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  1. Victek

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    Beyond Australis adds some very interesting capabilities. Folks who use Classic Theme Restorer though are wanting the earlier UI with square tabs, etc, so I don't know that they would be interested in Beyond Australis.
     
  2. Hadron

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    I have noticed that I recently have an "Other Bookmarks"menu that I cannot delete.
    I have managed to hide it in the menu and popup Bookmarks using Classic Theme Restorer, but it is still showing in the Bookmarks Sidebar.

    Does anyone know how I can remove it?
    I don't even know what it is used for. :argh:
     
  3. Brummelchen

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    "Other Bookmarks" is a regular entry so you can not delete it - it may possible with stylish but it need to learn about css and stylish, so i wont bother you with details and cause not needed trouble.

    "dont touch it if it aint broken"

    :rolleyes:
     
  4. Buddel

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    You're right. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Wozu auch?:cool:
     
  5. Hadron

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    And what is the untouchable "Other Bookmarks" used for? :rolleyes:
     
  6. Krusty

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    All my bookmarks live in Other Bookmarks. I guess because I haven't sorted them otherwise?
     
  7. Brummelchen

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  8. Krusty

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    @haakon
    Since we are no longer discussing Ghostery I thought this is as good a place as any to chat about Adguard.
    Well, that is not what I experienced. I tried adding Fanboy's Ultimate list at first but that never showed up in Adguard, so next I tried Fanboy's Complete Adblock list which also did not show up in Adguard. Then I was informed I had too many lists and my browser may be slowed. Well I solved that by removing Adguard and reinstalling ABP.

    With ABP I have 4 lists;
    • Adblock Warning List
    • Malware Domains
    • Fanboy + Merged Ultimate List
    • Pete Lowe's List
    I tried to accomplish the same with Adguard but couldn't get it to work the way I wanted. Perhaps I need to have another go, but ABP is so much easier to work with.
    Cheers.
     
  9. Hadron

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  11. Hadron

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    Since upgrading to version 49, some of my Saved Logins are missing.
    It is especially noticeable on websites that I haven't visited for awhile. Has there been a Saved Logins format update recently?
     
  12. Brummelchen

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    i dont miss any since 2010 (last use). try safe mode.
     
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    Hadron, I had the same issue here in our forum, of all places, as soon as I updated to Fx49, and it's due to this:

    https://matthew.noorenberghe.com/blog/2016/08/filling-saved-http-logins-over-https-same-domain

    Bottom line: I had login info for both HTTP & HTTPS in Options > Security > Saved Logins for this forum. As soon as I deleted the HTTP info only, the Wilders HTTPS info appeared prior to login. I did the same for other sites where I had dual logins, choosing to keep the HTTPS info, and now everything is saved as it should be.
     
  14. Brummelchen

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    Adjust This Setting Before Firefox Wears Down Your SSD Drive

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/adju...firefox-wears-off-your-ssd-drive-508665.shtml
     
  17. Krusty

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    Krusty13,

    I know what you mean. Can you let me know some numbers from your SSD. Total Host Writes and Total NAND Writes? I got mine from Crystal Disk Info. Or Diskovery.
     
  19. Krusty

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    Well, I'm not keen on installing a program I know nothing about, will likely never use, just to get those numbers for you. Perhaps someone else who uses either of those programs can help you out.

    Cheers.
     
  20. Brian K

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    Both of those apps are portable. No installation needed.
    A few of our SSDs had high NAND writes related to Write Amplification. Not good. But at least we now have a fix. Write Amplification can lead to much higher writing than Firefox.

    Everyone is invited to share their numbers. You can get them from the SSD SMART. No app needed.
     
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  21. paulderdash

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    Brian, I don't see the numbers you mention using (PortableApps.com) CrystalDiskInfo - how do I get to them?
     

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  22. Brian K

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    Paul, Capture.PNG

    It doesn't look like your SSD reports those numbers. Here is my "worst" SSD.
     
  23. Krusty

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    Brian,

    This is copied from Speccy. Does it help?

    Code:
    CT250BX100SSD1
       Manufacturer   Crucial
       Heads   16
       Cylinders   30,401
       Tracks   7,752,255
       Sectors   488,392,065
       SATA type   SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
    Device type    Fixed
    ATA Standard    ACS2
    Serial Number    xxx---DELETED---xxx
    Firmware Version Number    MU02
    LBA Size    48-bit LBA
    Power On Count    979 times
    Power On Time    42.7 days
    Speed    Not used (SSD Drive)
    Features    S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, TRIM, SSD
    Max. Transfer Mode    SATA III 6.0Gb/s
    Used Transfer Mode    SATA II 3.0Gb/s
    Interface    SATA
    Capacity    232 GB
    Real size    250,059,350,016 bytes
    RAID Type    None
        S.M.A.R.T
            Status    Unknown
            Temperature    35 °C
            Temperature Range    OK (less than 50 °C)
                S.M.A.R.T attributes
                        Attribute name    Real value    Current    Worst    Threshold    Raw Value    Status
                    01    Read Error Rate    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    05    Reallocated Sectors Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    09    Power-On Hours (POH)    42d 16h    100    100    0    0000000400    Good
                    0C    Device Power Cycle Count    979    100    100    0    00000003D3    Good
                    A0    Uncorrectable Sector Count when Read/Write    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    A1    Number of Valid Spare Block    69    100    100    0    0000000045    Good
                    A3    Number of Initial Invalid Block    22    100    100    0    0000000016    Good
                    A4    Total Erase Count    55,907    100    100    0    000000DA63    Good
                    A5    Maximum Erase Count    79    100    100    0    000000004F    Good
                    A6    Minimum Erase Count    9    100    100    0    0000000009    Good
                    A7    Average Erase Count    52    100    100    0    0000000034    Good
                    AF    Program Fail Count (Chip)    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    B0    Erase Fail Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    B1    Wear Leveling Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    B2    Unexpected Power Loss    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    C0    Power-off Retract Count    28    100    100    0    000000001C    Good
                    C2    Temperature    35 °C    100    100    0    0000000023    Good
                    C3    Hardware ECC Recovered    0    100    100    0    0000013D83    Good
                    C4    Reallocation Event Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    C5    Current Pending Sector Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    C6    Uncorrectable Sector Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    C7    UltraDMA CRC Error Count    0    100    100    0    0000000000    Good
                    E8    Endurance Remaining    100    100    100    0    0000000064    Good
                    F1    Total LBAs Written    196,708    100    100    0    0000030064    Good
                    F2    Total LBAs Read    544,918    100    100    0    0000085096    Good
     
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  24. Brian K

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    Krusty13,

    It looks like your Total Host Writes is 196 GB but NAND writes aren't reported. We have Intel and SanDisk SSDs and both writes are reported. Total NAND Writes/Total Host Writes is the Write Amplification ratio. Ideally this should be less than 3. Mine was 24.

    I'm using this service with (200 msec) and the ratio is now just over 1.

    https://github.com/deadbabe/diskpoll

    Edit... I just had a look at my Speccy SMART. The Total Host Writes is quite different from the number in several other apps. (which agree)
     
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  25. Krusty

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    Then I guess that's not good.

    Anyway, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. for round AU$100, they aren't that dear and if I get a few years out of them, fine. I'm not worried about losing data because I have multiple backups, so if a SSD dies, I buy a new one and clean install Windows... again.
     
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