I was using Firefox on some machines, but recently moved to Chrome as a political statement, not because I love Google but rather because I wanted to show my dissatisfaction with Firefox's political correctness/censorship<http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-mozilla-resigns-ceo#awesm=~oEX2WzjEhsumsR>. (And in case you were wondering, I do support marriage equality but even more than that I support peoples right to disagree with me. Agree?)
On 22 May 2014 11:43, Bec Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > This thread got me wondering if anybody here actually uses a browser other > than Chrome. By *use* I mean to personally browse and not to just test > sites across different browsers. Even on my now dead Macbook I used Chrome > and just find it nicer than Safari or IE. > Just curious :-) > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 6:10 PM, noonie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ken, >> >> Different browsers different behaviours and now I know why. Different >> sites may be different user behaviours and I suspect I know why. >> >> Now all I have to figure out is how to "make it go away" because, >> fundamentally, that's all that users want ;-) >> >> -- >> noonie >> On 21/05/2014 3:54 PM, "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So you’re using different browsers to access the different sites? >>> >>> >>> >>> What if you swap the browsers around? Does the behaviour follow the >>> browser? Or stay with the website? That will probably give you a clue as to >>> whether it’s a browser, proxy or website issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 21 May 2014 3:29 PM >>> *To:* ozDotNet >>> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks Ken, >>> >>> >>> >>> IE and Chrome behave differently and, as the clipboard is involved here, >>> things get even murkier. We're warming up WireShark as I write ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> noonie >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20 May 2014 13:48, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I’d start by finding out whether the challenge is coming from the >>> proxy server or not. >>> >>> Packet capture on the proxy server can probably help you here, as it >>> should show what the proxy server is doing vs. what is coming directly from >>> the web server. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 May 2014 8:22 AM >>> *To:* ozDotNet >>> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page >>> >>> >>> >>> Probably not IE as the user agent string is slightly different ending in >>> MSOffice 12 which indicates Outlook or Word. It identifies itself as an >>> earlier version of IE tahn the version installed as the browser. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> noonie >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19 May 2014 19:22, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I would assume word is using the IE to grad the urls, hence if you >>> have logged into the website using IE, then word may be aware of this? >>> >>> >>> >>> Just my suggestion…not sure how true it is! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie >>> *Sent:* Monday, 19 May 2014 6:20 PM >>> *To:* ozDotNet >>> *Subject:* [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page >>> >>> >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm trying to figure out an issue that a user has reported. When they >>> copy text from a Web page into Microsoft Word they are prompted for >>> credentials on one site but not on another, similarly configured, site. >>> >>> Both sites are basic auth over https and both are ASP.net apps with very >>> minor differences. The major differences are in their proxy configurations. >>> I can understand why credentials are required but not why they seem to be >>> automatically offered in one case but not in the other. >>> >>> Where can I find some documentation about how Windows and Office >>> conspire together to grab CSS files so Word can decide what text formatting >>> to offer? >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> noonie >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
