Re: Frames

2012-01-12 Thread JeffM
David E. Ross wrote: some Web sites over-use frames to the point that they make Web pages not only annoying but also difficult to use. In the vernacular, Kill them all; let God sort them out. The original: http://google.com/search?q=%22.God.will.know.his.own%22 Is there a way to cause each frame

Re: Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?

2012-01-07 Thread JeffM
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: They don't want to maintain the car, Oh, but they -ARE- willing to invest large gobs of their time into learning the fine points of anti-whatever apps (which aren't necessary on a properly-crafted OS). they just want to drive it. ...after they've ironed out all the

Re: [Off-topic] Operating systems (was : Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?)

2012-01-06 Thread JeffM
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: [...]I've been using Linux for about seven years and have never once compiled a single ... anything. ...though that does remain an option which is available with FOSS --unlike the all-closed-source segment which makes up the majority of the M$ ecosystem. ...despite

Re: Use of Proxy Server and Virus Infections ?

2012-01-06 Thread JeffM
Hartmut Figge wrote: JeffM wrote: My question is: What tasks do these folks actually do that **requires** the easily-infected / needs-anti-whatever-apps OS? There *are* games which wine is unable to cope with. :) ...which echoes my use of the term toy OS. 8-) Don't serious gamers run

Re: Centre alignment issue in IE

2012-01-02 Thread JeffM
Stephen Geraghty wrote: I recently noticed that [HTML] pages align left when Internet Exporer renders them, I *assume* that you have tried this with only *ONE* version of MICROS~1's junk. Want an eye-opener? Try viewing a collection of pages with a multitude of browsers; be sure to include

Re: Google - blocking unwanted sites?

2011-12-26 Thread JeffM
Anonymous wrote: Why cant SM block unwanted sites from Google searches? This was asked (just as poorly) a while back: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.seamonkey/browse_frm/thread/8555dcbe93416bdb/1480ad93b0eae5a7#doc_1480ad93b0eae5a7 ___

Re: Problem with opening a Web page.

2011-12-26 Thread JeffM
Frog wrote: I am attempting to open a web page at the following address: http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/live/live4.htm http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.seamonkey/search?group=mozilla.support.seamonkeyq=nps+govqt_g=Search+this+group ___

Re: Mangled replies to HTML messages

2011-12-22 Thread JeffM
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: When replying in plain text to an HTML message, I've noticed that SeaMonkey does some peculiar thing with links. The universe is trying to tell you to stop sending Web pages via SMTP. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list

Why aren't the mozilla.org admins running a filter? (was: SPAM)

2011-12-12 Thread JeffM
BeulahFuentes wrote: [SPAM from 184.173.202.26] Wouldn't nFilter/NewsProxy or Leafnode (or Hamster on a Windoze server) eliminate these repeated SPAM posts automatically? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: Tricking sites into thinking SeaMonkey is Firefox

2011-12-04 Thread JeffM
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: as most folks/companies simply aren't aware of standards, JeffM wrote: aka incompetents. aka don't know how to do their jobs. Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: * Big-Wigs in company, and sometimes their own press/PR departments If an individual is *actually* a big-wig

Re: Tricking sites into thinking SeaMonkey is Firefox

2011-12-04 Thread JeffM
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Scumbag may be a little strong though, JeffM wrote: Nope. It's right on the mark. Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: No, it is not. You can't blame the companies for these problems. I already did that. Stop defending the jerks and incompetents who are involved

Re: Tricking sites into thinking SeaMonkey is Firefox

2011-12-04 Thread JeffM
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: a manager's job is to delegate stuff to experts who know the nitty-gritty details of things that would just bog him down. Actually, it's his job to make sure that things get done RIGHT. Getting 100,000 widgets produced on time --with none of them meeting spec--is called

Re: Tricking sites into thinking SeaMonkey is Firefox

2011-12-03 Thread JeffM
David E. Ross wrote: Situations in which an error-free HTML page will not be viewable with all browsers include: * Insufficient contrast between text color and background color. * [Assumed window sizes] * Rendering that is garbled when CSS is disabled ...a particular favorite of mine

Re: Tricking sites into thinking SeaMonkey is Firefox

2011-12-03 Thread JeffM
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Scumbag may be a little strong though, Nope. It's right on the mark. as most folks/companies simply aren't aware of standards, aka incompetents. aka don't know how to do their jobs. or the existence of browsers beyond, say, Internet Exploder, Firefox, and maybe

