General software updates

[zappaDPJ]

I'm still looking at but I think it's happened as a result of a bug fix and that it's working as intended

[Gary]

iTunes 11.1 for those that need it came out last night. If you are using iOS7 you need it.

[Ray]

Firefox 24 released

[Simon]

Oh good.  Another sodding update. 

[Ray]

 

[pctech]

We'll be on Firefox 42 by December

[Lona]

I've had it with Firefox as can't get to work on this forum.  I've tried all the font sizes and can't see a zoom button.  Forum displays fine on Internet Explorer so thinking of uninstalling firefox.

[Simon]

Have you tried a new profile in Firefox, Lona?

[Lona]

Where do you find new profile.?

[Simon]

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles.

But don't delete your old one or you will lose all your Bookmarks.

[Lona]

I don't have any old profiles as I re-installed windows so I would need to select default which as you said would perhaps lose all my bookmarks that I created. 
I've dragged the zoom icon to the taskbar so using that at the moment as the font resizing  just makes no difference.

[Simon]

The default profile is the one in use now.  If you use the Profile Manager to create a new profile, then you can switch to that new profile, and retain the old one, thus saving the data (Bookmarks, etc).  If the new profile solves the problem, you can then simply copy over the Bookmarks from the old profile.  It's like having two versions of Firefox.

But, on that page I linked to, there seems to be an easier method which might be worth a try:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems

Other than that, I don't really know what else to suggest. 

[Gary]

I've had it with Firefox as can't get to work on this forum.  I've tried all the font sizes and can't see a zoom button.  Forum displays fine on Internet Explorer so thinking of uninstalling firefox.

On my Mac its view zoom + or - its that simple, but the default fonts are fine. Its worth exporting your bookmarks to a HTML file so you can reinstall all of them in one go if you reinstall Firefox. starting a new profile is very easy.

[Lona]

The default profile is the one in use now.  If you use the Profile Manager to create a new profile, then you can switch to that new profile, and retain the old one, thus saving the data (Bookmarks, etc).  If the new profile solves the problem, you can then simply copy over the Bookmarks from the old profile.  It's like having two versions of Firefox.

But, on that page I linked to, there seems to be an easier method which might be worth a try:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems

Other than that, I don't really know what else to suggest. 

Thanks Simon. I've reset Firefox and it saved all my bookmarks but still tiny font in idnetters so for now just using the zoom feature as I don't want to muck about again changing the font size.

[Simon]

In which case, I can only suggest that it must be a Windows setting somewhere, that's affecting Firefox font sizes, as the forum displays the same in my Firefox, as it does in IE, and that's using Windows 7.  I believe Windows will remember the zoom setting for individual websites, so that may be your easiest solution, Lona. 

[Ray]

Have you got the Menu bar enabled on your Firefox, Lona? I don't think its enabled by default, if you have got it visible you should be seeing this if you click on 'View'

[Clive]

Switch to Chrome Lona.  It's  the best thing I ever did.  Mrs Clive was a big fan of Firefox but it started to give her problems around a year ago and I persuaded her to switch.  She reckons it's the best browser she's ever used.  Remember, FF never gets better, it just gets worse with each update! 

[Lona]

In which case, I can only suggest that it must be a Windows setting somewhere, that's affecting Firefox font sizes, as the forum displays the same in my Firefox, as it does in IE, and that's using Windows 7.  I believe Windows will remember the zoom setting for individual websites, so that may be your easiest solution, Lona. 

You are correct Simon. I found the dpi setting and changed it to larger and all is well now.  I don't need to zoom as all sites are readable.

[Simon]

[Baz]

this topic hasnt had many posts in a while 

Had a firefox update yesterday new look and lay out but I didnt stay long to get used to it as a lot of my add ons werent compatable so rolled back

[Gary]

this topic hasnt had many posts in a while 

Had a firefox update yesterday new look and lay out but I didnt stay long to get used to it as a lot of my add ons weren't compatible so rolled back

Unless you are using ESR release the security updates you have not had patched will leave you very vulnerable,  Id wait for add ons to catch up tbh browser is front line for attacks along with flash and java etc.

[zappaDPJ]

iTunes 11.3 just installed on my PC.

[Simon]

I'm sure they only change the version number. 

[zappaDPJ]

 

[pctech]

Firefox updated to 34.0