Firefox Issue

[Alexis]

I have been getting this message the last few days when I open Firefox. Has anyone else had this problem?

Alert

Could not initialize the application's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your application's profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem. If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behaviour when accessing security features.

The profile folder has no read/write restrictions and the hard drive is about 70% free. The only thing I've done recently was to defrag the hard drive.

 

[Springsteen]

Just had a scout on Google. Found this for you, the third option seems to be the more helpful.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Could_not_initialize_the_browser_security_component

 

[porterjack]

Just had a scout on Google. Found this for you, the third option seems to be the more helpful.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Could_not_initialize_the_browser_security_component

and they say mods are useless

just joking:sarcasm

 

[Alexis]

Ah, a file is corrupted. It's a good thing I knew where to find it, in my User's folder. cert8.db. I closed Firefox and then deleted it. I re-started Firefox. No message. That seemed to take care of it. Thanks for the help, Springsteen! :thumbup

 

[Springsteen]

You're welcome

 

[edgray]

I would strongly recommend moving away from Firefox all together. Opera, Safar and Chrome are all far superior and are 100% standards compliant, whereas Firefox isn't. FF was great, but it's day has been and gone.

 

[Springsteen]

Yeah well I have had no problems at all with it, been using it two years too. Chrome's fine but far too basic for my needs. I despise Opera, never tried Safari.

The only one you really should avoid is IE. It's outdated.

 

[edgray]

Yeah well I have had no problems at all with it, been using it two years too. Chrome's fine but far too basic for my needs. I despise Opera, never tried Safari.

The only one you really should avoid is IE. It's outdated.

Unfortunately Firefox is outdated now. By a long way. It's losing it's grip on compliancy and isn't as far advanced in HTML5 as the others. It's falling the way of IE. Plus it's HUGE, and slow compared to the three I mentioned.

The reason I urge people to switch is that it makes my job a hell of a lot easier when more people us standards compliant technology. FF isn't compliant.

 

[Alexis]

I have used both Safari and Chrome, and I didn't like either one. Opera is my backup browser. When I was moderating at another site I used Opera because FF was too slow to delete spammer accounts and posts. Maybe the reason was the extensions I had. Other than that, I've had no problems with FF, except for this little thing.

 

[edgray]

I have used both Safari and Chrome, and I didn't like either one. Opera is my backup browser. When I was moderating at another site I used Opera because FF was too slow to delete spammer accounts and posts. Maybe the reason was the extensions I had. Other than that, I've had no problems with FF, except for this little thing.

out of interest, what didn't you like about Chrome?

 

[Alexis]

out of interest, what didn't you like about Chrome?

I'll just go along with Springsteen on this one...it was just too basic for my needs. It's fine for some people, just not for me. I may give it another try.

 

[edgray]

I'll just go along with Springsteen on this one...it was just too basic for my needs. It's fine for some people, just not for me. I may give it another try.

what is it you guys are doing with a web browser that needs so much complexity?! I'm intrigued.

 

[Springsteen]

I guess it comes from using web browsers with that much complexity over the years. Nothing against Chrome personally, I just prefer the more complicated things. Plus FF has a better popout thingy for the podcasts on Figure Four online.

 

[edgray]

I guess it comes from using web browsers with that much complexity over the years. Nothing against Chrome personally, I just prefer the more complicated things. Plus FF has a better popout thingy for the podcasts on Figure Four online.

ah ok so you're using a lot of plug-ins?

 

[Springsteen]

Errm yeah some. It just inclines me to use FF more when doing that sort of thing.

 

[edgray]

Errm yeah some. It just inclines me to use FF more when doing that sort of thing.

I do use FF for a couple of things, site testing, and also to use a couple of tool bars not available in the other browsers. But I use Chrome and Opera and Safari for everything else. I'd rather just open FF for those few specific tasks.

 

[Alexis]

I don't think complexity is the problem. I like it simple. FF seems to be very compliant with Windows systems. Since IE is crap, then the best alternative seems to be FF. Using Opera sometimes gives me problems with using things like youtube at times, and other things. Unless other better things come along, I'll use FF.

 

[edgray]

I don't think complexity is the problem. I like it simple. FF seems to be very compliant with Windows systems. Since IE is crap, then the best alternative seems to be FF. Using Opera sometimes gives me problems with using things like youtube at times, and other things. Unless other better things come along, I'll use FF.

When I talk about compliancy, I'm talking about compliancy to web standards, which is a system to ensure web pages display the same on all browsers. FF is 94% compliant, whereas Safari, Opera and Chrome are 100%, and all have already started implementing HTML5.

It just makes my job easier. When a browser isn't compliant, we have to use workarounds and hacks to get the pages to look right.

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

From a user's standpoint, why is Chrome better?

 

[edgray]

From a user's standpoint, why is Chrome better?

Well it's more lightweight so it uses fewer system resources. It's faster at rendering pages. It's more compliant so websites will error less. Also they're implementing HTML5 so you can see some seriously cool websites which simply won't work in Firefox.

Also the tabs at the top free up screen space so you can see more of the site, rather than the huge header and tool bar you get in Firefox.