Re: Verizon does it again

2011-12-01 Thread JeffM
WLS wrote: Browser Policy Statement Verizon recognizes the diverse operating systems and Internet browsers our visitors may be using. While we want every visitor to have the best possible experience on our Web site, we recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically,

Re: A Trojan Horse

2011-11-26 Thread JeffM
Paul Bergsagel wrote: How do we know if this is a Trojan or something equally bad? You forgot to include what this is. Broad strokes: Get your apps only from trusted sources. The repositories of Linux distros are a good example of this. If this is something that appears in your browser, the

Re: A Trojan Horse

2011-11-26 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: The anti-whatever guys are always playing catch-up with the black hats. ...and the bad guys are smarter than MICROS~1 and the anti-whatever guys put together. Updating your band-aid apps *just before* doing something questionable is the best you can do. Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Yes

Re: NoSquint For SeaMonkey

2011-11-20 Thread JeffM
WLS wrote: Having peeked my interest, For future reference: http://google.com/search?q=%22.piqued.my.interest%22 I've seen peak used before (incorrectly), but your use of peek is a first for me. http://google.com/search?q=pique+peek+peak ___

Re: can i have both sm and firefox? (Sniffing, yet again)

2011-11-11 Thread JeffM
Jim wrote: [...]we have to use the site www.employeeexpress.gov.[...] It requires Firefox or IE 7.0 or 8.0. This is one of the most common topics discussed at this group. The situation is an artifact of massively incompetent Web developers who learned to use ONE tool and stopped their education

Re: Windows 8 Metro

2011-09-28 Thread JeffM
David Wilkinson wrote: Windows 8 will have an entirely new mode of operation called Metro [...] So where does this leave SeaMonkey/FireFox/Thunderbird? Sailfish wrote: I predict they will be as successful with it as they were with Kin/Win Phone 7/Vista. The only thing M$ seem to be able to do

Re: Acrobat / Reader question

2011-09-06 Thread JeffM
PhillipJones wrote: Adobe absolutely refuses to support Gecko based Browsers on Mac. [...][It's] webkit only. Perhaps we should switch to webkit . ...or perhaps to Linux. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: How can I block websites?

2011-08-25 Thread JeffM
David E. Ross wrote : AdBlock Plus Jane--Galt wrote: it doesn't prevent a site from coming up in Google results As has been noted, that is a COMPLETELY different question from what you initially asked. Paul B. Gallagher wrote: append -site:yourdomainhere.com to your search string -inurl:

Re: Norton antivirus and SeaMonkey

2011-08-11 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: There are operating systems that don't need this band-aids-pasted-all-over-the-outside nonsense. Ray_Net wrote: You speak about one of the multitude of the lunix distributions crap ? Rufus wrote: ...which don't do *jack* that I actually want/need to do? Heh. Bank shot: 2 idiots

Re: Norton antivirus and SeaMonkey

2011-07-29 Thread JeffM
Cathy Palmer-Lister wrote: [...]Norton [antivirus] There are operating systems that don't need this band-aids-pasted-all-over-the-outside nonsense. (Actually, there is only *one* OS vendor that *does* need it.) Those alternate OSes are available at zero cost and you can run Windoze in a virtual

Re: National Geographic: Why can't I see their maps?

2011-07-21 Thread JeffM
Rostyslaw Lewyckyj wrote: The forward charge by the bull elephants to introduce new features is all well and good. But I'd like to see an army with brooms and pooper scoopers clean up the field between the charging elephants and us the plodding following mass of users. So that we can follow

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-19 Thread JeffM
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Inviting end users who are incapable of coding or testing is an empty promise. Describe more fully incapable of testing. If the developers want to know what end users think, they need to ask them before the code is carved in stone. This overlooks the scratching an itch

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-19 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Describe more fully incapable of testing. Paul B. Gallagher wrote: What I mean is that most end users can demo a program, play around for a bit, and generally satisfy themselves that it works for their favorite tasks. That actually constitutes a lot of data points. They might

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-19 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Hmmm. I've already used this analogy once today (elsewhere). Sometimes it only takes ONE individual to affect a change: http://google.com/search?tbs=dfn:1q=hung-jury Paul B. Gallagher wrote: OK, so if I dedicate my life to making sure everyone knows that it's Effect change

