In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks
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>From: "Malcolm Cadman" <>
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>Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
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P Witte wrote:
> Opera takes a little getting used to. To my mind, neither images nor
> text are rendered to the same quality as in IE, but Im used to it
> now.
One possible reason is that IE ignores the ClearType system setting
for text. It always enables ClearType, even if the rest of the system
gwicks wrote:
> I realise this and what makes it worse is that by default Opera claims to be
> IE.
Actually one can still tell them apart because in that case Opera
claims to be both IE and Opera. It's a funny story actually, because
due to historic reasons all IE versions pretend to be Netscape!
gwicks writes
<>
> Finally, I have a problem for you Opera experts. I can successfully import
> my favourites from IE but can't find a way of calling them up from within
> Opera. How do I do this?
Ive been using Opera 9.01 these past few days. It seemed to import my IE
bookmarks automatically on
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>
> I realise this and what makes it worse is that by default Opera claims
> to be
> IE. Where the above is important is that it shows a quite a few Opera
> users
> do not have an up to date version. Opera appears to have been updated
> more
> frequently than the other browsers.
>
> This d
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From: "Malcolm Cadman" <>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>>I sho
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> That only leaves the matter of getting round the Norman mess. Shouldnt that
> be http://www.bountiful.demon.co.uk/qstripper.html? ;o)
>
Oh flipping heck, I've cocked up again !
Thanks Per, for pointing out a few missing double-ewes (It's a Scottish thing).
The corr
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>You missed out the most important one. Opera can pretend to be IE, but IE
>cannot pretend to be Opera! ;-)
It presents itself as IE, in order that sites designed with IE don't
look wrong, or refuse to load as a whole or in parts
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks
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>From: "Malcolm Cadman" <>
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>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
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From: "Malcolm Cadman" <>
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Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
> PS ... Are you able to make to the Byfleet Show on 5th November 2006 ?
>
This question was asked t
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From: "Marcel Kilgus" <>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
> Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>> So ... what in particular is painful about IE ?
>
> Mainly it's i
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcel Kilgus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>> All useful features, and yet not having them doesn't prevent enjoying
>> the use.
>
>As is often the case, good things you don't know you don't miss. Good
>things you do know however you never want t
Norman Dunbar writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> Consider it (almost) done :o)
>>
>
> Greetings,
>
> as per Robert's request for a link to the 'standards compliant browsers'
> you
> can get for free to replace the IE mess (Hi Malcolm !) - this has been
> done.
> There is now a link to Opera
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> Consider it (almost) done :o)
>
Greetings,
as per Robert's request for a link to the 'standards compliant browsers' you
can get for free to replace the IE mess (Hi Malcolm !) - this has been done.
There is now a link to Opera and Firefox downloads.
http://bountif
Now then Robert,
>
> May I suggest that you also put a link to from where a download could be
> performed? So not only do you suggest that the user gets a [much better]
> tandards compliant browser, but also from where they can get it.
>
Consider it (almost) done :o)
Cheers,
Norman.
__
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
> All useful features, and yet not having them doesn't prevent enjoying
> the use.
As is often the case, good things you don't know you don't miss. Good
things you do know however you never want to miss again.
>>Opera 6 is how old? 5 years? Unlike IE, Opera HAS been improved
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcel Kilgus writes
>Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>> So ... what in particular is painful about IE ?
>
>Mainly it's inherently unsafe to use it on the internet. No IE user
>should be surprised if they catch some virus, worm or whatever. Apart
>form that it's usually slow
Tony Firshman wrote:
> Marcel - what are "mouse gestures"?
Essentially you hold the right button down while drawing small figures
with the mouse. This will be interpreted as different commands by the
browser, like open new tab, close tab, open in background etc.
Incredible effective way to give co
Marcel Kilgus wrote:
> Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>> So ... what in particular is painful about IE ?
>
> Mainly it's inherently unsafe to use it on the internet. No IE user
> should be surprised if they catch some virus, worm or whatever. Apart
> form that it's usually slower, it doesn't have proper ke
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
> So ... what in particular is painful about IE ?
Mainly it's inherently unsafe to use it on the internet. No IE user
should be surprised if they catch some virus, worm or whatever. Apart
form that it's usually slower, it doesn't have proper keyboard
navigation, it lacks brow
Tony Firshman wrote:
> It wasn't Lego. I forget the name, but Qview developed it from a German
> kit that was *something* like Lego but was sold to schools and
> universities as commercial kit.
Fischer Technik and designed by Qview's Jonathan Oakley.
I liked it so much that I bought a kit.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcel Kilgus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> It's changing the subject a little but in spite of the fact there are so
>>> many critics of I.E. on this list 72.3% of people accessing my site use IE.
>>> 24.5% Netscape and only 2.2% Opera.
>
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> Thankfully, many web sites I use these days have little icons that say 'W3C
> validated
> for HTML and CSS' (or words to that effect) and work better in non-IE
> browsers because
> IE is far from standards compliant.
