Yes, I know I should use Firefox.
Anyway, about half the time I link out to some story on letsrun, explorer freezes completely. No other website is doing this to me, or has ever done this to me, so I don't think it's any Explorer setting. Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone have any idea why this is occuring like something wrong the letsrun site itself?
Simple. Letsrun is a time sink. Explorer naturally recognizes that, and helpfully maximizes the amount of unproductive time you spend on the site.
Alternatively, as you've already figured out, you could switch to a better browser. Of course, if you're on a work-issued computer, the freezing is due to the time your computer is taking pictures of your screen and sending it to your boss.
letsrun is frustrating wrote:
Yes, I know I should use Firefox.
I use Firefox, and it's actually been happening to me too. My browser will freeze up, and for about 30-60 seconds my laptop sounds like it's laboring hard to do something, then suddenly the browser disappears. No "an error has occurred, would you like to shut this down?" type message. Just no more browser open.
Only happens on Letsrun.
letsrun is frustrating wrote:
Yes, I know I should use Firefox.
No offense, but you should try to avoid buying into the trendy hype quite so easily. Both Firefox and Internet Explorer have their pros & cons, but IE is actually superior in both security and stability.
Probably an issue with ad scripts...f***ing cripple this site at times. F'ing brojos!
Computer Guru wrote:
letsrun is frustrating wrote:Yes, I know I should use Firefox.
No offense, but you should try to avoid buying into the trendy hype quite so easily. Both Firefox and Internet Explorer have their pros & cons, but IE is actually superior in both security and stability.
Yeah, and Glenn Beck is the most credible talk show host on the air.
Computer Guru wrote:
No offense, but you should try to avoid buying into the trendy hype quite so easily. Both Firefox and Internet Explorer have their pros & cons, but IE is actually superior in both security and stability.
Did you really say that? wrote:
Yeah, and Glenn Beck is the most credible talk show host on the air.
Similar to the classic Justin Long "I'm a Mac" commercials: definitely funny, but have you noticed how they are typically devoid of facts?
I can appreciate an amusing analogy as much as the next guy, but next time you should probably do your homework before you post. The evidence is rather compelling. Here is one study that was published within the last week:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8489There's no doubt that Firefox is a terrific web browser, noticably more feature-rich than Internet Explorer. But when in comes to security features, it is lagging behind IE8.
CR says use IE only when web pages require them. CR says IE and Windows is ransomware. CR says use FF, Opera, Chromium instead since they are developed by engineers on Unix/Linux. CR says that Unix/Linux is the OS that runs in the LCD, hard drive, graphics card, Digital TV, USB controller, digital cameras, video cameras, cable modems, DSL modems, Tivo, Satellite Box, Comcast box, cell phones, cars, oil tankers, airplanes, nuclear power plants, oil refineries, space shuttle, Hubble Telescope, spy satellites (incl Iran, China, India, Russia, etc.), cat scan, laproscopic surgery devices, etc.
Consumers Reports wrote:
CR says
Dude, I ALWAYS check Consumer Reports for computer advice. They are so 1337!!!
i nearly got a trjoan virus from letsrun
I got a virus 3 times on my work computer from letsrun before I figured out it was from letsrun.
CR has computer scientists and engineers.
Huh. Well I ALWAYS get my computer advice from CCR.
It jives. Inside the PC & Mac, the little PCI/PCIe boards, sim cards, hard disc drives, DVD drives, express cards, pcmcia cards, pen drives, graphics chips, etc. have a separate little computer inside that runs the Unix OS. Google Chrome, Opera, Thunderbird, Fire Fox are all developed with Linux, a Unix derivative. That's why they run forever, don't crash, and arent't full of security flaws, viruses, and adware.
Computer Guru wrote:
Computer Guru wrote:No offense, but you should try to avoid buying into the trendy hype quite so easily. Both Firefox and Internet Explorer have their pros & cons, but IE is actually superior in both security and stability.
Did you really say that? wrote:
Yeah, and Glenn Beck is the most credible talk show host on the air.
Similar to the classic Justin Long "I'm a Mac" commercials: definitely funny, but have you noticed how they are typically devoid of facts?
I can appreciate an amusing analogy as much as the next guy, but next time you should probably do your homework before you post. The evidence is rather compelling. Here is one study that was published within the last week:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8489There's no doubt that Firefox is a terrific web browser, noticably more feature-rich than Internet Explorer. But when in comes to security features, it is lagging behind IE8.
I'll take my chances with Firefox plus NoScript and ABP. IE8 is a bloated POS and like every other piece of software churned out by Microsoft it will have major vulnerabilities when all is said and done
Makes sense wrote:
That's why (Firefox) run forever, don't crash, and arent't full of security flaws...
The facts say otherwise.
dmb wrote:
IE8 is a bloated POS and like every other piece of software churned out by Microsoft it will have major vulnerabilities...
Is the nominal advantage in browsing speed within Firefox really that beneficial if it comes along with inferior security? Needless to say the choice is yours, but personally I tend to avoid using a crystal ball when I pass along computer-related advice.
To be fair, it's none of the browser's fault. The brojos are displaying some ads that just downright are not done properly and have some programming error so they just hog resources and make the process crash.
Get rid of the bogus ads, brojos! And while you're at it, sell some freaking t-shirts.
There's many good browsers since browsing is old technology. Use Firefox, Opera, Chrome, etc. always and then IE if you have to due to shit websites that make you use IE because of the assholes at Microsoft.
emes wrote:
i nearly got a trjoan virus from letsrun
me too, on more than one occasion. started happening when the brojos littered this site with ads.