Is Opera viable as browser & mailer
Bernd I started with an APC Back-UPS 400 (or something like that) and it worked fine. Eventually...
Tore Skogly
No. I'll give it a go thanks - the problems I get are virtually identical with Firefox.
They fall into four categories.
1-. Java script goes into a CPU instensive munge, spitting out errors, and eventually displays te pages Ok, after a few minutes
2-. Java script barfs, and comes up with undeclared functions. Things that are fairly essential liek 'submit' buttons.
3-. Java script text is the wrong size
Dances With Crows That is an interesting point that I was not aware of - that the drivers in X Window were independent of the OS that hosted it. I...
4-. popup windows that are unresizeable open up with most of the content hidden, and all the useful buttons off screen.
On the last Mozilla I tried these were all fixable by telling it to use the IE rendering engine.
There is no IE compatible rendering engine on any Linux browser that I gave tested under windows. One reason I am still using Windoze.
Its all very well to complain to the sites - I have, with zero response. The are probably written by a MicroSnotty using MicroSnot tools, deliberately designed to break any one else's code.
I have complained to the browser developers, They usually ignore it, or make noises about 'bug ridden sites are not our problem'
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How can I play .avi, .wmv, .mov videos on a standalone DVD player