Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/7/15 8:04 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:51:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/7/2015 6:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:04:46 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/7/2015 4:42 PM, John H. wrote:
Just installed Chrome. Can't get any links from emails to work in Chrome when set as
default, although they work fine in Firefox or IE.

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?
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You probably realize that Chrome does not have an email client. You
would have to use "webmail" for whatever internet server you have using
Chrome as the browser.

The whole "Google" thing confuses me sometimes.


I use MS Outlook for email. Many times email will have links. Normally, clicking on
the link will open the default browser to the correct page. With Chrome set as the
default browser, when I click on a link Chrome opens, churns for a couple minutes,
the displays an 'Unresponsive Page' window. As soon as I change the default browser
to either IE or Firefox, the links open just fine.

Ah .. I misunderstood your issue and question. I don't use Chrome, so
I can't help. One thing about anything Google though, it seems like you
have to be signed in with your Google account user name and password in
order for stuff to work. I don't bother with most of it. Firefox
works just fine for me and I use it's email client Thunderbird for
emails and newsgroups.




Chrome's gone. Good riddance.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!



Heh heh. I use Chrome once in a while on my iMac and on my iphone. I
prefer Firefox, but it isn't available for the iPhone. :( Chrome is OK,
but I think Firefox is better.

The issues you were having are well-known, documented and easily
solvable but, of course, you have to expend a bit of effort beyond
querying a newsgroup whose expertise is right-wing nastiness.

Google Chrome woes
 

On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 20:16:31 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 10/7/15 8:04 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:51:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/7/2015 6:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:04:46 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/7/2015 4:42 PM, John H. wrote:
Just installed Chrome. Can't get any links from emails to work in Chrome when set as
default, although they work fine in Firefox or IE.

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!



You probably realize that Chrome does not have an email client. You
would have to use "webmail" for whatever internet server you have using
Chrome as the browser.

The whole "Google" thing confuses me sometimes.


I use MS Outlook for email. Many times email will have links. Normally, clicking on
the link will open the default browser to the correct page. With Chrome set as the
default browser, when I click on a link Chrome opens, churns for a couple minutes,
the displays an 'Unresponsive Page' window. As soon as I change the default browser
to either IE or Firefox, the links open just fine.

Ah .. I misunderstood your issue and question. I don't use Chrome, so
I can't help. One thing about anything Google though, it seems like you
have to be signed in with your Google account user name and password in
order for stuff to work. I don't bother with most of it. Firefox
works just fine for me and I use it's email client Thunderbird for
emails and newsgroups.




Chrome's gone. Good riddance.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!



Heh heh. I use Chrome once in a while on my iMac and on my iphone. I
prefer Firefox, but it isn't available for the iPhone. :( Chrome is OK,
but I think Firefox is better.

The issues you were having are well-known, documented and easily
solvable but, of course, you have to expend a bit of effort beyond
querying a newsgroup whose expertise is right-wing nastiness.


Well documented, yes. Easily solveable, no. I tried several of the proposed
'solutions', including the registry changes. No luck.

But I'm not the lying expert you are. :)
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Ban idiots, not guns!

Google Chrome woes
 

On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.

Google Chrome woes
 

Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/7/15 8:04 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:51:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/7/2015 6:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:04:46 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/7/2015 4:42 PM, John H. wrote:
Just installed Chrome. Can't get any links from emails to work in Chrome when set as
default, although they work fine in Firefox or IE.

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!



You probably realize that Chrome does not have an email client. You
would have to use "webmail" for whatever internet server you have using
Chrome as the browser.

The whole "Google" thing confuses me sometimes.


I use MS Outlook for email. Many times email will have links. Normally, clicking on
the link will open the default browser to the correct page. With Chrome set as the
default browser, when I click on a link Chrome opens, churns for a couple minutes,
the displays an 'Unresponsive Page' window. As soon as I change the default browser
to either IE or Firefox, the links open just fine.

