Hi WAMUGgers
Following on from yesterday's discussion about the demise of IE5 I
came across an interesting situation.
We've just 'kidnapped' our 3 Perth grandchildren and brought them up
here to sunny Gero for Christmas.
Clever Reg decides that they should all be able to access BBC Schools
website and play the many good educational games therein.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ and specifically for this post http://
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/.
Accessing this from my PowerBook running Tiger and Safari 2.0.2 works
well, but on the iMac and iBook, both running Panther and Safari
1.3.1 - no go.
Click on Flick's Adventures, then Looping the Loop and up comes the
message "You are using an old browser version and we cannot
effectively show you the Flash Movie. To play the game please upgrade
your Netscape browser here or your Internet Explorer browser here."
Clicking on the Netscape link http://wp.netscape.com/download/
0730101/10000-en----_qual.html opens up the option to download Mac
68K (OS 7.6.1 and higher), Mac 68K and Mac PowerPC. This link allows
me to download the latest version, 4.78! The Microsoft link
www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en leads me on a
merry chase, eventiually ending with the option to download IE 5.2.3.
Well I never! what a choice, especially with IE5 about to be shot
between the eyes.
Clever Reg then thinks, aha I'll get the latest Safari from Apple,
only to get a stern lecture from the installer that it will only run
in Tiger (NO I don't intend upgrading them both to Tiger with 4 big
sleeps until Christmas!).
So over to Firefox I go www.mozilla.com and download 1.5. It works
perfectly out of the box, Panther and all.
So the big question is, what's wrong with Safari 1.3.1? Is there a
later Panther Safari update that can overcome this problem?
What should I tell the nice people at the BBC archives?
As I said, only 4 big sleeps until Christmas.
Enjoy them!
Reg, Elaine and 4 happy grandies (Don't leave our Geraldton one out!)
