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Postby jw72253 » Fri May 11, 2012 1:10 am

Hello. I installed FlashGot in Firefox 12.0 on a Windows OS. I am reading the online documentation about it 8-) and tinkering with the settings in order to get a good feel for how it works in different circumstances. For the most part it looks pretty straighforward, but I do have a question or two. On the Advanced tab of its Options dialogue, in the upper section there is an "edit box" (I think that is what it's called, but I'm not sure.) showing a path to Temporary Directory with a Browse button next to it. What all does FlashGot put into that directory and is there any reason I cannot change it, as it would appear possible to do using the button? Does everything put in this folder come only from FlashGot? I was a bit surprised to see files from Firefox showing up in that location because I run Firefox in a sandbox and I was expecting that any files created by Flashgot would also end up in the sandbox too. Depending on your answer about whether I can move it, I am inclined to create this folder inside the sandbox for Firefox.

In that same Advanced tab there is a check box for "Automatic download manager detection", which at the moment is checked. I have been using the default download manager for Firefox. Does this box need to remain checked still, even after the initial detection has been made? I mean, can I uncheck it without a loss of functionality?

In the bottom section of the Advanced tab, there are some controls for looking at a Log. The checkbox to disable the log is by default unchecked so that the log should be created, at least that is how mine appeared. However, when I click on the button for "Show Log...", nothing happens. Where is this log and why do you suppose mine does not appear to be working? :? Thanks.
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby Giorgio Maone » Fri May 11, 2012 9:06 am

jw72253 wrote:On the Advanced tab of its Options dialogue, in the upper section there is an "edit box" (I think that is what it's called, but I'm not sure.) showing a path to Temporary Directory with a Browse button next to it. What all does FlashGot put into that directory and is there any reason I cannot change it, as it would appear possible to do using the button?

You can change it and actually you should if FlashGot is unable to work because of file permissions on the default Firefox temporary directory (which is its default).
jw72253 wrote:Does everything put in this folder come only from FlashGot? I was a bit surprised to see files from Firefox showing up in that location because I run Firefox in a sandbox and I was expecting that any files created by Flashgot would also end up in the sandbox too.

Files there may come from two distinct processes, Firefox.exe and FlashGot.exe. I suppose you sandboxed the former only, and I'm not sure whether spawned processes like the latter inherit the sandbox's constraints (even though it would make sense from a security perspective).
jw72253 wrote:In that same Advanced tab there is a check box for "Automatic download manager detection", which at the moment is checked. I have been using the default download manager for Firefox. Does this box need to remain checked still, even after the initial detection has been made? I mean, can I uncheck it without a loss of functionality?

If you use the built-in download manager and you don't plan to install 3rd party ones any time soon, you can disable it (just remember to manually check if you're actually going to install a new DM).
jw72253 wrote:In the bottom section of the Advanced tab, there are some controls for looking at a Log. The checkbox to disable the log is by default unchecked so that the log should be created, at least that is how mine appeared. However, when I click on the button for "Show Log...", nothing happens. Where is this log and why do you suppose mine does not appear to be working?

The log is in your Firefox profile, which I suppose your sandbox settings allow Firefox to write in (otherwise many things in the browser couldn't work), so I'm not sure of why the log doesn't appear. Any error message in your Error Console (Ctrl+Shift+J) when you press the button?
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby jw72253 » Fri May 11, 2012 9:43 pm

After pressing the Show Log button and immediately going into the Error Console, I saw the following, but it did not mean anything to me because I do not understand it:

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Timestamp: 5/11/2012 4:30:59 PM
Warning: WARN addons.manager: Exception calling callback: TypeError: MemFXChrome is undefined
Source File: chrome://memfx/content/mfxOverlay.js
Line: 1271

CC(T+244.2) collected: 5793 (5793 waiting for GC), suspected: 3792, duration: 16 ms.
ForgetSkippable 3 times before CC, min: 0 ms, max: 15 ms, avg: 5 ms, total: 15 ms, removed: 2455

