the mighty firefox has fallen ??????

[KelJu]

I've had just as many problems with Macromedia in FF as I had in IE

I haven't had any proplems with macromedia in IE. I have been using Flash Studio 8, Dreamweaver 8, and Fireworks, and I haven't had a single problem in IE.

 

[KelJu]

If a page (that doesn't use ActiveX) displays correctly in IE but not FF, then you can chalk it up to crappy programming.

You can get to any site that specifically requires IE by installing the User Agent Switcher extension. Not only can you do that, but you can spoof the GoogleBot and get into some websites that require a login.

I knew nothing of the User Agent Switcher extension. So you are saying that a page that isn't rendered properly in FF can be fixed by installing the UASE?

 

[DOMS]

I knew nothing of the User Agent Switcher extension. So you are saying that a page that isn't rendered properly in FF can be fixed by installing the UASE?

No, I'm saying that if the owner of the page specifically checks for IE, UAS can pretend to be IE to get past that check.

Run the page that don't display properly for FireFox through the W3C HTML & CSS syntax checkers. After you clean their throwup off the floor, consider re-writing those pages to be standards compliant.

 

[KelJu]

No, I'm saying that if the owner of the page specifically checks for IE, UAS can pretend to be IE to get past that check.

Run the page that don't display properly for FireFox through the W3C HTML & CSS syntax checkers. After you clean their throwup off the floor, consider re-writing those pages to be standards compliant.

Gotcha. We are just now learning how to write javascript to check for which browser is running. I never was interested in web stuff, so now I am behind. I am still figuring stuff out.

 

[DOMS]

Gotcha. We are just now learning how to write javascript to check for which browser is running. I never was interested in web stuff, so now I am behind. I am still figuring stuff out.

Here's a JS tip for you for writing cross browser. Don't navigate the DOM (haha). Instead, use the document.getElementById function. This will save you a lot of grief.

 

[DOMS]

I almost forget to add, if you develop in FF, you can also use the Developer Tools and the Console extensions. Both of which will really speed up your coding. And spare you some headaches.