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Re: Keeping firefox up to date

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On 2016-08-15, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:

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> Some where about 6 weeks back I wound up with both, and I don't seem
> to be able to make the -esr version work as default, it runs the
> 47.0.1 version anyway.  But wheezy is stuck on the older version.  And
> I don't care which is running, 5 minutes on the nbcnews.com site and I
> have to go find the screen htop is running on to kill it.

Javascript and flash are the most likely culprits. Consider disabling
them or using the noscript extension[1] to disable them
selectively.

1: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/xul-ext-noscript

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Liam

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Keeping firefox up to date Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-14 21:50 +0200
  Re: Keeping firefox up to date Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-08-14 22:20 +0200
    Re: Keeping firefox up to date Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-14 23:40 +0200
      Re: Keeping firefox up to date Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-15 05:10 +0200
  Re: Keeping firefox up to date Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-14 22:30 +0200
    Re: Keeping firefox up to date Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-14 23:40 +0200
      Re: Keeping firefox up to date Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-15 00:10 +0200
        Re: Keeping firefox up to date Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-15 18:50 +0200
      Re: Keeping firefox up to date Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-08-15 12:20 +0200
        Re: Keeping firefox up to date Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-08-15 17:00 +0200
          Re: Keeping firefox up to date Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-15 17:30 +0200
            Re: Keeping firefox up to date Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-15 20:50 +0200
              Re: Keeping firefox up to date Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 02:40 +0200
            Re: Keeping firefox up to date Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 02:40 +0200
    Re: Keeping firefox up to date Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-15 05:00 +0200
      Re: Keeping firefox up to date Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-08-15 12:10 +0200
    Re: jonesasamoah2193_ You_are_PreAppr0ved q1Bj Jones Williams <jonesasamoah2193@gmail.com> - 2016-08-24 13:50 +0200

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