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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:03:38 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
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Jim Thompson wrote:

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:31:02 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

According to Firefox setups, Firefox is set as my default browser.

However, apparently due to some XP Pro "updates", if Firefox is not
already open, clicking on a link springs forth IE v8 :-(

How do I stop that?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson


Seems to be only on ftp-style links, as in...

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/R1.JPG

Maybe it's an ap-setting in Agent that I missed.



I don't know why John insists on using 'FTP' links. He should just
dump the photos into an unlinked folder on his main website so that
search engines don't find them. Then you don't need FTP capability to
see it. It would probably load a lot faster, as well.

A link like this:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mike.terrell/Shih-tzu-002b.jpg loads
quickly, even on Earthlink's slow & old personal webspace servers. FTP
is A LOT SLOWER for the same file.

His FTP server is wide open, as well. I see about 107 files, and one
extra folder there with two more files. He has very little security
there, since it is a public FTP server.


John has to prove his amateur status ;-) Though his Romanesco
broccoli _does_ looks interesting.

...Jim Thompson
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