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-17 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Whenever I see these long diatribes about SeaMonkey, I note that they never mention the authors' participation in the Release Candidate trial/review process. Jay Garcia wrote: What else is required other than to be a user, A critique that comes as late as so many of these do could

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-17 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: those folks who are prone to complaining *should* be the ones who point out shortcomings **when something can more easily be done about those** i.e. **early** aka **during pre-release**. Paul B. Gallagher wrote: If you want people to comment before something is finalized, you have

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-17 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Not complaining about the content; it's the *timing* that bugs me. Michael Gordon wrote: Don't be too harsh on these late posters. Well, as long as they don't get *too* whiney. Some of us will not upgrade until most of the major bugs have been corrected. ...which is a choice

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-17 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: those folks who are prone to complaining *should* be the ones who point out shortcomings **when something can more easily be done about those** i.e. **early** aka **during pre-release**. Rostyslaw Lewyckyj wrote: All right , then where does the developer coouncil/ governing body

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish

2011-07-16 Thread JeffM
Graham wrote: I'm liking Seamonkey less and less [Large amounts of text elided] Whenever I see these long diatribes about SeaMonkey, I note that they never mention the authors' participation in the Release Candidate trial/review process. ___

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

2011-07-14 Thread JeffM
Charly Brown wrote: 1) Turn off your Caps Lock key when typing Subject lines. Thanks Thank you. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

Re: Seamonkey Composer keeps getting worse

2011-07-11 Thread JeffM
Don DeWitt wrote: I've had a variety of problems with Composer as well (I believe I read that no one is currently maintaining it) There was some chatter at one point of collaboration with Kaze, the developer of KompoZer. I wonder if anything ever come from that?

Re: Interesting... Neither FF or SM is allowed on this Amtrak page

2011-07-10 Thread JeffM
NoOp wrote: Sorry, your browser/program is not supported by Web Dynpro! I'm completely shocked. Their developers seem so talented. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://amtrak.com/ 374 Errors, 463 warning(s) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list

Re: Really HATE the accelerated release cycle

2011-07-09 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Slashdot commenters mentioned several times http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/27/1442205/Firefox-Is-For-Regular-Users-Not-Businesses that Gecko needs a Long-Term Support version (a concept that Ubuntu has used successfully since June 2006, where security patches are backported

Re: Really HATE the accelerated release cycle

2011-07-08 Thread JeffM
Cruz, Jaime wrote: The add-on authors seem to be having difficulties keeping up with the upgrade cycle, Asa Dotzler (who is not authorized to speak for Mozilla) made a comment that caused even more corps to dump Firefox. (Having to test for breakage before deploying then test AGAIN soon

Re: Why do all my addons have to break when ever I update?

2011-07-07 Thread JeffM
MCBastos wrote: Add-ons (extensions) hook into and modify the user interface of the program -- sometimes inserting a new module in the structure, sometimes replacing the standard module with their own customized module, whatever. ...then there is Google included an actual API for extensions in

Re: Advertise Firefox compatibility [and incompatible extension]

2011-06-22 Thread JeffM
MCBastos wrote: Advertising Firefox compatibility only helps to get dumb browser-sniffing webpages to load correctly. I call those Web pages constructed by idiots but you're a more kind and gentle soul than I am. Extension compatibility is an entirely different subject. I'm a one-step-at-a-time

Re: What's a Power PC Mac user to do?

2011-06-22 Thread JeffM
Bob Fleischer wrote: [...]Mac OS 10.4. Apple: The new Borg. I understand that she cannot upgrade to SeaMonkey 2.1, and that there will be no further security fixes to SeaMonkey 2.0. Besides buying a new computer, what alternatives might there be?

Re: PGA Tour on Facebook with SM2.1

2011-06-11 Thread JeffM
William Morrison wrote: I can't play Golf on Facebook Here's a crazy idea: When you have a problem with a page, include a clickable link to that page in your post. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: PGA Tour on Facebook with SM2.1

2011-06-11 Thread JeffM
William Morrison wrote: that would require me giving out my username and password to be of any use to anyone and then everyone would have access to my Facebook Account. Ah. Facebook is a really stupid idea IMO. use SM 2.1 create a Facebook account of your own then You just lost me. A site that

Re: Browser no longer supported

2011-05-30 Thread JeffM
sean bean wrote: Google is likely telling you your browser is not supported because Google wants to set all sorts of cookies and location awareness data in your browser, Nope. which SeaMonkey generally doesn't allow by default Nope. While I laud your suspicion of megacorporations, your

