Firefox ... Good? Bad?

[Cinjin]

I downloaded Firefox because I was told it had good security and blah blah blah.

So basically I need to know if this was a good choice or if I should try again as it were.


and two ... and this is stupid ...

but, my cursor is constantly jumping around my screen while I'm typing. Sometimes moving to my pointer, sometimes a tab button ... Very Annoying!
I've never had this problem before with any other browsers and I'm wondering is their something I can toggle off or reset or chuck through a window pane.


Anyone?
I'm a construction superintendent ... computer jargon is only somewhat familiar to me. I could use some assist.

[Tiberius]

This doesn't sound like Firefox behaviour to me. I've never had any problems with it; it is (in my opinion) the best of all the browsers on the market. In 2nd place comes Google Chrome, so if Firefox isn't working well for you, try that.

That said, if the cursor is jumping around the screen I would think that is probably a deeper computer issue. Firefox has no reason to move your cursor, nor does it have any code for doing so. It is likely some kind of error in your OS or a virus.

Also, this forum is for questions / problems with the forums. If you want to ask questions concerning computing, use the "Technology & Computing" forum.

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[Cinjin]

This doesn't sound like Firefox behaviour to me. I've never had any problems with it; it is (in my opinion) the best of all the browsers on the market. In 2nd place comes Google Chrome, so if Firefox isn't working well for you, try that.

That said, if the cursor is jumping around the screen I would think that is probably a deeper computer issue. Firefox has no reason to move your cursor, nor does it have any code for doing so. It is likely some kind of error in your OS or a virus.

Also, this forum is for questions / problems with the forums. If you want to ask questions concerning computing, use the "Technology & Computing" forum.

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Thank you.

[Gawdzilla]

Sounds like the computer's being too helpful. Check your "Ease of Access" settings.

[Jaysyn]

I've been using Firefox since it was Phoenix 1.0 & have never seen that kind of behavior from it. You should also check out these extensions to really lock down your browser.

Other handy extensions:

Invisiblehand - automatically find the cheapest prices if you shop online.

IE Tab+ - useful for those (now thankfully) rare websites that require you to use IE.

Greasemonkey & Greasefire - let you use small bits of javascript to modify how websites work or are displayed on your browser. One of my favorite Greasemonkey scripts is RIAARadar. It helps me avoid RIAA artists while shopping for music online. Yeah, I'm that guy.

Image Zoom - lets you zoom in & out of images on the web.

New Tab King - changes the default blank tab to show a preview of your most visited websites, similar to Chromium.

Forecastfox Weather - configurable weather updates in your status bar.

AdBlock Plus - browse the web add free. This is doubly useful as it will also keep some rogue banner ads from being ran / viewed on your browser.

Foxytunes - lets you control nearly any media player directly from Firefox.

FireFTP - a nice FTP client built right into Firefox.

DownThemAll - adds a built in download manager to Firefox.

United States English Spellchecker - exactly what is says on the box

[Cinjin]

Thank you both Zilla and Jay

[Tiberius]

Since we're on the subject, here is a shameless plug of a security / privacy article I wrote about Firefox Add-ons.

http://cryptogasm.com/2011/05/best-secur...r-firefox/

[Jaysyn]

Since we're on the subject, here is a shameless plug of a security / privacy article I wrote about Firefox Add-ons.

http://cryptogasm.com/2011/05/best-secur...r-firefox/

Yeah, that was the first link in my post, I should have been a bit more clear.

[HeyItsZeus]

Firefox works well but only if you use add-ons like Auto Pager and stuff like that.

[DanielSchaffiro]

I have a question, and I'm almost certain it's Firefox related...

I upgraded recently to Firefox 4. I also have the Google toolbar installed. Not sure if it's relevant, but anyway. I go to Google's home page or use the tool bar and type in a search query, like "Hello Kitty" for example. Then I decide to search for "Hello dog" next. But when I hit enter (or click the search button) it takes me back to the "Hello Kitty" search results. I have to close the browser (or window), and start a new search all over again . In IE, I have no problems. Ideas?