GC(T+247.4) Type:Glob, Total:77.9, Wait:0.1, Mark:49.8, Sweep:21.8, FinObj:7.5, FinStr:0.3, FinScr:0.2, FinShp:2.6, DisCod:1.1, DisAnl:1.1, XPCnct:1.8, Destry:0.1, End:7.8, +Chu:0, -Chu:0, Reason:SET_NEW_DOCUMENT

CC(T+249.2) collected: 3706 (3706 waiting for GC), suspected: 743, duration: 16 ms.
ForgetSkippable 1 times before CC, min: 0 ms, max: 0 ms, avg: 0 ms, total: 0 ms, removed: 9

GC(T+253.3) Type:Glob, Total:83.8, Wait:0.2, Mark:64.1, Sweep:17.9, FinObj:5.8, FinStr:0.2, FinScr:0.1, FinShp:2.3, DisCod:0.8, DisAnl:0.7, XPCnct:1.7, Destry:0.1, End:3.1, +Chu:0, -Chu:0, Reason:CC_WAITING

CC(T+254.5) collected: 83 (83 waiting for GC), suspected: 1593, duration: 15 ms.
ForgetSkippable 4 times before CC, min: 0 ms, max: 0 ms, avg: 0 ms, total: 0 ms, removed: 695

GC(T+257.4) Type:Glob, Total:65.9, Wait:0.1, Mark:49.8, Sweep:15.5, FinObj:4.4, FinStr:0.1, FinScr:0.1, FinShp:2.0, DisCod:0.7, DisAnl:0.4, XPCnct:1.7, Destry:0.2, End:2.0, +Chu:0, -Chu:0, Reason:SET_NEW_DOCUMENT

CC(T+262.7) collected: 0 (0 waiting for GC), suspected: 249, duration: 16 ms.
ForgetSkippable 2 times before CC, min: 0 ms, max: 0 ms, avg: 0 ms, total: 0 ms, removed: 62

GC(T+297.6) Type:Glob, Total:69.3, Wait:0.1, Mark:51.0, Sweep:16.8, FinObj:5.2, FinStr:0.1, FinScr:0.1, FinShp:2.1, DisCod:0.8, DisAnl:0.4, XPCnct:1.7, Destry:0.1, End:2.9, +Chu:2, -Chu:0, Reason:MAYBEGC

CC(T+302.6) collected: 0 (0 waiting for GC), suspected: 95, duration: 16 ms.
ForgetSkippable 2 times before CC, min: 0 ms, max: 0 ms, avg: 0 ms, total: 0 ms, removed: 56

GC(T+337.7) Type:Glob, Total:86.9, Wait:0.5, Mark:66.1, Sweep:18.7, FinObj:5.7, FinStr:0.3, FinScr:0.2, FinShp:2.3, DisCod:0.9, DisAnl:0.6, XPCnct:2.2, Destry:0.2, End:3.5, +Chu:2, -Chu:2, Reason:MAYBEGC

CC(T+342.5) collected: 0 (0 waiting for GC), suspected: 248, duration: 0 ms.
ForgetSkippable 7 times before CC, min: 0 ms, max: 0 ms, avg: 0 ms, total: 0 ms, removed: 268
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby Giorgio Maone » Sat May 12, 2012 6:47 am

jw72253 wrote:After pressing the Show Log button and immediately going into the Error Console, I saw the following, but it did not mean anything to me because I do not understand it:

That stuff it's not related to FlashGot anyway.
Did you check whether running Firefox outside the sandbox lets the logs appear?
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby jw72253 » Mon May 14, 2012 7:28 pm

Yes, the same problem occurs whether I start Firefox in a sandbox or not. Clicking on the Log button has no affect. :cry:
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby therube » Tue May 15, 2012 4:37 am

> when I click on the button for "Show Log...", nothing happens

Is the log file, flashgot.log, actually created & updated, but just not opening for you?


And if you disable all other extensions?

Or easier, if as a test you create a new, clean, Profile & then only install FlashGot?
And then if need be, disable all plugins?