Re: Browser no longer supported

2011-05-30 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Google is sniffing for browsers and blackballing those it deems unworthy of accessing its pages. Again, sniffing is a stupid practice; using it *incorrectly* is monumentally stupid. It is obvious that the Google employees who implemented this are unaware that the **proper** way

Re: Browser no longer supported

2011-05-30 Thread JeffM
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 30/05/2011 06:49, Paul B. Gallagher told the world: That's cute. 8-) if enough sites were compliant, M$ would have to shape up. Actually, I understand that IE9 is reasonably compliant The phrase you seek is *inching upward* (after YEARS of hobbling the

Re: Browser no longer supported

2011-05-30 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: The truth is much simpler: 1) Google has embraced Web 2.0. 2) Google employees don't know the *basics* of what they are doing. sean bean wrote: google's corporate motto is don't be evil but this is now opposite land... Web 2.0 is evil?? ...or have you wandered off-topic without

Re: Browser no longer supported

2011-05-29 Thread JeffM
Jane_Galt wrote: I keep getting messages from Google search, Adwords and other places that my browser ( SM ) is no longer supported. When you encounter idiots who don't know how to build a website properly, you have options: 1) Avoid the idiots permanently 2) Complain to the idiots that they

Re: Browser no longer supported

2011-05-29 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote : [...]idiots who don't know how to build a website properly[...] Jan_Galt wrote: You consider Google, one of the biggest sites in the world, to be idiots? Yup. This topic has been covered in this group innumerable times. YOU DON'T NEED TO SNIFF FOR BROWSERS. Just make your stupid

Re: Region Blocking?

2011-05-28 Thread JeffM
doc@ kd4e.com wrote: I have been surprised from time to time when I am on a site in Europe or elsewhere and get an error saying that some resource is not available in my region. http://google.com/search?tbs=dfn:1q=proxy-server MCBastos wrote: [...]the U.S. used to have a 28 years from register,

Re: Mozilla Chrome More Vulnerable than MS-IE?

2011-05-17 Thread JeffM
d...@kd4e.com wrote: :[...]Chrome, Firefox, and Safari :have vulnerabilities numbering in the hundreds :-- far more than Internet Explorer in the same time periods. When M$ starts publishing EVERY bug report it receives, THEN these trolls can start making those claims with some veracity. However,

Re: MafiaaFire extension.

2011-05-12 Thread JeffM
Ant wrote: http://mafiaafire.com/download.php Is there one that is compatible with Mozilla's SeaMonkey v2.x? Ant wrote: I will just wait for an official SM2 support if it ever comes out. I will contact the developers too for a SM2 support too! The extension in question is based on an interesting

Re: Message: Your browser is not supported at this time.

2011-02-25 Thread JeffM
hapihakr wrote: Use the user agent string option to masquerade as Firefox. ...or just don't visit sites built by chimps. Thanks for posting to an 11-month old thread. In addition: The proper line length length for text in Usenet posts is also much shorter than your post would indicate.

Re: Cannot chat with EpikNet servers and SeaMonkey

2011-02-21 Thread JeffM
Ed Mullen wrote: Best practice: Use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall first then install new version. With the recent spate of Java-using exploits (to which even Linux users are susceptible), some are advising the Remove part WITHOUT the Install part. http://mrpogson.com/2011/02/18/fate-of-java/

Re: remote content

2011-02-21 Thread JeffM
Smiles wrote: how do I get rid of the load remote content pop up Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Edit | Preferences | Mail Newsgroups | Message Display: You should be aware that by doing this you will be allowing web beacons Yet another example that HTML email is a stupid notion. More on this topic:

Re: PDF file limitation

2011-02-18 Thread JeffM
David E. Ross wrote: As reported yesterday by the original poster in this thread, the problem was a setting in Adobe Reader, not in SeaMonkey. What hasn't been stated explicitly, however, is, apparently, that app handles Internet Exploder in a different way than it does other browsers. Good old

Re: Does Seamonkey's HTML editor make conformity modifications to HTML it saves?

2011-02-14 Thread JeffM
Leroy Tennison wrote: [...]in the ASP code[...] What characteristic does that Microsoft technology possess that you feel that you need? To get an iteration of M$ tech going, it seems obvious that you would use a M$ tool. M$ tools, of course, produce the least compliant, most bloated code.

