[mdlug] Latest version of flash player crashes firefox

[allen]

Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> Jeff Hanson wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:07 AM, R. Kannan <rkannan at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I installed  firefox 2.0.0.14 recently but the flashplayer was old. When I installed the latest version of flashplayer plugin (9.0) installed, firefox crashes every time I go to website with flash. I had flash-block enabled. I un-installed flash-block but that did not help either. I tried both the rpm and tarred version of the flash-block from the Adobe site. The only option was to remove the plugin from /opt/firefox/plugins.
>>>       
>> I've had some occasional problems with it also.  What version are your
>> using?  Enter "about:plugins" in the address bar to check.
>> I'm about to upgrade to Ubuntu Hardy Heron so I'll be using 3.0 beta
>> 5.  Hopefully that fixes it.
>>     
>
> At the MUG meeting last night Jorge Castro's presentation on Hardy Heron
> touched on the Firefox 3.0 Beta issue. Jorge reports that 3.0 is such an
> improvement that even the Beta has far fewer problems than 2.x, and
> recommends just using it.
>
> For what it's worth, I still use 2.0.0.14, and I have flash blocker
> installed. When I do chose to run a flash app, especially video, I
> expect I have about a 50% chance of firefox becoming unresponsive when I
> try to close the page. I'm not sure which is worse, the flash problem,
> or the fact that I've gotten so used to it that I almost accept it. :(
>
> Raymond McLaughlin
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You don't have to wait to install Hardy to use Firefox 3. Since about 
beta 3 it's been more stable, not to mention noticeably more responsive, 
then Firefox 2. I've only had it crash every couple of weeks as opposed 
to Firefox 2 crashing on a daily basis.

Two issues in using Firefox 3, as far as I'm concerned, are that the 
number of add-ons is very limited which may account, in part, for the 
stability of Firefox 3, and it's still a bit rough around the edges. For 
instance, the "back" and "forward" buttons don't have the drop-downs 
you'll find in Firefox2.

Allen