Browser myths....
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Originally Posted by FTE Ken
Netscape plugins usually install easily. For those that don't, a tips page:
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/278/
Oh... when I say "Netscape" plugins I also mean Mozilla. Firefox is based on Mozilla.
When people think of Firefox, they also think of the extensions that make it nice. When they think of Opera... they don't because most of it is already there plus many things you can't find Firefox extensions for.
If something better than Opera comes out I'll use it regularly but so far they keep raising the bar that others have to match with extensions or new browser versions.
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/278/
Oh... when I say "Netscape" plugins I also mean Mozilla. Firefox is based on Mozilla.
When people think of Firefox, they also think of the extensions that make it nice. When they think of Opera... they don't because most of it is already there plus many things you can't find Firefox extensions for.
If something better than Opera comes out I'll use it regularly but so far they keep raising the bar that others have to match with extensions or new browser versions.
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I just downloaded Opera to try side by side with Firefox on my test machine. Like was said earlier, since I use Firefox problem free on my Linux machines I just stuck with it for use with windows. I've used it across an array of different machines and operating systems problem free for about 3 or 4 years.
As for IE I wont touch that with a 20 foot pole, the first I do after building a windows machine is dump IE and load Firefox. Keeping a open mind I'll give opera a try, just not on my good machine until I trust it.
As for IE I wont touch that with a 20 foot pole, the first I do after building a windows machine is dump IE and load Firefox. Keeping a open mind I'll give opera a try, just not on my good machine until I trust it.
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Originally Posted by sierraben
Dennis, how did you copy your computer screen, and post it?
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Originally Posted by Frankenbiker
O.k... put me into the bucket of folks who downloaded Opera, just to see how it'd work.
As expected, it completely MANGLED my company's IE-dependent web pages.
Still working on other things...
-blaine
As expected, it completely MANGLED my company's IE-dependent web pages.
Still working on other things...
-blaine
I use that feature on FTE in our admin panel. If the panel detects a non-IE browser it gives a plain-jain stripped down version... but when I tell Opera to pretend to be IE it works fine.
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Originally Posted by FTE Ken
The pages probably uses controls that it won't send if the browser isn't IE. In Opera: while browsing the site, right-click on any empty (white-space) part of the web page (or hit F12). Select "Site-Preferences", Network tab, then set browser identification to mask as Internet Explorer.
I use that feature on FTE in our admin panel. If the panel detects a non-IE browser it gives a plain-jain stripped down version... but when I tell Opera to pretend to be IE it works fine.
I use that feature on FTE in our admin panel. If the panel detects a non-IE browser it gives a plain-jain stripped down version... but when I tell Opera to pretend to be IE it works fine.
-blaine
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