Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:14:45 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> Cc: frank@shute.org.uk, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox crashes on yahoo.com Message-ID: <20090628141445.GA59572@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4A4777D3.5030301@gmail.com> References: <4A45D1C5.9060508@gmail.com> <20090628081953.GA41840@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4A472FAB.4090305@gmail.com> <20090628103408.GA42130@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A4777D3.5030301@gmail.com>
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--M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 07:31:55PM +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > I traced the problem. It's related to flash. When I disable the=20 > flash plugin, Firefox works smoothly. > > I suspect a lot of sites are using a new version of flash, which=20 > doesn't go down well with the existing browsers. Are you using the linux-flashplugin? You could try graphics/gnash as a flash plugin. If it crashes it doesn't take your browser with it. And it is open source. It doesn't work with all flash sites, but e.g. youtube works. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpHetUACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVz9QCfZAP8NHdJUO3sLdY8x9nJL1hG WXYAnRbXmbSsoFUkEG+iW4w/+KTigFiU =qLZI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO--
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