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| Subject: | Re: Twitching OT |
| Group: | Mozilla-support-firefox |
| From: | sean.bean |
| Date: | 9 May 2008 |
Herb wrote:
> On 09.05.2008 16:39 UK Time, sean.bean wrote:
>> Herb wrote:
>>> On 08.05.2008 16:23 UK Time, Jim S wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 14:48:09 +0100, Herb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 08.05.2008 12:50 UK Time, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyhoo
>>>>> Nice one :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> > it seems to be associated with Forecastfox l10n add-on (see other
>>>>>> thread)
>>>>>> I have uninstalled that and installed plain old Forecastfox which
>>>>>> seems to
>>>>>> be ok (except forecasts on Accuweather are not as accurate as
>>>>>> Weather.com
>>>>>> here in the UK.)
>>>>> I didn't follow the other thread, but I use Accuweather via
>>>>> ForecastFox and I'm generally quite happy with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is this 10n thingy?
>>>>
>>>> It's a different Forecastfox using Weather.com as its source of data.
>>>> See here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2024
>>>
>>> Thanks, although I suppose I better wait for the twitching to subside
>>> before I try it :-)
>>>
>>
>> do you have adblock or noscript installed...? they both cause
>> twitching...
>
> Thanks, but it's Jim who's suffering from twitching, not me :-)
>
> Having read Jim's comments about Forecastfox I was mereley tempted to
> try the l10n add-on but decided to stick with Accuweather for the time
> being because according to Jim l10n is the twitching culprit.
>
> Anyway, in answer to your question re. adblock, I used to have it but
> got rid of it in FF a while back because through a comment from Lee's in
> another thread I came to the conclusion that it is is overkill for my
> purposes.
>
> FWIW, and veering seriously OT, I now use the Firefox FlashBlock add-on
> recommended by Lee instead and can recommend it (see
> <http://flashblock.mozdev.org/>).
>
> FlashBlock only deals with Flash. It prevents all Flash content from
> loading and leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click
> to download and then view the Flash content - in other words it gives
> you control over which Flash animations you want to see.
>
> Why did I find Adblock overkill, you may wonder: I often found that I
> was getting a rather different 'website experience' than others looking
> at the same website using Firefox without Adblock or Internet Explorer.
> This different perspective isn't always desirable because it can lead to
> misunderstandings.
>
> On balance I found that I prefer having non-flash adverts etc. switched
> on, although I minimise the nuisance level of the most annoying (i.e.
> animated) adverts by only letting animations run once (rather than over
> and over again, which is the default). I can't quite remember where the
> setting is for this, but I can look it up if you are interested.
>
i've decided to uninstall all extensions except foxmarks...
being behind a router firewall... i'm feeling fairly secure... the
twitching was far more annoying than anything the ads were doing...
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