Ah .. I misunderstood your issue and question. I don't use Chrome, so
I can't help. One thing about anything Google though, it seems like you
have to be signed in with your Google account user name and password in
order for stuff to work. I don't bother with most of it. Firefox
works just fine for me and I use it's email client Thunderbird for
emails and newsgroups.




Chrome's gone. Good riddance.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!



Heh heh. I use Chrome once in a while on my iMac and on my iphone. I
prefer Firefox, but it isn't available for the iPhone. :( Chrome is OK,
but I think Firefox is better.

The issues you were having are well-known, documented and easily
solvable but, of course, you have to expend a bit of effort beyond
querying a newsgroup whose expertise is right-wing nastiness.




Well, you would have just gone to the Apple Idiot Bar.

Google Chrome woes
 

wrote:
On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.


Every time my youngest daughters husband visits, I have to kill Chrome on
the IMac. He does not understand courtesy dictates you do not t add
software to someone else's system, without asking.

Google Chrome woes
 

On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:31:50 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.

I have been having an on-going problem trying to get Firefox to play videos. Often
I'll click a link only to get a black screen, and very often I'll get a window
popping up telling me my 'Flash Player' isn't working. I've reloaded the damn thing a
dozen times, but that's never seemed to help.

HOWEVER - when I tried to get that window to pop up just now, by clicking on various
links, I couldn't get it. Maybe installing and uninstalling Chrome fixed my Firefox
problem.

Or, maybe I just need a new computer!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Google Chrome woes
 

On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:28:00 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.


Every time my youngest daughters husband visits, I have to kill Chrome on
the IMac. He does not understand courtesy dictates you do not t add
software to someone else's system, without asking.

THAT would **** me off. For damn sure it would happen only once.

Maybe a password on Windows?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Google Chrome woes
 

On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:28:00 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.


Every time my youngest daughters husband visits, I have to kill Chrome on
the IMac. He does not understand courtesy dictates you do not t add
software to someone else's system, without asking.

Whoops - not Windows, but whatever IMacs use.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/8/15 7:10 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:28:00 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.


Every time my youngest daughters husband visits, I have to kill Chrome on
the IMac. He does not understand courtesy dictates you do not t add
software to someone else's system, without asking.

THAT would **** me off. For damn sure it would happen only once.

Maybe a password on Windows?
--

It's easy enough to block "guest" accounts from downloading software on
Mac and even on Windoze computers.

Google Chrome woes
 

On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:09:27 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:31:50 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:04:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

When in Chrome, if I type a line for a search, like 'email links do not work in
Chrome', it just churns but never gives results.

Ideas out there?

Why didn't you just inject yourself with the ebola virus?
Google is evil. The NSA has nothing on them.

No ****. Chrome's gone.

===

I'm curious in knowing why you tried Chrome. I've been using Firefox
for a long time and have never found it lacking anything I needed.

I have been having an on-going problem trying to get Firefox to play videos. Often
I'll click a link only to get a black screen, and very often I'll get a window
popping up telling me my 'Flash Player' isn't working. I've reloaded the damn thing a
dozen times, but that's never seemed to help.

HOWEVER - when I tried to get that window to pop up just now, by clicking on various
links, I couldn't get it. Maybe installing and uninstalling Chrome fixed my Firefox
problem.

Or, maybe I just need a new computer!

===

Doubtful that it's really a computer hardware issue although a new
computer would no doubt give your software environment a fresh start.
I had ongoing problems with Firefox videos for a while and went
through some of the same gyrations. Most often if a video would not
open I'd just reload the page on Internet Explorer and play it there.
Eventually it just cleared up and I'm not sure why. Between the
browser, browser extensions, firewall, anti-virus, and ad blocker
software, there are a lot of hidden interactions that can be really
difficult to troubleshoot. I think some of Apple's success is based
on standardization through limiting user choices. I'd really like to
see the video content providers standardize their formats so you'd
only need to solve the problem once.