it's release w/o as problem.
FF 6 is still only a Beta version.
31 posted on 07/31/2011 7:28:39 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: ken21

Firefox won’t let me install it in any drive other than C:

I can download the install package into the drive I want, but it insists on installing into C: and won’t let me change the destination drive no matter what I try.

I decided to let it install into C:, knowing the drive was full, and got error messages (imagine that!).

I suppose I’ll have to learn a new browser, since my fave won’t co-operate...

Anything from Google is out, though. I don’t trust them as far as I can throw their headquarters building. I suppose I will try Opera next. IF it’ll let me choose its destination.


36 posted on 07/31/2011 7:35:16 AM PDT by Don W (You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.)
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