firefox problems was firefox friendly et al

[Bry]

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>   2. Re: Ubuntu is not Firefox friendly (Colin Brace)
>   3. Re: Ubuntu is not Firefox friendly (Mehdi Hassanpour)
>   4. Re: problems with installing wordpress 2.0 (Ronny Haryanto)
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There have been several posts regarding firefox problems. I have not 
tried all of this on ubuntu as I haven't had (or maybe pre-empted) such 
problems from experience in another OS ( eCS)

Firefox has a "compreg.dat"file which usually needs to be deleted when 
adding a plugin so that the file rebuilds on program start.

The freezes and high CPU use are almost always related to flash. I 
recommend  installing "flashblock" extension which allows you to NOT see 
the flash items unless you click on them .  you get an icon in place of 
the flash . If you WANT the flash to play you click on the icon) It 
seems many of the "flash" ads are poorly built and will often cause the 
cpu to max or even the browser to  crash.

I DO use flashblock on ubuntu/kubuntu it WORKS I install it on all OS as 
a matter of course (and priority) without it I have ALWAYS gotten 
firefox/mozilla hangs on all Linux versions I've tries and on eCS (OS/2)

Regarding not getting into the Wiki  I have noticed on eCS going to the 
(ubuntu)WIKI results in a message qustioning an unknown certificate. 
Possibly  not getting that page is a certificate problem?

Bryann