screenshot of whatever he's talking about off-list?
--benD
Jim Campbell wrote:
> Well, I have two choices then:
>
> 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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