firefox
taharka
res00vl8 at alltel.net
Mon May 8 13:30:07 UTC 2006
How do,
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 21:15 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> taharka wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 12:43 +0200, brouwers roland lx wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 18:29 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>> brouwers roland lx wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> >From what I can tell, this is a javascript issue that can be fixed by
> >>>>> the offending site.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> They need to add "fixMozillaZIndex=true;" in the appropriate places.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please take a look at
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://creatif.dk/mainsites/etdenmark1/www/index_uk.asp
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where this is implemented correctly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ed
> >>>> You realize, Ed, that I cannot ask this broadcasting company to change
> >>>> their site. It works with microsoft explorer. Why does it function with
> >>>> the microsoft explorer and not with firefox?
> >>> Sure, I realize that....
> >>>
> >>> This is another case of sites coding and testing only with IE. In this
> >>> world you will also find sites that require the use of Active-X
> >>> controls. A prime example of this is my bank's web site here in Taiwan.
> >>> Guess what, they don't work under Linux/Firefox either.
> >>>
> >>> But, yes, you could complain to the broadcasting company! As a matter
> >>> of fact...a few months ago I complained to the folks at the New York
> >>> Times on some issue on their web site. Guess what, others must have
> >>> complained since a few weeks later they sent me a nice email to let me
> >>> know of the fix and asking if I would test it for them.
> >>>
> >>> I suppose, if I were you, I'd take this to the Mozilla forums. They may
> >>> have some better ideas than I do.
> >>>
> >>> Ed
> >> I will do as you proposed.
> >> I thank you very much for your time.
> >
> > Give the following a try. Download/install the Firefox extension
> > user_agent_switcher, set it to "Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP)", try
> > the site again & let us know what happens ;-)
>
> No change....none expected either.
I'm on the site as we speak & it's working for me. Just don't read the
language :-( Had to enable cookies & java script. The following are my
Firefox settings.
Last updated: Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:07 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
*** Extensions (enabled: 8, disabled: 0; total: 8)
DOM Inspector 1.8.0.3
Google Toolbar for Firefox 1.0.20051122
InfoLister 0.9c
Nightly Tester Tools 1.0.2
NoScript 1.1.4
Sage 1.3.6
User Agent Switcher 0.6.8
netcrafttoolbar 1.1.1.3
*** Themes (4)
Brushed
Firefox (default) [selected]
Plastikfox
Tango Icons
*** Plugins
Adobe Reader 7.0
Default Plugin
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible
Shockwave Flash
> >
> >> Roland
> >
> > taharka
> >
> > Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
> >
>
>
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> -- Winston Churchill
>
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