Re: Altavista better than Google for genealogy searches

On Sat, 17 May 2008 20:34:37 -0400, "Gene Y." <please.ask> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 11:02:57 -0400, "Gene Y." <please.ask> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> (NOTE: for those of you using Firefox, Google toolbar breaks Firefox
>> 
>> Wish you'd told me that before . . . I've been using Google toolbar
>> with Firefox for the last two years (or more) and never noticed.
>> 
>Try clicking double clicking on a local html file on your computer.
>A box will pop up saying that it can't find the file.

If Firefox isn't already running, you'll get a *WINDOWS* error
message (that's running Vista, I never seemed to have a problem
with XP Pro, Win 2K, NT4)
>
> When you click OK to close the box the file will open eventually.

The file opens anyway without clicking the error box !
Note : I have disabled *ALL* the Vista security stuff !
That may make a difference ?
>
>Normally that would not be a problem, but since I build web pages and
>frequently open them locally, it is a real pain in the a$$.

Been re-ha****ng my website for the last three weeks, I've got Firefox
as my default browser with the Google toolbar installed and I haven't
had a problem such as you describe.

YMMV