Joyce E wrote:
> Many thanks to all!  :-)  I downloaded Firefox and gave it the "acid 
> test" -- and there were no glitches, hangs, or error messages.  Granted 
> my connection is still a bit slow, but that has to be due to the 
> telephone lines, which nobody can fix except the phone company!

Welcome to the world of Firefox!

Sounds like something is mis-configured deep down in your DLLs on the IE 
Explorer side.  Or there's spyware that nothing is catching (or could be 
a side-effect of spyware being removed improperly).  Using Firefox 
instead of IE is just shuffling the problem to the side so that it 
doesn't interfere with your web browsing.

...

You can add things like Macromedia Flash, Java and QuickTime to Firefox 
by visiting:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/plugins/

Optionally, you may want to add the Adobe Acrobat, Shockwave, and 
Windows Media player plug-ins.  (But I'd recommending avoiding the Real 
Player plug-in unless you have a need for it.  They've cleaned up their 
act in the past few years, but I still have bitter memories of trying to 
remove Real Player on old systems.)

The only extension that I recommend for everyone is "FlashBlock":

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/

This extension automatically stops flash content from being played 
without your permission.  To play a bit of flash that is blocked, you 
simply click on the blocked area.  Or you can add the site to the 
"always allow flash from this site" list.

(The primary reason that I use FlashBlock is due to my surfing habits. 
I usually have 3-8 Firefox windows open at the same time, with 3-20 tabs 
open in each window.  If I allow Flash then poorly written web pages 
that constantly cycle their Flash applets will chew up all of my CPU 
time.  That makes my system extremely sluggish.  Even when those pages 
are in the background and not visible to me.)

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