Example (partial) log:
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*** FlashGot 1.3.0.3rc1 started at Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:57:27 GMT ***
Per-session init started
Per-session init done in 4ms
C:\Mozilla\USERS\frog\FlashGot.exe created
Running C:\Mozilla\USERS\frog\FlashGot.exe -o C:\Local\frog\Temp\flashgot.frog\FlashGot.exe.test -- blocking
Native execution time 31
FlashGot Win Bridge 1.2.0.4

wxDownload Fast|BAD
unexpected unknown error!
...
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby jw72253 » Tue May 15, 2012 5:06 am

therube wrote:> when I click on the button for "Show Log...", nothing happens

Is the log file, flashgot.log, actually created & updated, but just not opening for you?

Yes, a log with this name is being created at "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\abcd1234.default" and here is the recent contents of it:

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   1568   *** FlashGot 1.4.4 started at Tue, 15 May 2012 02:00:13 GMT ***
   1569   Per-session init started
   1570   Per-session init done in 3ms
   1571   Running C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\abcd1234.default\FlashGot.exe -o C:\DOCUME~1\<usr>\LOCALS~1\Temp\flashgot.abcd1234.default\FlashGot.exe.test -- blocking
   1572   Native execution time 386
   1573   FlashGot Win Bridge 1.4.1.2
   1574   
   1575   wxDownload Fast|BAD
   1576   unexpected unknown error!
   1577   WellGet|BAD
   1578   unexpected unknown error!
   1579   Thunder (Old)|BAD
   1580   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1581   Thunder|BAD
   1582   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1583   TrueDownloader|BAD
   1584   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1585   Star Downloader|BAD
   1586   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1587   ReGet|BAD
   1588   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1589   Orbit|BAD
   1590   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1591   Net Transport 2|BAD
   1592   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1593   Net Transport|BAD
   1594   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1595   NetAnts|BAD
   1596   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1597   Mass Downloader|BAD
   1598   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1599   LeechGet|BAD
   1600   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1601   LeechGet 2002|BAD
   1602   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1603   Internet Download Manager|BAD
   1604   unexpected unknown error!
   1605   Internet Download Accelerator|BAD
   1606   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1607   InstantGet|BAD
   1608   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1609   HiDownload|BAD
   1610   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1611   GigaGet|BAD
   1612   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1613   GetRight|BAD
   1614   unexpected unknown error!
   1615   FreshDownload|BAD
   1616   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1617   Free Download Manager|BAD
   1618   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1619   FlashGet 2.x|BAD
   1620   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1621   FlashGet 2|BAD
   1622   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1623   FlashGet|BAD
   1624   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1625   Download Master|BAD
   1626   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1627   Download Accelerator Plus|BAD
   1628   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1629   BitComet|BAD
   1630   COM error: Incorrect function.
   1631   
   1632   Warning: download manager wxDownload Fast not found
   1633   No *X shell: Component returned failure code: 0x80520001 (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH) [nsILocalFile.initWithPath]
   1634   Warning: download manager Wget not found
   1635   Warning: download manager WellGet not found
   1636   Warning: download manager Uget not found
   1637   Warning: download manager TrueDownloader not found
   1638   Warning: download manager Thunder (Old) not found
   1639   Warning: download manager Thunder not found
   1640   Warning: download manager Steadyflow not found
   1641   Warning: download manager Star Downloader not found
   1642   Warning: download manager Speed Download Lite not found
   1643   Warning: download manager Speed Download not found
   1644   Warning: download manager Retriever not found
   1645   Warning: download manager ReGet not found
   1646   Warning: download manager Prozilla not found
   1647   Warning: download manager Orbit not found
   1648   Warning: download manager NetAnts not found
   1649   Warning: download manager Net Transport 2 not found
   1650   Warning: download manager Net Transport not found
   1651   Warning: download manager Mass Downloader not found
   1652   Warning: download manager LeechGet 2002 not found
   1653   Warning: download manager LeechGet not found
   1654   Warning: download manager Leech not found
   1655   Warning: download manager KDE KGet not found
   1656   Warning: download manager JDownloader not found
   1657   Warning: download manager Internet Download Manager not found
   1658   Warning: download manager Internet Download Accelerator not found
   1659   Warning: download manager InstantGet not found
   1660   Warning: download manager iGetter Win not found
   1661   Warning: download manager iGetter not found
   1662   Warning: download manager HiDownload not found
   1663   Warning: download manager GNOME Gwget not found
   1664   Warning: download manager GigaGet not found
   1665   Warning: download manager GetRight not found
   1666   Warning: download manager FreshDownload not found
   1667   Warning: download manager Free Download Manager not found
   1668   Warning: download manager Folx not found
   1669   Warning: download manager FlashGet 2.x not found
   1670   Warning: download manager FlashGet 2 not found
   1671   Warning: download manager FlashGet not found
   1672   Warning: download manager FatRat not found
   1673   Warning: download manager DTA (Turbo) not found
   1674   Warning: download manager DTA not found
   1675   Warning: download manager DownloadStudio not found
   1676   Warning: download manager Downloader 4 X (nt) not found
   1677   Warning: download manager Downloader 4 X not found
   1678   Warning: download manager Download Master not found
   1679   Warning: download manager Download Accelerator Plus not found
   1680   Warning: download manager cURL not found
   1681   Warning: download manager BitComet not found
   1682   Warning: download manager Axel not found
   1683   Warning: download manager Aria 2 not found
   1684   Warning: download manager Aria not found
   1685   Download managers detection done in 400ms
   1686   JDownloader response:
   1687   0
   1688   
   1689   Starting cleanup
   1690   Cleanup done
   1691   *** FlashGot 1.4.4 started at Tue, 15 May 2012 02:13:19 GMT ***
   1692   Per-session init started
   1693   Per-session init done in 8ms
   1694   Starting cleanup
   1695   Cleanup done
   1696   *** FlashGot 1.4.4 started at Tue, 15 May 2012 02:25:58 GMT ***
   1697   Per-session init started
   1698   Per-session init done in 9ms
   1699   Starting cleanup
   1700   Cleanup done
   1701   *** FlashGot 1.4.4 started at Tue, 15 May 2012 02:30:10 GMT ***
   1702   Per-session init started
   1703   Per-session init done in 10ms
   1704   Starting cleanup
   1705   Cleanup done



How big will this be allowed to get, can I control the level of detail, etc.? Thanks. :roll:
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby Tom T. » Tue May 15, 2012 5:29 am

Hi jw72253,

I don't intend to intrude on your discussion with Giorgio and therube, but you should know that every Firefox profile is assigned a more-or-less random identifier, which AFAIK is globally unique. (at least until they get up to almost 3 trillion profiles, when they'll either have to reuse some or add another character)

The pattern is eight alphanumeric characters, as b5509ne3, for example, and your first install on a given machine always has the suffix "default".
So I changed yours to an obviously-manufactured ID, for your own privacy.

(Save a few keystrokes: "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\" is always the default path on Win XP, and we can see your operating system and version, as does every other web site you visit, so just "... in my Profile folder" is good enough. :) )

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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby therube » Tue May 15, 2012 6:33 am

> How big will this be allowed to get, can I control the level of detail, etc.?

Pretty sure it is supposed to be automatically truncated at some point. But there is another thread about where it is not happening for some, myself included ;-).

Mine stands at 1 MB, starting back in July 2011, & running through today.
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grep -i -c "*** flashgot" flashgot.log

187
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball NoScript FlashGot AdblockPlus
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby jw72253 » Tue May 15, 2012 7:58 pm

Tom T. wrote:Hi jw72253,

I don't intend to intrude on your discussion with Giorgio and therube, but you should know that every Firefox profile is assigned a more-or-less random identifier, which AFAIK is globally unique. (at least until they get up to almost 3 trillion profiles, when they'll either have to reuse some or add another character)

The pattern is eight alphanumeric characters, as b5509ne3, for example, and your first install on a given machine always has the suffix "default".
So I changed yours to an obviously-manufactured ID, for your own privacy.

