[Tfug] Can somebody check something for me?

[Ronnie Cordova]

I have no doubt that this is true. I've experienced other flash ads
doing this as well. I'm not sure if this is a Sony or Adobe thing.
Either way, it's another reason for Firefox + Adblock / Flashblock.

On 9/11/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are now multiple reports of issues, and Digg has pulled the ad.
>
> http://digg.com/tech_news/A_Sony_ad_on_Digg_is_hosing_browser_performance
>
> Jim
>
> On 9/11/07, Matthew Shucker <mshucker at arizona.edu> wrote:
> > On 9/10/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Looks great, but I can't install it under Ubuntu unless I start
> > > Firefox at the console with "sudo" - and then it installs, but if I
> > > start Firefox normally I don't have noscript.
> > >
> > > Sigh. Any idea what I tweak?
> > >
> > > Jim
> >
> > I once had that problem and it turned out to be because I had
> > Firefox's cache off in the prefs for my user.  Perhaps it uses the
> > cache as temp space for extension downloads/installs.  That was a 1.x
> > version of FF, but it's worth a shot if your cache is off.
> >
> > Matt
> >
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