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Offline motorollinTopic starter

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a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« on: January 31, 2006, 07:18:37 AM »
Since I am forced to use PCs at work (It's Macs and Amigas only at home :-) ) I often browse a.org on Internet Explorer when I'm bored. If I use the back button to return to a previous post, it shows me the html source as plain text rather than rendering the page. If I want to see the posting I have to return to the forum thread view and select the thread. This never happens on Safari on my Mac or IBrowse on my Amiga. Anyone else ever experienced this?

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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2006, 01:41:12 PM »

I use IE6 on Win2k at work and on XP at home and never saw something like that.

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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2006, 01:50:36 PM »
Maybe you should switch to opera or firefox.  I only use IE as a last resort, when a page really needs active x, or some such thing.  I regularly view a.org with opera, and it works fine (I don't have the problems with double posts which some people seem to encounter, using the back button).
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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2006, 02:50:19 PM »
Use explorer only of last resort as Oliver said. It's better to use firefox or opera for daily usage. Explorer simply sucks.
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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2006, 03:22:43 PM »
Using IE and Firefox daily, I've never seen any such problem.  

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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2006, 03:41:25 PM »
Yeah, but you know there are some companies in which you are considered lucky if you get to go near a internet capable computer at all.  Companies that usually let the employees do that usually have very draconian protocols regarding the installation of non approved code on their systems.

Many upper management types that aren't very computer literate will revere some of their IT department managers as gods.  There are a lot of IT types out there that are by the book, humorless MSCE holified power mongers that believe that any other browswer but the one that comes with the operating system will comprimise their security, and will hunt down anyone installing "personal" software on their network.

Trust me, I've seen it happen.  I myself got yelled at in my last job , for using the built in cd player to listen to music on a non-networked, stand alone system with Windows 98, because it wasn't 'authorized'.  For some people IE is all they are allowed to use at work, and many system administrators will have no 'if' 'ands' or 'buts' about it.
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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2006, 03:48:35 PM »
Well I'm a desktop support engineer so I have local admin rights on every machine on the domain :-D I'll give Firefox a try.

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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2006, 03:57:52 PM »
I've never been given any official IT role, but being an engineer sure helps when 'informing managers of technical issues', specially when the IT department bills for every bit of service.  Personally, I can't stand not having admin rights on any computer I'm using for an extended period of time, specially Win boxes, as they are so rarely configured very well.  It's funny how some IT overlords would rather let a computer continue to run badly, than risk having a user cause problems.
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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2006, 05:50:58 PM »
Yeah, you should definitely give firefox a try. I dont udnerstand why anyone would use IE for normal web surfing these days.

Opera is another browser that you should give a try now that it is free.
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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2006, 06:15:19 PM »
Well, eh...
I use IE for every day surfing. I did not have many bad expierences with it. I once tried Firefox. That's OK also. Never tried Opera. On my Amiga I use AWeb APL 3.5.07 Lite. I can live with that one too.
On all browsers I have the same feeling about surfing A.Org: it's slow. Searching the forums cost much more time than average. But I have time and I do like A.Org. So i'll be patient. :-)
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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2006, 08:01:30 PM »
Hi

No mention of SeaMonkey!! :-(  Its the replacement for the Mozilla Suite. Ive been using it since the alpha release. Its a great browser. I prefer the feel of it to FireFox.

Just my 2 cents.

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Re: a.org on MS Internet Explorer
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2006, 08:35:17 PM »
I wouldn't touch IE for general browsing... Its sole use on this PC is for visiting Windoze Update and that's it.

I'm definitely a Firefox/Mozilla person... If a site is "designed" only for IE and displays incorrectly using a standards-based browser like Firefox, I don't use it.

Having said that, the IE-specific web sites these days are thankfully in a minority.

Anyway, back to the original poster's comments: I've not seen anything like that with Firefox using either its Win32 or Linux versions.

And... has there been any movement with the AmiZilla project?

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