"FreeRTOS.org" wrote:> "Chris Hills" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message >... snip ...> >> The OP may not realise what is required, or rather what should be >> avoided to work in most browsers. I tend to have the settings on >> my web authoring tool set to permit 90% of browsers and test on >> three browsers. IE, Netscape (an old one) and Safari. >> >> However it is not professional to not check if your web site >> works with several browsers in your target market. > > As one who is often critisied for the design of my site...... :o) > > Using IE6 I find I can brows all pages, but the menu on the left > only works from the main page, but this does not really cause a > problem. Using FF 2 the menu on the left does not work.IE6 is probably the worst 'checking' browser possible. -- <http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt> <http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423> <http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html> <http://kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html> cbfalconer at maineline dot net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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In article <463681EC.8D43D0F4@yahoo.com>, CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> writes>"FreeRTOS.org" wrote: >> "Chris Hills" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message >> >... snip ... >> >>> The OP may not realise what is required, or rather what should be >>> avoided to work in most browsers. I tend to have the settings on >>> my web authoring tool set to permit 90% of browsers and test on >>> three browsers. IE, Netscape (an old one) and Safari. >>> >>> However it is not professional to not check if your web site >>> works with several browsers in your target market. >> >> As one who is often critisied for the design of my site...... :o) >> >> Using IE6 I find I can brows all pages, but the menu on the left >> only works from the main page, but this does not really cause a >> problem. Using FF 2 the menu on the left does not work. > >IE6 is probably the worst 'checking' browser possible.Why? -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ /\/\/ chris@phaedsys.org www.phaedsys.org \/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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In article <f15i34$2gf$01$1@news.t-online.com>, Michael Schnell <mschnell_at_bschnell_dot_de@aol.com> writes>>> Your website is unusable. >> I can read it OK (IE6) > >Obviously its an IE only website. This is what David explained an what >needs to be avoided for any information that you want to show to decent >addressees.That's good coming from someone with an aol address :-) -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ /\/\/ chris@phaedsys.org www.phaedsys.org \/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
> That's good coming from someone with an aol address :-):) :) :) It's intended to confuse the spammers' search engines not the readers :) :) :) -Michael
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
"CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:463681EC.8D43D0F4@yahoo.com...> "FreeRTOS.org" wrote: >> "Chris Hills" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message >> > ... snip ... >> >>> The OP may not realise what is required, or rather what should be >>> avoided to work in most browsers. I tend to have the settings on >>> my web authoring tool set to permit 90% of browsers and test on >>> three browsers. IE, Netscape (an old one) and Safari. >>> >>> However it is not professional to not check if your web site >>> works with several browsers in your target market. >> >> As one who is often critisied for the design of my site...... :o) >> >> Using IE6 I find I can brows all pages, but the menu on the left >> only works from the main page, but this does not really cause a >> problem. Using FF 2 the menu on the left does not work. > > IE6 is probably the worst 'checking' browser possible. >Getting way way off topic, but...I actually use Browser Cam. This does not help however when people choose to turn off Javascript. http://www.browsercam.com/ -- Regards, Richard. + http://www.FreeRTOS.org A free real time kernel for 8, 16 and 32bit systems. + http://www.SafeRTOS.com An IEC 61508 compliant real time kernel for safety related systems.
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
In article <f175sp$i32$00$1@news.t-online.com>, Michael Schnell <mschnell_at_bschnell_dot_de@aol.com> writes>> That's good coming from someone with an aol address :-) > >:) :) :) It's intended to confuse the spammers' search engines not the >readers :) :) :)Actually it looks like a VERY good idea! I might to that to mine. Most of the spam comes out of the US so why shouldn't it go back to AOL :-) -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ /\/\/ chris@phaedsys.org www.phaedsys.org \/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
> Your website is unusable. All that turns up in Firefox is a fewYou're missing the point. Newsservers should automatically block any posting that contains a googlepages.com or blogspot.com URL, because these are almost all spam to generate advertising revenue.
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
On Tue, 1 May 2007 08:05:44 +0100, Chris Hills <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote:>In article <463681EC.8D43D0F4@yahoo.com>, CBFalconer>>IE6 is probably the worst 'checking' browser possible. > >Why?Microsoft is not well known for standard conformance :-). Paul
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
In article <849e33hivjg74iu8hfadmbra2lbaqmii7q@4ax.com>, Paul Keinanen <keinanen@sci.fi> writes>On Tue, 1 May 2007 08:05:44 +0100, Chris Hills <chris@phaedsys.org> >wrote: > >>In article <463681EC.8D43D0F4@yahoo.com>, CBFalconer > >>>IE6 is probably the worst 'checking' browser possible. >> >>Why? > >Microsoft is not well known for standard conformance :-).Ok Why IE6 specifically? As opposed to IE generically of IE7 however these days its compilers are quite good... though with C#, C++/CLI they seem to be trying to take over. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ /\/\/ chris@phaedsys.org www.phaedsys.org \/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Reply by ●May 1, 20072007-05-01
Chris Hills wrote:> Paul Keinanen <keinanen@sci.fi> writes >> Chris Hills <chris@phaedsys.org> >wrote: >>> CBFalconer wrote: >>> >>>> IE6 is probably the worst 'checking' browser possible. >>> >>> Why? >> >> Microsoft is not well known for standard conformance :-). > > Ok Why IE6 specifically? As opposed to IE generically of IE7Because the OP (snipped) specified it. -- <http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt> <http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423> <http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html> <http://kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html> cbfalconer at maineline dot net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
