On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Roland Smith <rsm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:29:37AM -0800, Kurt Buff wrote: >> I'm visiting various web sites, and having a stupid little issue which >> is really annoying. >> >> FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #4: Sun Dec 14 22:08:22 >> PST 2008 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > Same here. > >> FireFox 3.04. > > Ditto, with NoScript and AdBlock Plus extensions. > >> For instance, if I go to http://www.wsj.com, among others, it's >> constantly beeping, as the little headline scroller at the top of the >> page updates. > > No headline scroller and no beeps here. > >> I can't find anywhere in the menu items, or in FF help, on how to turn >> the beeping off, and it's driving me nuts. >> >> Anyone have a hint for me? > > Install NoScript and AdBlock Plus. It makes for a much nicer web > experience, IMHO. > > Roland.
Heh. I have those, but actually *want* the headline scroller, and some of those other things - I just want the silly beep to go away. It seems to do this on any page that does autoupdates - gmail does it too, when a new message comes in. Kurt _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
