 Logging in with Firefox 8? |
| Darin McGrew |
 Nov 18 2011, 12:23 AM
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WDG Member  Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,365 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 3  |
I find myself unable to log into the HTMLHelp forums with Firefox 8. I can log into the forums with Chrome, but not with the latest version of Firefox. And I can still log into other forums with Firefox 8, just not this one.
Is this a Firefox 8 issue? Can anyone else log into these forums with Firefox 8? I'm on MacOS 10.7.2, FWIW. |
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| Darin McGrew |
Nov 30 2011, 05:23 AM
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WDG Member Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,365 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE If I spoof all is well. Very 2003. Or perhaps very 2007. There were several sites in 2007 that I still configured Opera to spoof other browsers. Then I switched to Firefox. Now I'm on the verge of switching to Chrome. |
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| Christian J |
Nov 30 2011, 07:59 AM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ Nov 30 2011, 11:23 AM)  There were several sites in 2007 that I still configured Opera to spoof other browsers. Another problem is sites that don't sniff but fail silently. I never dare to use Opera on e.g. ecommerce sites, due to broken confirmation pages. OTOH a similar thing happened with Firefox lately. |
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| pandy |
Nov 30 2011, 08:32 AM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
There was no option about installing Apple Application Support (whatever that is?) I was just about to upgrade, but maybe better not then.
I can get and use Telia's E-ID (electronic identification crap used for filing your tax return online and things like that) with an old FF, but not with K-Mel with the same or newer gecko version. Smartness all over the place. My bank surprisingly enough accepts any browser I happen to use though. Google is getting more and more obtrusive. I've kept the Google bar for IE out of habit (it used to be good). Now and then it installs the desktop search without asking, even though I initially said NO. |
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| Christian J |
Nov 30 2011, 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Nov 30 2011, 02:32 PM) There was no option about installing Apple Application Support (whatever that is?) No, it seems to be a bundled required component: "if you uninstall your Apple Application Support [...] your Safari for Windows 4.0.4 (or higher version) will no longer launch ... because several essential program files [...] will have been uninstalled." QUOTE I was just about to upgrade, but maybe better not then. I wonder if it makes sense to keep Windows Safari even for site testing? There might be special quirks in its KHTML engine, OTOH there are so many versions of each engine around these days that you can't test them all anyway, and maybe the Windows and Mac version don't behave exactly the same anyway. |
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| pandy |
Nov 30 2011, 10:33 AM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
Don't know, but I would guess there are (minor?) differences. Aslong one doesn't expect perfect Mac emulation that's OK, I think.
I once had over 80 different browser versions on my HD. I don't anymore. Too many versions released too often these days. |
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Posts in this topic
Darin McGrew Logging in with Firefox 8? Nov 18 2011, 12:23 AM
Christian J Works for me with FF8 on Windows. What kind or err... Nov 18 2011, 07:00 AM jimlongo I'm logged in right now with FF8 on Mac 10.6.8 Nov 18 2011, 10:47 AM Darin McGrew It keeps telling me "Welcome, Guest" aft... Nov 18 2011, 11:02 AM jimlongo I just tried again, I don't normally use FF, b... Nov 18 2011, 11:10 AM
pandy Found a few others with the same problem, but no a... Nov 18 2011, 01:25 PM Darin McGrew Well, I've tried deleting all the htmlhelp-rel... Nov 19 2011, 01:22 PM Darin McGrew I finally figured out the problem. Google Toolbar ... Nov 30 2011, 12:39 AM pandy Are we sniffing? :unsure:
Sniffing is definitely... Nov 30 2011, 04:02 AM Christian J
A couple other sites were behaving strangely (bro... Nov 30 2011, 07:40 AM pandy I like my bells and whistles. Plus Chrome scrared ... Nov 30 2011, 05:54 AM Christian J
I'm starting to get uncomfortable about havin... Nov 30 2011, 07:51 AM |
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