On 06/19/2015 12:39 PM, EE wrote: > Kevin L. Hill wrote: >> >> >> On 06/18/2015 04:26 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> Kevin L. Hill wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 06/18/2015 03:59 PM, Paul in Houston, TX wrote: >>>>> Bill DeCoster wrote: >>>>>> I find myself needing to use IE other programs more and more because >>>>>> of issues with it. >>>>>> What's the point if nothing works? >>>>> >>>>> ?? >>>>> Mine works perfectly. >>>>> I never have a problem with it. >>>>> SM 2.26.1 >>>> >>>> I encountered a site today that may serve as one 'real world' example. >>>> Mega.co.nz offers end-to-end encryption for data, claiming that all >>>> encryption/decryption is done on the local computer, not by their >>>> servers, and that they do not possess the keys needed to decrypt the >>>> data. >>>> >>>> On Seamonkey: Mega.co.nz gives me the following error: >>>> >>>> "Sorry, we were unable to initialize the browser's local storage, >>>> either >>>> you're using an outdated browser or it's something from our side. >>>> >>>> If you think it's our fault, please report the issue back to us. >>>> >>>> Reason: localStorage is null >>>> Browser: mozilla/5.0 (x11; linux x86_64; rv:36.0) gecko/20100101 >>>> firefox/36.0 seamonkey/2.33.1" >>>> >>>> More info on "local storage in the browser" is here: >>>> >>>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/2625216/web-browsers/html5-in-the-browser--local-data-storage.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The page loads perfectly in Firefox: 38.0.5 >>>> >>>> Kevin Hill >>>> Long Beach, CA >>>> >>> >>> https://validator.w3.org/ reports 6 errors ;/ >>> >>> 'nuff said? >>> >> >> I can appreciate the utility of the validator site for coders. As a >> user the validator site is intimidating. There are two options (1) >> Character Encoding with approx 30 options and (2) Document Type with >> nearly as many. I can probably make a reasonable guess about Character >> Encoding but Document type - one looks as good as any other. >> >> As a user, do I really care that the validator site found 6 errors, when >> it is more useful to me to load the page in Firefox and move on - just >> one more site along with my bank and others that don't play nice with >> Seamonkey. The Mega site is unique in that it specifically uses the >> term 'outdated' and asks for feedback. I will report back to them the >> results of the 'validator' site and see if anything happens. >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> Kevin Hill >> Long Beach, CA >> > If there are only 6 errors, that is doing well. I have seen many pages > with tens of errors, and occasionally over 100. >
For example, Help -> About Seamonkey -> version 2.33.1 and start validating pages. Tools -> Web Development -> Validate this page Testing the home page and the links on the left side of the page, there are several that pass, several with a few errors, and one with 100+. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
