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They call it progress VOT

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#1

Looks/sounds like OPERA has been acquired by Google. I found that out the hard way i.e. ran into problems with Adblock Plus quitting to block the $#@* on FaceBook, but no such problems with Chrome. When I went to look at the newer versions of Opera I find out that some key functions are gone - stuff that had been there for a long time - but interestingly it is now available on Chrome.

I guess it’s time for a change. Some wag apparently said that change is what keeps us going … he just didn’t mention that it keeps us going mad.

Oh yeah, it has been a “very interesting week”, started on Sunday and hasn’t let up since.

#2

Just switched from Opera to Firefox 'cause I was tired of my web mail not being able to add attachments unless I was using chrome instead. I miss the little magnifier in the bottom right corner.

I got rid of Firefox’s “highly recommended” Ask toolbar 'cause it insisted on showing the temperature in Oakland CA. Couldn’t find how to change it, and anything I could find about Ask toolbar was how to remove it, using system cleanup malware. So I went to control panel and uninstalled it there.

#3

Almost two weeks on. In the meantime I backdated OPERA to ver12.02; Chrome and Firefox are strictly for some of the mail. Adblock changed ver1.0.8.

So far so good, everything works as expected.

#4

HJ,

what I found amusing when I initially uploaded AdBlock was that their website specifically pointed out that ‘pop-up’ links to farcebook and other demeaning sites would be blocked.

Surprisingly, also on the site was a note telling AdBlock users to promote AdBlock on their farcebook page. Kind of having your cake and eating it too.

#5

Nah, that’s smart marketing. Facebook users will benefit the most from Adblock, might as well go where the largest, most appreciative crowd is. Facebook without Adblock is “cruel and self-inflicted punishment”.