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Koromo
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If web site owners wrote their code correctly, there would be no need for this list at all.
Rubbish! Web site owners have been forced to write 'incorrect' code for years to make their pages render correctly in Microsoft's various versions of IE.
Microsoft has, until now, used their own version of html coding and ignored the web standards which other browsers have tried to follow - not perfectly, but more closely. Now that MS has had to come to the party because Opera, Firefox, etc. are taking their customers away, they face the massive task of asking webpage writers to stop writing for IE (compatibility mode), and write proper web standard code instead.
Yes, I am a Mac user, and yes I do write (some) html code, but don't try to imply that it's all the web site owners/writer's fault.
Koromo
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Nick29
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IE8 fully passes the Acid2 Test
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Koromo
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Yes, it does  (better late than never)
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Nick29
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Yes, it does (better late than never)K.
Hardly late...... IE8 was the first IE to be specifically written to pass that test - IE7 doesn't, and wasn't written to.
Still, it means that a web site that doesn't display properly with IE8 is probably at fault itself.
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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GOODDOG
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i am following this thread? with great interest. could some of you experts please tell me what is "ubuntu" linux and i was under the impression that firefox was a firewall.
looking forward to reading your replies.
michael
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Nick29
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Ubuntu is a variant of Linux open-source code. Firefox is an open-source web browser.
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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GOODDOG
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thanks nick. still too technical for me as a novice but at least i know a little bit more. cheers
michael
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GOODDOG
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thank you falkyrn. will look at those sites when i have time.
michael
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GOODDOG
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i have looked at those sites. i always thought that there was only microsoft and internet explorer.
can anyone tell me the benefits of going on to these sites. 
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GOODDOG
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i dont know what happened there but all i was doing was bringing down the curser to another line and it sent itself.
it is good reading different persons opinions
thank you
michael
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GOODDOG
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thanks for the information falkyrn. will read that later on today.
cheers
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tomkin
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Hi Gooddog,
If you are not familiar with computers, If you
are a total novice, I would strongly recommend that you leave
well alone. If you wish to learn more, then see if there are any
computer courses in your area,run by the local Education Authority.
By all means ask questions,read computer magazines etc. but the
Golden rule is , "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Another is, "If I don't
know what I'm doing,leave well alone until such time that I do".
I assume that that you have purchased a ready made computer which
is fitted with a standard operating system. Why would you consider changing
it without a very good reason?.
Tomkin 
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