1) Take your word for it, or
2) get on the phone and talk a 78-year-old woman who still finds Flash pages
"pretty" through the steps of installing VNC on OS 9 for OS X, opening up
the correct port on the firewall I set up for her, making sure the service
is running, then installing VNC on my machine, opening up the necessary
ports on my router/firewall, then logging into her computer, starting OS 9
emulation, then...
You know what? I'll take your word for it.
- Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:38 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: AAARRRGGGGHHH! Stupid IE!!!!
LOL! I'm not sure that file is going to last the week, much less until xmas.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: AAARRRGGGGHHH! Stupid IE!!!!
> I think the only Mac IE 5 I know of at this point is only accessible
> when you boot to OS 9 on my grandmother's 17" iMac. I'll check it out
> when I'm down there for Christmas :)
>
> - Jim
>
> Kevin Graeme wrote:
>
> >Jim, I don't know if you still have IE5 on the Mac available to you, but
> >check out this page:
> >
> >http://soybean.cfdev.uwex.edu/layout4.cfm
> >
> >It works fine on IE6, Moz, Opera, and Safari. But IE5 on Mac? No way. And
> >it's just CSS that's throwing it.
> >
> >-Kevin
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:45 AM
> >Subject: Re: AAARRRGGGGHHH! Stupid IE!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Really? I really liked IE on the Mac. I don't use it now - Mozilla and
> >>Opera are too far advanced to consider it, but for OS 9, I don't think
> >>anything for the Mac was as good. I didn't know about the z-index thing
> >>though... Hmmm.
> >>
> >>At risk of offending you again :) Opera is pretty great these days.
> >>
> >>- Jim
> >>
> >>Ben Doom wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Begin Browser War:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I love the irony of Microsoft's Mac software being almost universally
> >>>>superior to their Windows software. I prefer Office X and its suite
of
> >>>>applications far more than Office XP/2003, and IE for Mac was probably
> >>>>the best browser out for OS 9 and OS X for a while (possibly the best
> >>>>browser, *period*), although Opera is probably the king in that regard
> >>>>now. Well, that or Mozilla.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>IE for Mac the best browser? What the hell are you talking about? Its
> >>>DOM is even less standardized than IE/Win. Its plugin structure forces
> >>>any plugin to have an "infinite" z-index. Its _javascript_ support is
> >>>even odder than IE/Win.
> >>>
> >>>I really, really don't care for this browser. But maybe you noticed
> >>>
> >>>
> >that.
> >
> >
> >>>Safari has its own set of problems, especially for developers, but is a
> >>>pretty good browser for the average end-user. For my money (or lack
> >>>thereof) Mozilla is king. Though, admittedly, I've not used Opera
since
> >>>way back when.
> >>>
> >>>--benD
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>
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