Re: OT: Google groups - My Groups Missing

2011-02-10 Thread JeffM
nr wrote: JeffM wrote: http://google.com/search?q=%22.Google.Groups%22+cookies+-this-group+-... Thanks for the link, but it didn't show me anything usable. The Google cookie(s) on your box allows Google to access the data they have aggregated about you. If that cookie gets scrambled

Re: OT: Google groups - My Groups Missing

2011-02-09 Thread JeffM
nr wrote: Google groups http://google.com/search?q=%22.Google.Groups%22+cookies+-this-group+-food ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

Re: seamonkey printer question

2010-12-14 Thread JeffM
Fred James wrote: [...]PRINTER[...] Starting a new thread with each new post seems very stupid and selfish to me. Try keeping it all in one thread from now on. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: how to use my own font color on some websites but NOT all?

2010-11-25 Thread JeffM
Margo Guda wrote: prefbar [will] just turn off color When you top-post, it really screws up the flow of the thread --especially when you are responding to MULTIPLE posts. David E. Ross wrote: There is no white list or black list capability for color. Either you enable it for all Web pages or

Re: Is Seamonkey defunct?

2010-11-25 Thread JeffM
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote : looks for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Netscape (!), Opera, but not SeaMonkey. (Yet another example of author bungle.) :David E. Ross wrote: :another example of why sniffing is generally bad. : Jane_Galt wrote: kept me from using my Webshots

Re: Is Seamonkey defunct?

2010-11-25 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote : Finding a service that isn't run by bozos would be a good plan. Jane_Galt wrote: Webshots is it, pretty much, for HD color photo downloading. That pretty much sucks. Some competition in that segment would be good. I wonder why there isn't any. ...and Seamonkey is an old Netscape

Re: Is Seamonkey defunct?

2010-11-25 Thread JeffM
Jane_Galt wrote: Is anyone else getting a parsing error at this site?: http://www.memory4less.com/ Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: New problem, eh? I see the same error in several browsers. The only thing surprising here is that someone is surprised:

Re: Seamonkey page render issue

2010-11-17 Thread JeffM
Eric wrote: I put it through the validator http://validator.w3.org/;, What else have you tried?

Re: Brevity Comic Strip on SeaMonkeys

2010-11-07 Thread JeffM
Ant wrote: http://comics.com/brevity/2010-11-07/ Heh. 8-) Shades of my youth and the back pages of comic books. Without the bloated page, that's: http://c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/dyn/str_strip/342251.full.gif ___ support-seamonkey

Re: http://veetle.com?

2010-11-07 Thread JeffM
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: you didn't Fall Back It wasn't his choice. It's a *server* issue. His *provider* hasn't applied the DST patches which have been available for years. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: I'm getting message that Google Docs are not supported - using newest upgrade of Seamonkey 2.01

2010-10-31 Thread JeffM
Acharya Swami Rudra Kali Das wrote: I don't usually post, but What would be good is if *before* posting you looked at the Subject lines of what was posted the last few days. news://news.mozilla.org:119/ttadnttmlpcgzfvrnz2dnuvz_qudn...@mozilla.org

Re: I'm getting message that Google Docs are not supported - using newest upgrade of Seamonkey 2.01

2010-10-31 Thread JeffM
David E. Ross wrote: Apparently, Google is [sniffing] for what browser you are using. Further, Google is sniffing INCORRECTLY. It appears they turned things over to the children who promptly screwed things up 6 ways to Sunday. http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/10/29/storm-clouds/

Re: Password Manager Not Working for Monster.com

2010-10-28 Thread JeffM
nr wrote: [...]Password Manager[...] the user name and password won't populate the fields when I go to [Monster.com] Similar topics have been discussed here before:

Re: Google docs broken with latest upgrade

2010-10-27 Thread JeffM
Doug Fisher wrote: I wish SM could figure get on more compliant lists - or figure out a way to work around this. What I wish is that people would stop blaming a browser that works PERFECTLY on properly-build sites when that browser encounters a site built by an incompetent bozo who should be

Re: Any idea what might prevent this from playing?

