Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Uninstall Firefox
BernardGoldberg.com ^ | April 8, 2014 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 04/08/2014 7:40:23 AM PDT by SJackson

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140141-146 next last
To: SJackson

First they don’t let you go out at night, then they don’t let you associate, then they brand you, then they don’t let you sell or buy freely, then they put you in a designated area, then they put you on a train for “to have sandwiches for lunch” for the greater good.


101 posted on 04/08/2014 9:33:44 AM PDT by cornelis
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeugma

If I can find the Remove It Permanently or YARIP extension for Opera, I’d have a much better time of converting. As it is, I use those to clean up a bunch of regular web pages I visit. Without that extension, the web just isn’t the same.


102 posted on 04/08/2014 9:34:02 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 100 | View Replies]

To: Utilizer
Why not just hit "Save" ( [Ctrl] [S] ) and save it as an html, or "Save As" to save it as an html file with images or an mht file? Personally, I am not fond of pdf files and a plain vanilla html file can be viewed with any browser.

A pdf taken directly from the source is a document I cannot alter. It freezes the source in time and is proof that I did not alter its content. An html cannot do that.

103 posted on 04/08/2014 9:34:17 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare is Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 90 | View Replies]

To: SJackson
with the exception of Nazi Germany (which was a uniquely race-based totalitarianism, neither left nor right — while it rejected Marxist class-based struggle, it supported socialism (“Nazism” was short for National Socialism), every genocidal totalitarian regime of the 20th century was leftist.

Small point, late in the thread. The Nazis were leftists. I've been seeing this thought more and more lately. The predecessor party to the Nazi Socialists were the NSDAP, National Socialist Democratic Arbeiter (Worker's) Party. Go to Wikipedia, or better yet Jonah Goldberg's book "Liberal Fascism", and look at the 1924 Nazi Party electoral platform.

They WERE leftists, just of a different stripe.

104 posted on 04/08/2014 9:38:16 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (The question of our age is whether a majority of Americans can and will vote us all into slavery.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeugma

I’ve downloaded Pale Moon and it uses firefox everything


105 posted on 04/08/2014 9:39:21 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 100 | View Replies]

To: ari-freedom

right, I should have added, I don’t exactly think Samsung is like Republicans, but it is more correct than saying Apple is like Republicans.


106 posted on 04/08/2014 9:39:39 AM PDT by Blue Highway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 98 | View Replies]

To: ShadowAce

Neither, technically.

Could I use it with XP and still find some protection?


107 posted on 04/08/2014 9:40:48 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: ShadowAce
If I can find the Remove It Permanently or YARIP extension for Opera, I’d have a much better time of converting.

What are you attempting to remove? Ads or popups? AdBlocker and Ghostery work on Opera. Cookies or History? Look under the Preferences settings and set to either block or remove-after-exiting-Opera. Or perhaps the Readability addon might help.

108 posted on 04/08/2014 9:42:02 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 102 | View Replies]

To: mountainlion
No--It would take the place of XP.

You *can* install it alongside of XP, in some spare disk space you are not using, or you can boot a LiveCD, which means the OS would run from the CD/DVD rather than your hard drive. This prevents any damage to your hard drive, but also makes the machine seem slower.

109 posted on 04/08/2014 9:43:12 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 107 | View Replies]

To: ThomasMore

Uninstalled this morning.


110 posted on 04/08/2014 9:44:10 AM PDT by Luke21
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Utilizer
RIP, and YARIP, can remove elements from a web page--permanently. For instance, on the Linux Today web site, I have removed a bunch of tables, and other frames, to clean up the look more, so I just see the content I want to see,

I use AdBlock Plus for ads, and NoScript for cookies/scripts in general.

111 posted on 04/08/2014 9:45:15 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 108 | View Replies]

To: Carry_Okie
A pdf taken directly from the source is a document I cannot alter. It freezes the source in time and is proof that I did not alter its content.

Hmmm. Guess I must have missed something in the past. I know that not too long ago I was running a program to edit pdf files, but I am pretty sure that was a linux thing so perhaps not everyone could do it. Even if the file was set as Not Changeable (or whatever it was called) I could just take a screenshot then OCR the text and copy out the pics. Save it to an rtf file and set it up as I wished then re-save it in any other format I chose -even a pdf.

Probably why I disliked working with pdf files so much. Too much effort to work with the files.

112 posted on 04/08/2014 9:50:03 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 103 | View Replies]

To: Utilizer
I know that not too long ago I was running a program to edit pdf files, but I am pretty sure that was a linux thing so perhaps not everyone could do it.

I edit pdf files too, but they are text. These are image files and not text. If I changed them, the metadata would indicate that.

113 posted on 04/08/2014 9:53:32 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare is Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 112 | View Replies]

To: SJackson

I’m going to pose a question, in response to this “burn the books” hysteria.

Everybody is screaming, “Dump Firefox!”

Has it occured to you, that might be what is really desired?
To have everybody, by choice, run to one of those other browsers, to beef up their own business?

WHAT ARE —THEIR— POLITICS?

Someone this week had written that Firefox cannot get completely separate from Google, or did you catch that? So, if you run to Google Chrome, you are just choosing another Google product. Is that a win for you?

Someone this week has written that there is hypocrisy among other Mozilla execs, as well, or did you catch THAT?

As for me, queers have NO other “special rights”, than those already laid out in The Bill of Rights. This “being offended” crap, is just that. They can’t accept that, they can come and find me!

In closing, I am not going to be jumping all over the software boards, to get “the one that the rest of you approve”, just because of some uppity queers. I’ve got better things to do with my life.


114 posted on 04/08/2014 9:55:03 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eaker

Ping for later.


115 posted on 04/08/2014 10:02:43 AM PDT by Eaker (Sweat dries, blood clots and bones heal so suck it up buttercup.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: ShadowAce
I see. The app called Readability does that, but not for all webpages and it does take an extra mouseclick to accomplish and after the page has finished loading. Quite effective in removing anything but the main article on a webpage so it is really quite helpful at times.

Perhaps some kind soul could take the time to look at how to create an Opera app with a bit more of the functionality you are looking for. The one I mentioned works well enough on this end, at least as much as I use it for.

116 posted on 04/08/2014 10:06:22 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 111 | View Replies]

To: Pearls Before Swine

Replaced FagFox with Pale Moon on two machines now, used the migration tool successfully both times, liking it so far.


117 posted on 04/08/2014 10:10:02 AM PDT by polymuser
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Carry_Okie
Hmmm. When I save a converted file to a pdf, the metadata shows it as being unchanged. Since it was created with a combination of text and pics and then saved as a pdf, as far as the metadata is concerned it is an original file and unchanged from its creation date.

But OK. I understand your preferences and thanks for the clarification. :)

118 posted on 04/08/2014 10:10:44 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 113 | View Replies]

To: Pearls Before Swine

IE works fine for me. Your choice.


119 posted on 04/08/2014 10:13:55 AM PDT by nomad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Terry L Smith

I have used mozilla all these years because I was loyal to what they stood for. Doing good as part of our code?

Now that they’ve shown themselves to be a bunch of douches, I have no reason to be loyal and will just focus on the technology. Since Pale Moon is 64 bit and firefox only 32, I can switch based on that.


120 posted on 04/08/2014 10:17:01 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 114 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140141-146 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson