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Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 3:17 pm
by frizzolo
Giorgio Maone wrote:frizzolo wrote:I can confirm the issue is still present with 1.5.5.4 and Firefox 10.0.11 on Linux.
Is there any specific valid reason why you're sticking with an obsolete (and unsafe) Firefox version?
Well, no reason, apart from laziness
I now upgraded to FF 17.0.6 (latest package available on my linux distro) and the issue disappeared. Thanks for the hint!
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:02 pm
by FRANK712
Bug still present in 1.5.5.5 and FX12.
FLASHGOT 1.5.5.1 WORKS !
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:06 pm
by therube
Is there any specific valid reason why you're sticking with an obsolete (and unsafe) Firefox version?
Is FF12 any less obsolete?
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:33 pm
by Dalai
Well, the addon's min version could be adjusted so that new versions of FlashGot aren't installed on older Firefox/SeaMonkey versions. Or is there any specific reason not to do that? This bug is really annoying as it renders the internet connection almost unusable when the browser/tab is on YouTube.
No, I haven't had the time to update to Firefox 17, because it's so much work to do that (I have to adapt an existing theme to my needs).
Regards
Dalai
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:43 pm
by FRANK712
therube wrote:Is there any specific valid reason why you're sticking with an obsolete (and unsafe) Firefox version?
Is FF12 any less obsolete?
Lesser than 10 for sure, or even than FX itself !
Anyway is there a way to fix it ?
(note that some users haven't the joy to upgrade some FX cr*p due to locked OS versions supporting only until FX12 version)
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:22 am
by Dalai
FRANK712 wrote:Anyway is there a way to fix it ?
There are only two possible solutions (as long as the bug itself is not fixed for older Firefox versions):
- Update your browser as suggested
- Go back to FlashGot 1.5.5.1 and don't update it.
I'll describe solution #2: You can disable automatic addon updates but I don't recommend it as other addons won't be updated, too. Fortunately there is a better way to disable automatic updates for this addon only: install it globally. Firefox 4.x and later won't update globally installed addons in contrast to versions 3.x and older.
To install it globally: Remove the addon from your browser profile directory (uninstallation via Addon Manager should be the easiest way). Then copy the addon's XPI file into "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions" (create this dir if it doesn't exist). Note that the name of the xpi file must match the addon's ID, i.e. name it "{19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}.xpi", so the full path would be
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%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}.xpi
Firefox should now find the newly installed addon and ask for permission to use it. Confirm this and you are ready to use the globally installed FlashGot.
Regards
Dalai
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:26 pm
by FRANK712
Dalai wrote:FRANK712 wrote:Anyway is there a way to fix it ?
There are only two possible solutions (as long as the bug itself is not fixed for older Firefox versions):
- Update your browser as suggested
- Go back to FlashGot 1.5.5.1 and don't update it.
First of all thank you for your support and effort.
I've already done the step to "downGrade" to FlashGot 1.5.5.1, and this worked.
It was simple: Uninstall 1.5.5.5, restart, Install FlashGot 1.5.5.1 without to go further in files search and replace.
@Therube: I wasn't asking support for legacy programs / browsers. It was more to precisely point the developer to comparative programming to help him to catch quickly the differences btw versions / browsers and fix eventually bugs in easy way and less time than re read complete sources or experimenting with uninstall / install quirky games to sort out a bug or nasty hidden strange problems.
This because the quick update of Mozilla's browser politic and their "programming" fun.
And to conclude..........FX is becoming
slower and more full of bugs and quirks.....and really upgrading somewhat to get more malfunctioning and slowerish program / browser behaviour it's making me sick........even my balls.
(Note: I'm using FX only because of Noscript and few other extensions..........for the rest..........burn FX)
Regards,
FRANK.
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:19 pm
by OhRly?
Giorgio Maone wrote:Is there any specific valid reason why you're sticking with an obsolete (and unsafe) Firefox version?
Any particular reason you're having trouble admitting your program is the problem?
Ever since I upgraded to 1.5.5.4, I've had the exact same problems as above. Youtube videos continue to stream in the background after closing the tab or go to another window, which I confirmed on my network traffic monitor. And it's not one stream either, several per video, to the point if I click on more than a few Youtube videos it brings the connection to a crawl. After I disabled FlashGot, Youtube works perfectly. Proof.
I also tested it on other video sites like Liveleak, and they do not seem to have this problem with FlashGot, just Youtube.
So until it's fixed, I'll keep FlashGot disabled and use another flash downloader, chow.
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:28 pm
by OhRly?
frizzolo wrote:Giorgio Maone wrote:frizzolo wrote:I can confirm the issue is still present with 1.5.5.4 and Firefox 10.0.11 on Linux.
Is there any specific valid reason why you're sticking with an obsolete (and unsafe) Firefox version?
Well, no reason, apart from laziness
I now upgraded to FF 17.0.6 (latest package available on my linux distro) and the issue disappeared. Thanks for the hint!
I haven't upgraded either for the sole reason that Firefox 3 still works great with 99% of pages out there, and I'm not going to upgrade to Firefox's latest pile of junk every time they "fix" something and make it even worse.
And I don't buy that "safety" nonsense, in the few years the latest will be called "unsafe" as well.
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:45 pm
by OhRly?
Also, FlashGot 1.5.5.4 and later should be considered DANGEROUS because it has the possibility of bringing down a network from excessive background streaming. I can imagine what would happen if several people on a business network or a LAN browsing Youtube with this thing installed. "Upgrade Firefox" is not an acceptable fix.
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:26 pm
by therube
(Also, Firefox 3.6.8 should be considered DANGEROUS because it has had no security related fixes in 1 year 3 months
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For some reason, I keep 3.6.8 along with the current release on hand. Others I have archived away. Though I do still use FF 3.0 as a back-end for Chatzilla.)
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:57 pm
by Thrawn
OhRly? wrote:I can imagine what would happen if several people on a business network or a LAN browsing Youtube with this thing installed. "Upgrade Firefox" is not an acceptable fix.
If you're talking about a business network, then a) it ought to have lots of bandwidth, and b) there ought to be restrictions on how much bandwidth each machine is allowed to consume.
If you're talking about a home LAN, then it's up to the members of the household to sort it out, isn't it?
Re: Still loading YouTube pages
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:41 pm
by Thrawn
LOL wrote:And your jerkoff so-called programmers should be able to write a program that works properly.
If you had registered an account, I would have suspended it for that.
As it is, you're welcome not to come back if you choose to.