Hello, Tom. Thanks for the information. Help me understand how changing my profile's identifier would help me with maintaining privacy? I mean, in general what would I gain in changing it to something random? It seems to me that the profile identifier is not visible to others in any way, and changing it would not change that condition. :?:

(Save a few keystrokes: "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\" is always the default path on Win XP, and we can see your operating system and version, as does every other web site you visit, so just "... in my Profile folder" is good enough. :) )

If I wanted to spoof my user agent, I could do so. At this juncture, I have no compelling reason to do so, and this is only one of the browsers available for my use and only one of the OS. Thank you. ;)

Cheers.[/quote]
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby jw72253 » Tue May 15, 2012 8:49 pm

therube wrote:> How big will this be allowed to get, can I control the level of detail, etc.?

Pretty sure it is supposed to be automatically truncated at some point. But there is another thread about where it is not happening for some, myself included ;-).

Mine stands at 1 MB, starting back in July 2011, & running through today.
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grep -i -c "*** flashgot" flashgot.log

187


Does anything in the output of my log indicate a reason for why the "Show Log" button does not behave as it should? That it does not function properly is not a major problem for me because I can still get to it easily enough, but I am curious now. Also, there are a lot of effor messages in the log, and I am wondering whether their occurence is normal for others too or they indicate a problem in my configuration somehow? I can't imagine what would cause such a thing since I believe I used a standard installation with the defaults for the most part. Any ideas? :?
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby Tom T. » Wed May 16, 2012 6:36 am

Hello, Tom. Thanks for the information. Help me understand how changing my profile's identifier would help me with maintaining privacy? I mean, in general what would I gain in changing it to something random? It seems to me that the profile identifier is not visible to others in any way, and changing it would not change that condition. :?:

I don't personally know of a targeted exploit, or of a way for sites to obtain your profile # ("sniffing" can discover a lot of things, though NoScript probably would prevent most methods), or whether there is a database somewhere of which profile IDs were installed on which OS and version, which version of Fx, from which IP addresses, etc. (Search the web for "browser fingerprinting".) But being ultra-cautious (read, "paranoid" or "tinfoil hat" Image ;)) , I'd *personally* rather not post publicly anything that ties me uniquely to a certain browser profile. Just a thought. IMHO. YMMV.

As a guest, I don't think you can edit your posts, so if you want me to put the original back, just post it, and I will.
Tom T. wrote:(Save a few keystrokes: "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\" is always the default path on Win XP, and we can see your operating system and version, as does every other web site you visit, so just "... in my Profile folder" is good enough. :) )

If I wanted to spoof my user agent, I could do so. At this juncture, I have no compelling reason to do so, and this is only one of the browsers available for my use and only one of the OS. Thank you. ;)

I didn't say that it was a bad thing. The page has to know how to send code in the correct format. You might break pages by changing the OS in your UA.
I mentioned it only because we're on the same OS, so I knew the file path to the profile folder. They're slightly different in newer Windows, but in general, just trying to say that you don't need to type the full path to your profile, just say, "In my profile folder, I see x, y, and z.... "

The Useragent Switcher add-on didn't seem to mention changing OSs, and I'm not aware of any method to do so. It could certainly get in the way of troubleshooting if you're on one system, but your UA reads as another.

I too use several browsers, change IP addresses occasionally, etc. Sorry that the information was misread as a warning or something.
I guess it took more keystrokes to explain that than you would have used by typing the full path every time. :lol:

Cheers.
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby jw72253 » Wed May 16, 2012 7:41 am

Tom wrote: "I don't personally know of a targeted exploit, or of a way for sites to obtain your profile # ("sniffing" can discover a lot of things, though NoScript probably would prevent most methods), or whether there is a database somewhere of which profile IDs were installed on which OS and version, which version of Fx, from which IP addresses, etc. (Search the web for "browser fingerprinting".) But being ultra-cautious (read, "paranoid" or "tinfoil hat" Image ;)) , I'd *personally* rather not post publicly anything that ties me uniquely to a certain browser profile. Just a thought. IMHO. YMMV. "

You are making a good point about not wanting to get tied me to a particular profile, and I couldn't agee more. :) I asked mostly because I was curious whether there was something you were aware of like that, which I may not have been. We are 100% in agreement on this issue.

