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So, some context:

We updated from http to https about a year ago. Every once in a while there would be a weird image or element someone had posted that was not secure (like a smiley from another site, etc.).

This would cause a warning message that the "page was not secure"... but in reality, it was just the image itself was not http. This was a minor detail and didn't impact the security of the site. Simply removing the smiley in the post would resolve the issue.

Now we have a similar situation where some of the images, tags, etc. in the ad-network's code is also causing firefox to throw a "warning". I spend a lot of hours trying to fix this, but then realized:

1) It isn't impacting the actual security of the site
2) Only 3% of site visitors are using firefox

So, while we'll keep trying to find a solution to the problem in firefox, it's not as pressing as it was before we realized those two items above.
 

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So, while we'll keep trying to find a solution to the problem in firefox, it's not as pressing as it was before we realized those two items above.
Thank you for staying on it, Rob!
 

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I'm about 30 miles East of SF, but that still puts me about 150 miles south of the fires.
 

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While the campfire is thankfully being contained and far enough away from you, the air quality sure has taken a hit in the Bay area according to the map link I posted above.

At its peak, the fire was spreading at a rate of 80 football fields per minute (100 yards per field). Based on that, the campfire could have reached you in less than 33 minutes. That's advancing at a rate of 272 mph! :ep
 

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air quality sure has taken a hit in the Bay area
Yeah, it was REALLY bad for a couple weeks! Couldn't really go outside.

Based on that, the campfire could have reached you in less than 33 minutes.
Hmm.. I think something is off in the calculation because there's no way it could have gotten here that fast.

... but either way, thankfully there's a big bay / river between us.
 

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I guess that is referring to area not linear dimensions of a football field. With a wide fire front that is not necessarily very fast in terms of distance.

On the issue of usage, I am surprised that Firefox is used by only 3% of members, but that is still 300 odd users. (Some say very odd!)
 
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