Re: Unable to print the blue line on maps.google.com for directions?

Bob <[email protected]> Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:01:55 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Patrick Dickey wrote:
> Bob wrote:
>> Ant wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/30/2005 4:25 PM PT, Rod O'Connor wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Is anyone else having problems printing out the directions from
>>>>> maps.google.com in Mozilla v1.7.8? The blue overlay line does not
>>>>> show up in both maps and aerial maps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Internet Explorer v6.0 SP2 had no problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you insist on using a program that is written by amateurs and
>>>> is a known piece of shit? Go back to IE and let the kiddies play with
>>>> their toy.... 
>>>
>>> Because I have a choice to use Web browsers. I hate IE.
>>
>> Death to IE
>> Death to Microsoft
>> May BG live a short life.
>>
>> I have no respect at all for any pro-Microsoft individuals. Microsoft is
>> evil, and so is every executive in the company. The rest work for an
>> evil corporation. Moz, despite flaws, is not evil, in fact it is
>> righteous. Moz vs. IE is a conflict between good and evil in our world
>> today.
> 
> Hmmm.. Then you have no respect for me, I take it.  Since, I'm a tester
> for Microsoft products (as well as other products from other companies).
>  But that's not the point of my reply here (just a minor addition to it).
> 
> My question is this.  Do you know the answer to his original question?
> Mozilla, in all of it's righteousness doesn't print the blue line on
> maps.  Why? And what can he do to fix that?  But, the evil incarnation
> "Internet Explorer" can print the blue line.
> 
> I'll admit openly that I don't know the answer to his question.  But,
> I'm not going to flame you or him over his/your use of a product.  I
> just want to know how flaming him for using a Microsoft product is
> helping him to find out how to fix his issue with the Mozilla product
> that he probably WANTS to use.

The guy in question, "Ant", does not really use IE, he just uses it to 
print these silly maps. In his own words, "I hate IE."

I am certainly not flaming this guy for "using MS products". Although 
I'm not happy with anyone who would work for them.
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