Tom wrote: "As a guest, I don't think you can edit your posts, so if you want me to put the original back, just post it, and I will."

No, please keep it as you did. If you would, also change the same profile showing on line 1571 of that same post. Let's just scrub it all, and I will try to be more careful. Thanks for that advice. :mrgreen:

Tom wrote: "You might break pages by changing the OS in your UA.
I mentioned it only because we're on the same OS, so I knew the file path to the profile folder. They're slightly different in newer Windows, but in general, just trying to say that you don't need to type the full path to your profile, just say, "In my profile folder, I see x, y, and z.... "

No problem here as well. My bad! I mentioned it out of habit, not because I didn't think you would need it. Anybody who can develop and support an excellent and thorough program like NoScript sure knows where to find my profile of all things!" :ugeek:

Tom wrote: "I too use several browsers, change IP addresses occasionally, etc. Sorry that the information was misread as a warning or something. "

I was not meaning to imply or suggest that I was on the defense about what you said. Sorry if I came across like that. Sure did not mean to. Like you, I too sometimes were a tinfoil hat, and my precaution may have seized my brain in this case. We are all good by me, my friend. Thanks for your courtesy and professionalism. :lol:
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby Tom T. » Wed May 16, 2012 8:17 am

jw72253 wrote:... If you would, also change the same profile showing on line 1571 of that same post....

My bad. I caught it in the second appearance in that line, but not the first. I should have searched the page for it, but the others were easy and obvious. That line was complex.... anyway, done.

Quick tips on quotes, if interested: If you want to quote another user in your reply, click the "quote" button on the other person's post instead of "Reply".
To quote separate individual portions of a post, select/highlight those portions, then click "Quote" from the toolbar at the top of the Compose box.
You can delete non-pertinent portions of their post, and intersperse your replies with each of their points.

Caution: When editing a post in that manner, ensure that all quoted sections start and end with quote tags:
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[quote] blah blah [/quote]

(I wrapped that in "Code" tags, so that the Quote tags would not actually be parsed as a quotation: showing the raw form.)

You can keep the other user's identity by copy/paste their first quote in your post, e. g.
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[quote="jw72253"]

... again ensuring to use a close-quote tag at the end.
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[quote="jw72253"]yada yada[/quote]

You can "nest" up to three generations of quotes, e. g. Tom post #1, your reply, Tom reply to that. Just make sure that each person's quoted portion ends with a close-quote, which means that the total number of close-quotes should equal the total number of "quote" at the beginning -- regardless of whether names are included.
One picture is worth a thousand words:
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[quote="jw72253"][quote="Tom T."][quote="jw72253"]Hello.[/quote]
Hi, how are you?[/quote]
Fine, thanks.[/quote]

displays as:
jw72253 wrote:
Tom T. wrote:
jw72253 wrote:Hello.

Hi, how are you?

Fine, thanks.

Note the nested boxes, the indentations, and the color changes.
I admit, this can get a bit confusing at times. Maybe try only two back-and-forths, just to start. ;)
jw72253 wrote: We are all good by me, my friend. Thanks for your courtesy and professionalism. :lol:

You're quite welcome, and back atcha!
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Re: FG Options Advanced Tab

Postby therube » Thu May 17, 2012 3:29 pm

> anything in the output of my log indicate a reason for why the "Show Log" button does not behave as it should?

Not that I see.
I would think it something to do outside of the browser itself? So some general popup blocker or A/V or?

> there are a lot of effor messages in the log, and I am wondering whether their occurence is normal

Normal.
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