I also want Firefox, yet, another "but"

[R. L.]

I installed Firefox for my friend, imagining the finest days
of being spyware free for her.

However, she likes to listening to music/audio and watching
video on the web. Firefox is not doing it right on the sites
she usually goes to.

The main thing that is troubling is that she can't get the
audio to "stream". Firefox download afx files (I think I have
the extension right, but I don't remember). It downloads it
all the way even being told not to (on a dial-up she wants to
listen to it without waiting for the file to be downloaded all
the way). Realplayer some how works better, but not in all
site. I am trying to work around it but if I can't get it to
work correctly(so far no luck), I have to let her to go back
to IE - that would be terrible!!



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[wald]

I installed Firefox for my friend, imagining the finest days
of being spyware free for her.

However, she likes to listening to music/audio and watching
video on the web. Firefox is not doing it right on the sites
she usually goes to.

Can't say anything from personal experience, I'd better test some
streaming video one of these days just to check it out
But maybe this can help:

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html

I am trying to work around it but if I can't get it to
work correctly(so far no luck), I have to let her to go back
to IE - that would be terrible!!

Agreed

Regards,
Wald

 

[scroob]

I installed Firefox for my friend, imagining the finest days
of being spyware free for her.

However, she likes to listening to music/audio and watching
video on the web. Firefox is not doing it right on the sites
she usually goes to.

It's not Firefox. It's because she doesn't have Firefox set up properly or
the programs that play the content set up to work with Firefox. More info
needed, like what is she trying to play?

 

[Conor]

I installed Firefox for my friend, imagining the finest days
of being spyware free for her.

However, she likes to listening to music/audio and watching
video on the web. Firefox is not doing it right on the sites
she usually goes to.

The main thing that is troubling is that she can't get the
audio to "stream". Firefox download afx files (I think I have
the extension right, but I don't remember). It downloads it
all the way even being told not to (on a dial-up she wants to
listen to it without waiting for the file to be downloaded all
the way). Realplayer some how works better, but not in all
site. I am trying to work around it but if I can't get it to
work correctly(so far no luck), I have to let her to go back
to IE - that would be terrible!!

Works fine for me but you have to download and install the players such
as the Quicktime player. Those players then install the correct files
in Moz/Firefox. With IE it is done in the background so you think IE
plays everything.

 

[Chaos Master]

Chaos happened and R. L. said:

The main thing that is troubling is that she can't get the
audio to "stream". Firefox download afx files (I think I have
the extension right, but I don't remember). It downloads it
all the way even being told not to (on a dial-up she wants to
listen to it without waiting for the file to be downloaded all
the way). Realplayer some how works better, but not in all
site. I am trying to work around it but if I can't get it to
work correctly(so far no luck), I have to let her to go back
to IE - that would be terrible!!

There are some plug-ins to allow streaming in Firefox. You'd be better asking
in alt.fan.mozilla or netscape.public.mozilla.plugins. But some streaming
sites are made only for IE. Personal experience while trying to get some
streaming working on my Linux machine.

[]s

 

[R. L.]

"R. L."
<(removethis)ringomeinew@_hot_mail_.YOU_KNOW_THE_REST>
wrote:

Can't say anything from personal experience, I'd better
test some streaming video one of these days just to check
it out But maybe this can help:

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html

Thank you, will check it out. Hopefully it will work out.

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[R. L.]

Chaos happened and R. L. said:

There are some plug-ins to allow streaming in Firefox.
You'd be better asking in alt.fan.mozilla or
netscape.public.mozilla.plugins. But some streaming sites
are made only for IE. Personal experience while trying to
get some streaming working on my Linux machine.

[]s

Thanks, I have posted to fan.mozilla. Hope that I could get
some help and can totally dump firefox for my friend

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[R. L.]

It's not Firefox. It's because she doesn't have Firefox set
up properly or the programs that play the content set up to
work with Firefox. More info needed, like what is she
trying to play?

I just make a new post to both here and the mozilla fan group
with more accurate information on the problem. I double check
the site she wants to go and it was the asf files. She is using
98 but the same thing happen with my XP, too.

Here is the file she tried to access:
http://media.llc.org.tw/Worship/Tai/T040801.asf




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[Dennis Roark]

Chaos happened and R. L. said:

There are some plug-ins to allow streaming in Firefox.
You'd be better asking in alt.fan.mozilla or
netscape.public.mozilla.plugins. But some streaming sites
are made only for IE. Personal experience while trying to
get some streaming working on my Linux machine.

[]s

Thanks, I have posted to fan.mozilla. Hope that I could get
some help and can totally dump firefox for my friend

You could also go to the extremely active and helpful (mozilla and
firefox) forums for firefox support:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/

Most working with firefox hang out there instead of in the newsgroups to
receive and offer help.


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[R. L.]

Chaos happened and R. L. said:
[snipped]
how works better, but not in all site. I am trying to
work around it but if I can't get it to work

[snipped]

Thanks, I have posted to fan.mozilla. Hope that I could
get some help and can totally dump firefox for my friend

You could also go to the extremely active and helpful
(mozilla and firefox) forums for firefox support:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/

Most working with firefox hang out there instead of in the
newsgroups to receive and offer help.

Thanks! A good bookmark to have




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[peter online]

[..] about asf files: errible!!

Works fine for me but you have to download and install the players such
as the Quicktime player. [...]

I bet he has a few players on board, but how about this:
I would go to preferences - Helper Applications - and add the program you
want to use for that extension, e.g. Media Player Classic or Windows
M-Player.

 

[peter online]

Speaking of Firefox, I don't want to add a new Firefox thread,
so I allow myself to add a question here about the title bar:

In Firefox 0.8 I had a wonderful extension to add several icons with
links to start programs from the title bar: There is lots of space right
from the help icon. Screenshot here:
http://p-fritz.net/firefox.gif
How can I get them back in Firefox 0.9.3??

Maybe it isn't an extension, but a setting in this menu to create a new
toolbar, look here: http://p-fritz.net/firefox_toolbar.gif

See the field at the top right from 'help'?
What do I have to type in that field: 'enter a name for this toolbar'??
In the toolbar I could right click - and add programs ...

Of course I asked people at groups like
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mozilla-firefox/
and found nothing at http://forums.mozillazine.org/

Thank you in advance!

 

[Aaron]

Speaking of Firefox, I don't want to add a new Firefox thread,
so I allow myself to add a question here about the title bar:

In Firefox 0.8 I had a wonderful extension to add several icons with
links to start programs from the title bar: There is lots of space right
from the help icon. Screenshot here:
http://p-fritz.net/firefox.gif
How can I get them back in Firefox 0.9.3??

Maybe it isn't an extension, but a setting in this menu to create a new
toolbar, look here: http://p-fritz.net/firefox_toolbar.gif

See the field at the top right from 'help'?
What do I have to type in that field: 'enter a name for this toolbar'??
In the toolbar I could right click - and add programs ...

Try using the extension "toolbar enhancements".

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/clav/