nope, was rather boggled that she was really right about what was happening and hadn't slept for a couple of days when I was over there. I can take a look for that the next time I go back. I'll try the netscape version though, thanks. Do you remember the thing I am talking about with the data fork? I think it may have been that the Mac wil read files saved in w32 but once you do anything with it on a mac it won't transfer back -- in which case I can download this for her. But I am not sure. Where does the MAc hide its OS info, do you know? I couln't find it in the apple menu.
Dana On 8/9/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If it is OS 8 then she is basically hosed. > > IIRC that is roughly the equivalent of win95, un supported, and > unusable. > > Firefox and Safari will only run on OSX. IE for the Mac is unusable; MS > hasn't supported it in years. Looks like there is a version of Netscape, > still fairly old, but will run on OS8 > > Here is a link: > http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/archive70x.jsp > > Do you know what hardware it is currently running? My guess is that it > will at least require and upgrade to OSX, if that hardware will support > it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:21 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: stupid mac questions > > > > A friend of mine has been telling me how much trouble she is having > > getting > > on the web and/or getting email.... I finally rolled my eyes and went > over > > to her house and began to see her point as I tried to sign her up for > > gmail > > and did not get past the authentication page, then hotmail only to > find > > after filling out a long signup page that the submit button did not > > display. > > This was IE on... probably OS 8 by the look of it, though I could not > > remember where to look to find out. Yahoo at least displayed a little > > notice > > suggesting she download mozilla or safari. I reassured her that these > are > > both reputable software, but did not start the download at the time as > she > > is on dialup and slow dialup at that. I just left her instructions on > how > > to > > do it and suggested she start it before going to bed one night. > > > > I know she won't though, so I was going to do it for her, assuming her > Mac > > has a USB port (anyone know?)... but the immediate problem I am having > is > > that Mozilla does not appear to have a Mac download for earlier than > OS X, > > which, yes, is very different than 8. I am looking at the Safari page, > but > > I > > am also remembering something from the days when I had a Mac... > something > > baout the data fork being different. So my question is that if I > download > > to > > my thumb drive, which is FAT32, will it even do her any good? > > > > And before someone suggests a hardware upgrade -- not going to happen. > I > > actually do have an interest in solving this as this woman frequently > > takes > > my daughter to the homeschool coop and event updates go out by email, > so > > solving this would get me out of a lot of making sure she has heard > about > > x > > y and z... > > > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > > > Dana > > > > > > -- > > "People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a > > confession > > of their character." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