2010-10-27 Thread JeffM
Danny Kile wrote: I was not able to play the video when spoofing FF or IE, I was however able to play it if I ran IE Tabs. So, to review: A site that not only requires an Internet Exploder identity reported, it is actually built to require that broken rendering engine. Another moron Web developer

Re: Google docs broken with latest upgrade

2010-10-27 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Contact the jackass who can't built a proper Web page. Direct your bile at the moron who obviously doesn't do proper testing on the crap pages he produces. Ed Mullen wrote: Err, contact, perhaps, a commenter who can get his verb tenses right? Have I erred in ASSuMEing that someone

Re: Google docs broken with latest upgrade

2010-10-26 Thread JeffM
Doug Fisher wrote: With the latest upgrade to 2.09, Google docs is now showing in basic HTML mode and is uneditable. SeaMonkey is being detected as a noncompliant browser. Bitch to Google loud and long about their incompetence doing browser sniffing.

Re: Aquestion about SM 1.1 and the Internet

2010-10-26 Thread JeffM
DoctorBill wrote: I am finding more and more often, that open tabs which are loading just keep on 'loading' forever. [...] the circling arrow and progress bar never stop working. [. . .] I do not understand all the nuances of how the internet works, I note that you haven't mentioned how fast your

Re: Any idea what might prevent this from playing?

2010-10-26 Thread JeffM
doc@ kd4e.com wrote: I have tried this on two laptops, one SM 2.0.8 the other 2.0.9 and it won't play - shows the promo page but no streaming video when clicked. http://www.syfy.com/rewind/riese/1255985/ It would be good if folks would mention having tried the usual suspects: Tried user agent

Re: checky

2010-10-22 Thread JeffM
Miroslav Kolar wrote: How can checky be made working with Seamonkey? How about requesting that from the author. http://checky.sourceforge.net/help.html ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: FTP problem - don't know what.

2010-10-20 Thread JeffM
DoctorBill wrote: The tech rep (ha!) didn't explain what software password to use. An apt comic from a few days back: http://xkcd.com/806/ The stuffed penguin was a powerful clue he had the right tech. http://google.com/images?q=Tux+Larry-Ewing ___

Re: A quick question

2010-10-16 Thread JeffM
Zeb Carter wrote: [...]I am recreating my USENET lists[...] If you're going to be posting to USENET, avoid using inane Subject lines like A quick question. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org

Re: A quick question

2010-10-16 Thread JeffM
Mark Hansen wrote: What you must not realize is that people search the subject lines from past posts looking for potential solutions. By using a nonsense subject line, you basically make this really hard. aka selfish. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list

Re: Printing first page mostly blank

2010-10-14 Thread JeffM
stango wrote: different pages are developed using different software Don't blame the software. Ultimately it's the human's responsibility to assure that the work he produces isn't crap. and for different browsers, Mostly, this refers to pages built by fools and incompetents who use Micros~1

Re: Problems with links on Yahoo Finance

2010-10-09 Thread JeffM
robert.ga...@att.net wrote: links on Yahoo Finance that used to work in Seamonkey but won't display with 2.0.8. The page is crap. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://finance.yahoo.com When the page is crap, the browser has to GUESS. The old browser guessed correctly; the newer one doesn't.

Re: Anyone else having problems with zap2it?

2010-10-08 Thread JeffM
DSF wrote: There are many other web sites where I save pages this way. I'll bet when you check those other pages for crappiness they look more like this http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.webstandards.org/2008/10/02/dowehaveawinner/ than like this

Re: Unresponsive Script error stops SeaMonkey - Fix ?

2010-10-08 Thread JeffM
DoctorBill wrote: If I use Google Images,[]very often Seamonkey 1.1 binds up and then an error message pops up about some Unresponsive Script I note that you didn't mention what kind of bandwidth you have. If scripts bog down your system, don't run those. http://noscript.net/

Re: Can't Get Hotmail

2010-10-01 Thread JeffM
Ray_Net wrote: Who is paying you to stress people using linux ? It's called sharing. As the user of a Free Software online suite, you should be familiar with the concept. People who mention a 12-year-old M$ OS (which is always running as root) often have experienced being pwned by a drive-by

Re: Clearing private data -- do it now!

2010-10-01 Thread JeffM
Stephan Mahieu wrote: cc-numbers imho are just the tip of the iceberg. What about the information you type in when doing online private banking? The suckage of financial institutions (especially in the USA) is just phenomenal.

