February 4, 2009

YouTube: Auto Buffer and Stop AutoPlay

Does not matter how fast your connection is, if the sever you are accessing is over-loaded or just plain slow you are going to have issues with the site loading and functioning. Case in point, YouTube. During peak times YouTube servers are very busy and videos don’t buffer as quickly they would during non-peak times. So what happens when you go to watch a video it plays for a few seconds, stops and re-buffers and starts again. Problem is if the video is more than a couple minutes this becomes very annoying very quickly. After a little trial and error…

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Firefox 3.0.6 Released

Mozilla has released the sixth stability and security update for the current Firefox 3 browser. For more information about What’s New in Firefox 3.0.6, check out the Release Notes.  Current Firefox 3 users may obtain Firefox 3.0.6 manually via the Check for Updates… option from the Help menu. Automatic upgrade (for those who have this feature enabled) should occur within the next 24-48 hours. Alternatively, users may also download Firefox 3.0.6 directly via getfirefox.com

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