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2009-07-26

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 thx Fred! You Da Man

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-07-26 10:01|| 2009-07-26 10:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Works great with FireFox 3.5!

Posted by DarthVader 2009-07-26 10:19|| 2009-07-26 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Being non-tech, I'm not sure what you said, Fred, but you're still wonderful anyway. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-26 14:12|| 2009-07-26 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Opera has problems, but they're Opera problems, not Rantburg problems.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-07-26 15:22|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-26 15:22|| Front Page Top

#5 It's a well known fact among Javascript programmers that Microsoft deliberately makes their browser's interpretation of Javascript "different" from all other browsers. Certain Microsoft programs written in Javascript, such as Outlook Web Access, won't run very well on other browsers although it runs fine on IE. That is the only reason I keep IE on my computer.

Experienced Javascript programmers know they have to test their programs with Firefox, or some other decent browser, and then with IE. Then, when their code doesn't work with IE, they have to code routines that detect the type of browser being used and develop alternative paths in their code for IE.

It wastes a lot of time. It sucks. But it's Microsoft's way of telling the world not to use other browsers.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2009-07-26 17:47|| 2009-07-26 17:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Abu Uluque - correctamundo! The only reason I keep IE on my home computer is that we use Outlook at work, and if I access my email via webaccess in FF, I get a "lite" version of OE with a lot less functionality. The only website I access via IE is my webmail at work. I'd expect MS to describe that as an "inadvertant" issue

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-07-26 18:24|| 2009-07-26 18:24|| Front Page Top

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