so say i.
how does one put a stop to this bullshit cuz it gets really fucking annoying
― John (jdahlem), Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)
At the very least, it has a security advantage in that it isn't as inextricably interlocked with the OS backend and filesystem.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)
Is Firefox more secure than Internet Explorer?
Yes, Firefox and all other Mozilla-based products are more secure. Why? Here is a list of the most important reasons:
It is not integrated with Windows, which helps prevent viruses and hackers from causing damage if they somehow manage to compromise Firefox.
There is no support for VBScript and ActiveX, two technologies which are the reasons for many IE security holes.
No spyware/adware software can automatically install in Firefox just by visiting a web site.
Firefox doesn't use Microsoft's Java VM, which has a history of more flaws than other Java VMs.
You have complete control over cookies.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Sunday, 7 November 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 7 November 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 7 November 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)
First off, great thread. Proud to offer a revival of it.
Secondly, would anyone know why when I view certain PDFs in Google Chrome, the letters M, E, T, A, L, I and C appear in the "Metallica" font? (I believe there's a free one called "Pastor of Muppets".)
This only happens in Chrome. In Firefox, everything looks just as it's supposed to look. I've searched the web up and down and can't find any answer to this.
Below are the examples as well as the original link.
And no, I haven't tried this in Internet Explorer yet.
FIREFOXhttps://i.imgur.com/gWiiIvT.png
CHROMEhttps://i.imgur.com/BtWGEXs.png
LINK: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm9_039473.pdf
― pplains, Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:44 (two years ago)
I'm using chrome and it looks normal to me (like the Firefox example)
― Crabber B. Munson (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:24 (two years ago)
any suspicious chrome plugins? or look for the metallica font in your fonts folder and delete... https://superuser.com/questions/1235124/google-chrome-rendering-pdf-fonts-incorrectly
― ledge, Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:33 (two years ago)
but this tabs feature is the greatest thing ever!
had forgotten browsers before tabs
― sarahell, Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:42 (two years ago)
\m/
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:45 (two years ago)
Thank you all, but especially ledge.
The font used in the PDF was ArialMT. I didn't have that one on file, but did have did still have that Metallica font, whose name included MT. And apparently, Arial is a big confusion point.
Tabs. My initial thought then was, Why would I want to keep everything open when I can just use my bookmarks? If only I had known then...
― pplains, Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:00 (two years ago)
tell my stepson that who has 23jillion tabs open constantly and complains his pc is slow.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 15 June 2023 23:33 (two years ago)
of course chrome is the most metal browser
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 15 June 2023 23:38 (two years ago)