>
> My web page at http://www.bountiful.demon
> Here's a thought, last time I was able to get to a QL show, Ben was
> about 5 years old and played all day with a 'Tower Of Hanoi' robot
> thingy that you had built - from Lego I think. I'm pretty sure it
> was in Chester and Dilwyn was (a) still trading as DJC and (b) the
> main organiser. S
>> On your downloads page, you have a program named 'calender' should
>> that not be 'calendar'? It's somewhat amusing as the ads down the
>> right side of the page are all trying to get me onto eBay to buy
>> ... a spell checker !
> Even better, I Googled for "Dilwyn Jones" and I got the messa
As this subject heading had been seen so oft I knew it must have changed -
disklesia & Hanoi !
Sorry this Orange web mail - real pain
Well don't even try it on the beta version of IE 7 - it manages to place
the contents box over the top of the main text !!
As one who is averse to much of the
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:52:37 +0100, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> My web page at http://www.bountiful.demon.co.uk/qstripper.html, for
> example, has been written in standard compliant HTML and CSS (I hope!)
> and only IE gives problems of the browsers I have tested. Mind you,
> Opera 9 h
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:38:26 +0100, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Morning Tony,
>>
You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too!
>>>^
>>> You have to be careful to spell correctly when you comment on other
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Morning Tony,
>
>>> You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too!
>>^
>> You have to be careful to spell correctly when you comment on other
>> people's spelling (8-)#
>>
>
> well caught young man, well caught. The words 'hoi
Morning Tony,
> > You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too!
>^
> You have to be careful to spell correctly when you comment on other
> people's spelling (8-)#
>
well caught young man, well caught. The words 'hoist' and 'petard' spring to
mind at
Morning Marcel,
> Actually all 3 are free. But IE is pre-installed and most people have
> the "I know how to use it, I don't want to learn anything else"
True, I meant to type 'pre-installed' not 'free'. I have dyslexic fingers these
days - it must be age. :o(
> Personally I'd probably rather g
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> It's changing the subject a little but in spite of the fact there are so
>> many critics of I.E. on this list 72.3% of people accessing my site use IE.
>> 24.5% Netscape and only 2.2% Opera.
> I wonder if that's because it is free (well, you get it when you pay for
> Wi
gwicks wrote:
> It's changing the subject a little but in spite of the fact there are so
> many critics of I.E. on this list 72.3% of people accessing my site use IE.
> 24.5% Netscape and only 2.2% Opera.
Oh, those 2.2% were probably me :-) Best browser eva. If it weren't
that good I'd probably do
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Still not as bad as the time I constantly referred to "epsom" compatible
>> printers. ("I was finkin' of the salts, not the 'orses, honest guv.")
>>
>
> You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too!
^
You have to be careful to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On your downloads page, you have a program named 'calender' should that not
> be 'calendar'? It's somewhat amusing as the ads down the right side of the
> page are all trying to get me onto eBay to buy ... a spell checker !
Even better, I Googled for "Dilwyn Jon
Hi Geoff,
> It's changing the subject a little but in spite of the fact there are so
> many critics of I.E. on this list 72.3% of people accessing my site use IE.
> 24.5% Netscape and only 2.2% Opera.
I wonder if that's because it is free (well, you get it when you pay for
Windows) ?
I suspect
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From: "Rich Mellor" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
>> Thanks Geoff - that's better - the site is an improvement, but alas being
> hosted on Lycos'
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Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:48 AM
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> Thanks Geoff - that's better - the site is an improvement, but alas be
>>> Geoff - just for any newbies who read this list, maybe you should
>>> have
>>> included a link :-)
>>
>> Oh shame! Oh shame! I am always rebuking other people for not
>> putting
>> their
>> links in their emails and now I have done it myself!
>>
>> http://members.lycos.co.uk/geoffwicks/justwo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks Geoff - that's better - the site is an improvement, but alas being
> hosted on Lycos's free server is a pain - on Opera v9 and Internet
> Explorer 7 you get the Lycos Catcher bar (or whatever its called) at the
> top whihc has a pop down that obliterates the
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:28:36 +0100, gwicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> - Original Message -
> From: "Rich Mellor" <>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
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- Original Message -
From: "Rich Mellor" <>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Updated web site
>Geoff - just for any newbies who read this list, maybe you should have
>included a link :-)
Oh shame! Oh
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:05:49 +0100, François Van Emelen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> gwicks schreef:
>> The Just Words! web site has been completely rewritten and is available
>> for
>> your inspection.
>>
>> When you enter the site you are given a choice of 4 pages:
>>
>> Downloads speaks for
gwicks schreef:
> The Just Words! web site has been completely rewritten and is available for
> your inspection.
>
> When you enter the site you are given a choice of 4 pages:
>
> Downloads speaks for itself.
>
> Dictionaries allows you to download any of the Just Words! range of QTYP
> dictio
The Just Words! web site has been completely rewritten and is available for
your inspection.
When you enter the site you are given a choice of 4 pages:
Downloads speaks for itself.
Dictionaries allows you to download any of the Just Words! range of QTYP
dictionaries.
Help and advice covers so
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