Re: Firfox question

On 01/10/2012 10:20 PM, Phil wrote:
> On 11/01/12 05:54, Jim Beard wrote:
>> On 01/07/2012 08:59 PM, Phil wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Using Firfox with my new ISP has been a problem for the past year
>>> or so. I'm still able to pay my phone bill using Konqueror (same
>>> ISP) but I cannot view some video content with either Firefox or
>>> Konqueror. A Google search shows that Bigpond supports Explorer
>>> exclusively.
>>>
>>> The problem shows as a spinning star-like object that never
>>> stops. Can anyone offer a solution?
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply Jim, you've given me something to
> investigate further.
>
>> What version of Mandriva are you using? What version of Java?
>
> Firefox = 8.0, Sun Java 1.6.0. and Mandriva 2011.0.
>
> I feel the problem may not be solvable because Bigpond's site
> worked quite well and then all of a sudden I had trouble logging
> into the bill paying section. A Google search shows that they had
> "upgraded" their site making Firefox unworkable.
>
> The links between Thunderbird and Firefox don't work for me
> either but that's another problem common to many Linux users,
> apparently.
>
> Anyway, thanks for your advice, I'll do some more checking.

I believe there is a way to tell Firefox (in the advanced 
section, where you can edit individual lines) to behave like 
Internet Exploder.  I think you may have to add the line 
manually, so you will need to find a HELP file on that to get the 
syntax exactly right.

Don't know if this will work, but one more thing to try...

Cheers!

jim b.


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