At first I thought, "Yeah, right! Probably a DNS problem or something." So I cut and pasted the URL and tried it myself and sure enough it doesn't work in MS Explorer 5.1.7 for Mac (I'm running OS 9.2.1). I saw it was stuck loading a JavaScript so I fired up Mozilla and it worked right away. Must be something about the JavaScript Explorer for Mac doesn't like. I've been using Mozilla at home (on a PB3400/OS9.1) for a few weeks now and really like it. Takes longer to startup than Explorer but after that it's very nice. Really like the tabbed windows.
Ugh! That's right. The Javascript on that version of IE was really funky. I forgot.
That brings up a long-repressed memory. A few years back, the state intituted a totally new benefits system that every employee had to use to re-specify their choices (or not have health care, etc.) It *required* IE.
On the Mac you would get *two* error messages, with the associated 'bing!' for *every* field that you filled out in this roughly 20-screen form, with 5-30 fields on each screen.
<bing!bing!><grumble grumble><bing!bing!><bing!bing!> <bing!bing!><bing!bing!><bing!bing!><5%#$@&*&*!> <bing!bing!><bing!bing!><bing!bing!><$@@&***#&><bing!bing!> <bing!bing!><bing!bing!><bing!bing!><bing!bing!><bing!bing!>
Finally I got to about page 18 and it simply refused to go any further.
I've never come so close to smashing a computer with a sledge hammer.
I sent the state webmaster got a *blistering* critique via e-mail.
He replied, more or less thanking me for being nice and not including the various obscene descriptions of his ancestry and probable love interests in my message like some of the other e-mail he was getting, and, yes, they know there's a problem and they won't use that subcontractor *ever* again, and unfortunately, the only solution was to use a Windows system this time.
Gotta tell you...we mac folk don't take it quietly ;-)
Oddly enough, I've never has a lick of trouble with any of the other online service sites for the state, like the DMV.
So yeah, it's javascript.
Use Mozilla, a *vastly* superior web browser.
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