Re: Can't open in Firefox, only IE 7.0
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:30:47 -0800
Putin wrote:
I have for a long time used this great forum for help and am at the same time an avid user of Firefox. Now though using FF the page only partially loads. It seems that with the new page layout only IE 7.0 works.
Is this done on purpose?
I contacted MS and they keep telling me it's not their problem!? If they (MS) design a web page that only loads with a MS product who's problem is it then?
I can't answer any questions about the web interface since neither I (nor any of the other MVP regulars) use it since it is so awful. I do find that some websites don't work well with Firefox and yes, that is just bad website design. However, when it comes to these newsgroups you'd be better off using a real newsreader instead of the clunky web interface anyway. Here is information about that (and if you need to use the web interface because you're at work or for other reasons, then I guess you'll need to use IE):
Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups:
About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation of newsgroups
Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting
Malke
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