Just use Firefox and stop worrying about it.
Nathan Wajsman
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On May 30, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> I'm about up to -! here with some browsers !!
>
> I've hated MS Internet Exploder since I don't know when, mainly because it
> always seemed to be trying to control me, and I have uninstalled it as far as
> I seem to be able to.
> Older versions of Opera are very fast and generally do exactly as asked, but
> can't handle the code used by some sites, such as facebook; and I am given
> to understand they pose some kind of security risk. So I try and use them
> judiciously.
>
> Mozilla seems to spend much of its time trying to second-guess my
> intentions especially when navigating around my computer directories, and
> so wastes a huge amount of my time while it makes the computer hang.
> Chrome, which I use very little, seems to do something the same. I see it
> uses streaming updates, which is possibly all the near continuous uploading
> and downloading when I'm using broadband, and which slows things to a
> crawl.
> Sometimes in a fit of frustration I just pull the broadband plug out in the
> hope
> I break something. I think that works because I don't seem to see a repeat
> of that activity for a while. If I click "disconnect" it takes forever, and I
> suspect it is just tidying up its affairs while it thinks about disconnecting.
>
> I have killed many of the auto-updates that I don't think are of
> significance,
> using Bob P's excellent program.
>
> Bob mentioned Safari as a good ( only? ) alternative. I think I'll give that
> a
> shot.
>
> Avast and Malwarebytes reveal nothing sinister on my machine, but I'm not
> totally convinced that there is nothing sinister taking place. I wonder if my
> machine sometimes has been taken over by someone using it for other
> purposes - there is such a high packet-count going both ways - in and out.
>
> If I switch to dialup, most of the nonsense stops. But it takes forever then
> to
> view your images on many of the web-sites used; there is such a large
> overhead cost in the form of clever-clogs code.
>
> At last that's off my chest. !
>
> Brian Swale.
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