Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/8/2015 6:09 AM, 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!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Firefox prefers you don't use flashplayer due to various security
issues. Also Firefox requires it's own specific flash player plug in to
play flash videos.

Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/8/2015 6:10 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?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Oftentimes Chrome is piggybacked onto other installations and updates. I
think Flash player and Adobe are two of offenders. Google must pay them
to do it.

Google Chrome woes
 

On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:58:28 -0400, wrote:

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.

Your 'most often' solution is also what I do. PITA.

But Chrome was much worse!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/8/2015 7:09 AM, 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!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


John, try this:

Next time you have a problem loading or watching a video using Firefox,
hold down the "shift" key and, at the same time, click on the "reload
current page" icon. It's the half, counterclockwise circle with an
arrow in the right side of the URL address field.

What this does is bypasses the "cache" and stops your computer from
trying to load it into the cache. Once in a while I've had a video that
will start and stop a bit when playing. I just do the above and
it then works fine.

Google Chrome woes
 

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

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

It is just about as easy to reload windoze as it is to start over with
a new computer. You get most of the benefits when it is a soft ware
problem and the hassle factor is about the same.
Usually the problem is all the crap that gets loaded and some software
will not play well; with others.

If you had an image of the machine when it was new, this is very easy
to do.

You might try going to system restore and loading the oldest check
point you have.

I just loaded a machine for my new TV with XP SP3, the 100+ updates,
the latest firefox, flash and silverlight. Everything I have tried to
play so far, works.

Google Chrome woes
 

On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 07:21:06 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:


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

I have a guest computer for the kids and I keep an image from when it
was working that I could quickly load if they got a nasty virus on it.
It is plugged into the "outside" router that is firewalled from my
"home" router. That is also where the WiFi connects.

Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/8/2015 10:24 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 07:17:44 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 10/8/2015 6:09 AM, 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!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Firefox prefers you don't use flashplayer due to various security
issues. Also Firefox requires it's own specific flash player plug in to
play flash videos.

Well which plugin is it? I'll go on a search. I love searches, as long as there's no
booby-traps.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Look on the Mozilla site.

Google Chrome woes
 

On 10/8/15 10:19 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:09:27 -0400, John H.
wrote:

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

It is just about as easy to reload windoze as it is to start over with
a new computer. You get most of the benefits when it is a soft ware
problem and the hassle factor is about the same.
Usually the problem is all the crap that gets loaded and some software
will not play well; with others.

If you had an image of the machine when it was new, this is very easy
to do.

You might try going to system restore and loading the oldest check
point you have.

I just loaded a machine for my new TV with XP SP3, the 100+ updates,
the latest firefox, flash and silverlight. Everything I have tried to
play so far, works.



Sometimes it is easier to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windoze from
scratch. I decided not to trash my wife's old computer...the hard drive
was bad...so I picked up a new HD and reinstalled Windoze from a thumb
drive I got from Dell. It'll be the computer we have available for
"guests."

Google Chrome woes
 

On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 07:17:44 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 10/8/2015 6:09 AM, 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!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Firefox prefers you don't use flashplayer due to various security
issues. Also Firefox requires it's own specific flash player plug in to
play flash videos.

Well which plugin is it? I'll go on a search. I love searches, as long as there's no
booby-traps.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Google Chrome woes
 

On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 09:24:35 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/8/2015 7:09 AM, 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!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


John, try this:

Next time you have a problem loading or watching a video using Firefox,
hold down the "shift" key and, at the same time, click on the "reload
current page" icon. It's the half, counterclockwise circle with an
arrow in the right side of the URL address field.

What this does is bypasses the "cache" and stops your computer from
trying to load it into the cache. Once in a while I've had a video that
will start and stop a bit when playing. I just do the above and
it then works fine.


Thanks. I saved that in case I need it. Will let you know if I use it.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!