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TheJkWhoSaysNi
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Do you have permission to modify the files?
I've uploaded/delted files through IE before.
I've uploaded/delted files through IE before.
fatbusinessman
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My suggestions to you, Tom, are these:
Don't use IE for browsing - get your hands on Mozilla Firebird. It really is a much better browser, especially in terms of standards compliance.
Also, don't use IE for FTP access - you're going to get considerably more by way of features and stability from a dedicated FTP client. My personal preference is SmartFTP, but there are tons of them out there.
In short, don't use IE. I avoid it wherever possible, except when someone who shall remain unnamed bases their mail server around it.
Don't use IE for browsing - get your hands on Mozilla Firebird. It really is a much better browser, especially in terms of standards compliance.
Also, don't use IE for FTP access - you're going to get considerably more by way of features and stability from a dedicated FTP client. My personal preference is SmartFTP, but there are tons of them out there.
In short, don't use IE. I avoid it wherever possible, except when someone who shall remain unnamed bases their mail server around it.
*Jonty wonders if Firebird includes subliminal 'you must promote Firebird' messages in the program*
hehe. In fairness, I switched to Firebird a while back and have been very happy ever since v0.7, and have often ended up promoting it too. With any luck, we'll have v0.8 before Christmas, although the release candidate has slipped, so the final release will probably be delayed
What should be interesting (this is going way off-topic, sorry) is how Microsoft will respond. Pop-up blocking is definitely in IE6 SP2, and rumours exist that hint tabbed browsing and the more standards-compliant Tasman engine (think IE5 Mac) may be included too. If this was the case, then Mozilla's user base would at very least slow in growth.
Anyway, back on topic, the scrollbar bug should hopefully be officially patched sometime soon (probably via an indirect update to IE released in the new year).
Kind Regards
hehe. In fairness, I switched to Firebird a while back and have been very happy ever since v0.7, and have often ended up promoting it too. With any luck, we'll have v0.8 before Christmas, although the release candidate has slipped, so the final release will probably be delayed
What should be interesting (this is going way off-topic, sorry) is how Microsoft will respond. Pop-up blocking is definitely in IE6 SP2, and rumours exist that hint tabbed browsing and the more standards-compliant Tasman engine (think IE5 Mac) may be included too. If this was the case, then Mozilla's user base would at very least slow in growth.
Anyway, back on topic, the scrollbar bug should hopefully be officially patched sometime soon (probably via an indirect update to IE released in the new year).
Kind Regards
Xavier
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before christmas? As in within the next 2 days?Jonty said:*Jonty wonders if Firebird includes subliminal 'you must promote Firebird' messages in the program*
hehe. In fairness, I switched to Firebird a while back and have been very happy ever since v0.7, and have often ended up promoting it too. With any luck, we'll have v0.8 before Christmas, although the release candidate has slipped, so the final release will probably be delayed
What should be interesting (this is going way off-topic, sorry) is how Microsoft will respond. Pop-up blocking is definitely in IE6 SP2, and rumours exist that hint tabbed browsing and the more standards-compliant Tasman engine (think IE5 Mac) may be included too. If this was the case, then Mozilla's user base would at very least slow in growth.
Anyway, back on topic, the scrollbar bug should hopefully be officially patched sometime soon (probably via an indirect update to IE released in the new year).
Kind Regards
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That was the idea, yesXavier said:
However, having rechecked matters, it does seem delays have slipped in. Ben Goodger (Firebird developer) now predicts a release candidate prior to 2004, with the final release in the first week of the new year.The major features of the new build are:
- Binary files will no longer be rendered as 'text/html'; thus audio, video etc. will load in players or be downloaded (the user will be prompted) rather then be outputted as garbled text in the browser.
- No more .zip files! Firebird now comes with an executable installer.
- Various other improvements and bugs addressed.
If you want the latest builds, check out http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/nightly/latest-0.8/ and be sure to visit http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/roadmap.html for the Firebird roadmap.
Kind Regards
No, sadly it's not currently possible. Microsoft use a combination of special coding techniques and ActiveX (I think) scripts to power the WindowsUpdate site (and the new WindowsUpdate v5 site which is currently being beta tested, I believe). There may be some people working on a solution for Mozilla-proper, but I'm fairly sure I just imagined that, as the more I think about it the harder it would be to get everything to function correctly.xane said:
Kind Regards
Jonty
Edit ~ Having checked, it seems there is no such Mozilla support, nor does it look likely I'm afraid.
HellotRoG said:
Check out the following page for details: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/ This provides a brief overview of Firebird's benefits. Also, note that Mozilla-proper is a whole suite of utilities - web browser, email client, IRC client and much more - whereas Firebird is 'just' a standalone browser.
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