[Novalug] Firefox Problem

Jon LaBadie novalugml at jgcomp.com
Tue Dec 30 00:31:29 EST 2008


On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:08:19PM -0500, Megan Larko wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> I hate to sound like a heretic on a linux list but...
> have you tried the site using IE?   
> 
> There are some sites (grants.gov used to be one of them) that simply don't work properly on a non-IE browser.   Yes, IMO I fault the programmer/designer of the web site.  
> 


I've not used it, but isn't there an add-on for firefox that
causes it to mimic IE?

Jon

> megan 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com>
> To: Novalug <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> Sent: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:23:20 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Firefox Problem
> 
> On Monday 29 December 2008 10:21:24 pm Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
> 
> > DA >No. It just reads "waiting for <site name>" and the progress bar
> > doesn't move.
> >
> > did you check the lower right hand corner where the security indicator is
> > in firefox and make sure you are allowing all the scripts the site
> > wants. i see this behavior when firefox is blocking some of the scripts
> > and I have to turn them on (allow them) individually for each thing
> > wanting to run a script from a site)
> 
> Nothing is blocked.
> 
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