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Interesting thing happened to me when I opened Firefox this morning (October 28, 2009) to start writing the Weekly Security Digest newsletter. My Firefox updated. Now that alone isn’t interesting because Firefox does this with great regularity. What’s interesting is what I found in reviewing the change logs for what’s been updated and/or fixed!

Firefox has been a bit buggy as of late, but I figured it was the Internet, or Windows updates, or something like that. And of course, I’ve had the usual quirky and buggy issues with Facebook, HootSuite, Twitter, and the like. But, I never put the two of them together! I mean think about it, when you have a buggy app like Facebook or Twitter, do you connect the issue might just be with your browser and not the app itself?

Well, it’s time to starting thinking differently after what I read today! And I’ll share it with you.

One of the bugs fixed in the new Firefox 3.5.4 is a problem with the way Firefox handles a Twitter image! Yes, you read that correctly!

The actual bug referenced in the change log on bugzilla is located here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519589 and it’s titled: Bug 519589 – Twitter Reply Transparent.

Comment #26 explains the issue in more layman’s terms:

For posterity: GIFs store their colormaps as 3 bytes per pixel, but we operate on 4 bytes per pixel. We copy the data directly into the relevant arrays, then ConvertColormap in nsGIFDecoder2 expands these packed pixels (in-place) into unpacked 4-byte ARGB pixels as required by Cairo.

And there are images for you to look at to understand what’s being said and what the problem is. But in essence, Firefox was not handling the transparency of the reply gif in twitter.  How many times did I complain that twitter was acting up because my reply button wasn’t there?

If you look at comment #22 you can see – with Firefox – that the image is not there!

So, not only do you need to make sure your update to Firefox installs, but we also need to rethink blaming web apps for issues that might just be the browsers fault.

That being said, the new Facebook News Feed stinks and that is not a browser issue!

This information I thought you didn’t know, you needed to know!

Debbie

Nothing like a B#llsh@t email to get my blood boiling first thing in the morning!  Heads up! This is a rant!

I received an email from YouTube saying someone sent me a personal message on my Channel. So, I went in to accept some friend invitations and opened the personal message.  Here’s the message but I’m not going to honor this person by giving out his link!

Hi, I see that youre an internet marketer like I am.

Not to worry, I am not going to try an pitch you on a business:) I hate when people do that to me!

I have some information that will EXPLODE whatever business or opportunity youre trying to advertise or promote. This is serious, no joke!

I have done most of my advertising with payperclick (Google Adwords) and (Yahoo Search Marketing) for years! I have since closed both of my accounts, I don’t need them anymore!

I now advertise on Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc, for FREE, No Paid Advertising Ever!

I was very skeptical at first, but this works!

Check out: http://www.bsmarketinglink/  (Not real!)

Drop me a line sometime.

Take Care…
Jerry

How feaking stupid do you think I am Mr. Internet Marketer? Don’t insult my intelligence while you’ve got your hand in my pocket!

First of all, you obviously paid no attention to my channel or anything said about me there because you would know I’m NOT an Internet Marketer!

Secondly, you’re not giving me a sales pitch? What the hell is that then?

And this is just a typical example of typical Internet Marketer’s B.S. But it’s not just Internet marketer’s that are guilty of this. Regular businesses are too.

Do your freaking research people!

Don’t label me! Yes, I may be the “age group” of the Baby Boomer’s. But do I look like I’m ready to kick the bucket? Do I talk like I’m retiring soon? Do you READ ANYTHING I say? Do you REALLY look at any of my websites? No! You obviously don’t.

Don’t send me crap through email or regular snail mail until you do your homework! Because if you insult me through your lack of research, I will throw your marketing message in the recycling bin or garbage – depending upon the venue in which it was delivered.

AARP, shove your invitations to join. I’ve read the news. You offer great low car insurance to get people to join and then you jack up the rates after you’ve got them on board. Secondly, I am a smart consumer. You are a lobbying group. Supposedly you are lobbying on behalf of seniors. RIGHT! I’ve seen what you’ve done with your lobbying efforts.

Health Insurance companies, don’t send me any offers to join your company because even though according to you I’m a baby boomer and reaching my “old age”, if you truly bothered to research me, you’d know that I’m a holistic practitioner and I don’t believe in medical insurance. What? Yes, you read that right! If I do happen to need my physician, I pay cash for my visit but for the most part, I heal holistically and naturally – myself! The body is equipped to do that without lining your pockets with profits by making me unhealthy.

And while I’m on this rant, that goes for you too President Obama, and the entire government. (I warned you this was a rant!) Keep your health care reform until you do what is right for the people of this planet and that would be educating them and supporting a healthy lifestyle!

I’ve also received emails from folks saying they’ve looked over our website and find it very “this” or very “that”. You DIDN’T LOOK! Because the “this” or “that” you mentioned in your email does not even remotely fit with what we do or what our website says.

And that goes for the Internet marketers on twitter too! If you send me a DM (direct message) promoting that male chauvinist pig, Donald Trump, I will remove you immediately!

One last gripe and I think I’m done. A note to MySpace predators: I am not a lonely, desperate woman looking for someone to love me.  I really believe that you are the gorgeous looking man in the picture, who’s wife died and left you with a young child to take care of (who’s in your picture also), and that you just happen to be away in Nigeria on business. Yea, right! I believe in extra terrestrials more than I believe that!

If you are going to stick your hand in my pocket and want me to line yours at least have the freaking decency to do so intelligently!

Thank you. I feel much better now!

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