Re: Can't Get Hotmail

2010-09-30 Thread JeffM
David E. Ross wrote: My wife uses SeaMonkey 1.1.19. Her old PC does not have the capacity for Windows XP, so she still uses Windows 98. However, her PC is starting to get cranky; Can you narrow it down to the hardware or the software? (Tried to boot to a Linux CD?) so I think I might get her a

Re: Print to File in E-Mail - Problems

2010-09-26 Thread JeffM
DoctorBill wrote: [...]an E-Mail[...]I wanted to print it to a file so that I could print it out with a word processor. Tried to Print to File when I clicked the Print Button. Your expectations are so far off, it's humorous. The file format will be your printer's language (gibberish). Not

Re: e-mailing WebPages--SeaMonkey and IE8

2010-09-21 Thread JeffM
Popichak, Robert wrote: I would prefer to use MS Outlook Maybe you should take your questions about Internet Exploder and Outbreaks In Excess to groups that specialize in those fourth-rate softwares. Is there a setting I can change to default IE8 to Outlook? Everyone *assumes* that you know

Re: Start up Error for https://www.uhcretiree.com/

2010-09-20 Thread JeffM
Arnie Goetchius wrote: With Seamonkey (1.16 or 2.08), Firefox or Google Chrome, I get an a Start Up Error when trying to access the above site. For kicks, I tried feeding the URL into the validator. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=https://www.uhcretiree.com/ I got a 500 error. (Server doesn't

Re: Pop Up Window Won't Scroll

2010-09-17 Thread JeffM
doc@ kd4e.com wrote: I am using 2.0.8 in Limux. Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Limux? :-) Well, he might not be using it, but it's a real thing. It's a spin of Debian produced by the City of Munich with an eye on mass migration off of Windoze and other closed-source payware.

Re: Seamonkey 1.19

2010-09-15 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: Now for the $64,000 question: How much RAM is in that box? Daniel wrote: 375MByte 384MB would be the number commonly reported for that. So, your box is atypical for someone who is *still* using Win9x. Mostly such folks will never alter the original hardware specs and will still

Re: Seamonkey 1.19

2010-09-14 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: A distro built around KDE or GNOME is likely a non-starter for gear of that vintage. Daniel wrote: Wrong!! My desktop is a dual boot Win98 (upgraded to SE, I think) and Mandriva Linux 2007.1. Part of the Mandrive install is KDE desktop. Version 3.x, but still KDE. Now

Re: Seamonkey 1.19

2010-09-13 Thread JeffM
baitman wrote: I am using version 1.19 with window 98se Robert Kaiser wrote: We don't release current software for vastly outdated systems. If you want to stay with the outdated vulnerability-prone Win98SE, you need to stick with the outdated vulnerability-prone 1.x versions of SeaMonkey as well.

Re: Seamonkey 1.19

2010-09-13 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: If you see Puppy mentioned, forget that as it is a poor choice with a lack of security similar to Win9x. Robert Kaiser wrote: OTOH, it's a distro that comes with SeaMonkey as the default browser and mail application, 8-) Yup, *that* part is good. ...then again, the distro that I

Re: Seamonkey 1.19

2010-09-13 Thread JeffM
Robert Kaiser wrote: I for myself am a big fan of openSUSE, which is very friendly to us You have to admire their taste in online software 8-) (though not as default browser...) Well, take the blessings as they come. [...]not so sure[...]how well it works for usually older hardware that

Re: Seamonkey 1.19

2010-09-13 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: If a newbie can do damage without any prompt that what he is doing is dangerous, he gets a fowl impression of Linux --because Puppy is a poor implementation of Linux. Again, with Puppy, it's too easy for a n00b to get a bad impression when one of the selling points of a proper Linux

Re: DO NOT MAKE *TEST* POSTS IN THIS GROUP

2010-09-12 Thread JeffM
Daniel wrote: Jeff, I think what Jay is trying to say is that if people are having problems, they should first fire off a test message to the test group. I'm saying that THEY SHOULD NOT FIRE OFF ANYTHING. The idea that you have to start spewing MORE crap is WRONG. **First*, check a Web-based

Re: DO NOT MAKE *TEST* POSTS IN THIS GROUP

2010-09-12 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: **First*, check a Web-based archive of the group and simply LOOK to see if your ORIGINAL post went thru. Google Groups has near-zero latency. Paul wrote: Google groups are banned from my company *Your* company? ...or the company you work for? and most of my own computers due

Re: DO NOT MAKE *TEST* POSTS IN THIS GROUP

2010-09-11 Thread JeffM
JeffM wrote: In this hierarchy, the test group is mozilla.test. FMurtz wrote: if there was a problem with this specific group, would exactly the same problem occur with mozilla.test? If the *server* is offline, that will be revealed. If you can get to the server, there is a high probability

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