[SLE] Ongoing Netscape Woes...
First up, I thank you for your response to my short questionnaire about what web browsers you all use... I already knew the answer - what else is available for Linux for surfin' the ol' 'net?! :) [No answers needed here, its a rhetorical question!] Anyway, my latest problem from the Netscape front is very bizarre indeed. I log in as Root on my Linux machine and to all extent the web page displays fairly correctly (minor faults) with web pages that have layers (<DIV> tags) in them. I log in as a normal user - and guess what? The layers are all strewn all over the place again!!!! I've updated to 4.72 - both from a patch AND (because that didn't solve initil problems) I downloaded the full 4.72 from the SuSE site. This is all working and the browser reports it as 4.72 (as do the web logs). I detest Netscape 4.x. I've never liked it. I hate having to design web pages for this "web browser". How many of you actually like Netscape 4.x? Don't answer that neither - it will depress me if I'm the only one who dislikes it... Role on Mozilla. Kevin Jackson Systems Administrator -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Netscape sucks, but this doesn't strike me as being a Netscape problem. Netscape's just an application and the layout differences you are seeing shouldn't occur just because the user ID changes. Have a very careful look at what is being run when you start Netscape: which scripts in which path with which environment variables etc. Check the Netscape config files. There maybe some changes to the X environment between the users too.
Anyway, my latest problem from the Netscape front is very bizarre indeed. I log in as Root on my Linux machine and to all extent the web page displays fairly correctly (minor faults) with web pages that have layers (<DIV> tags) in them. I log in as a normal user - and guess what? The layers are all strewn all over the place again!!!!
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Kevin Jackson writes:
First up, I thank you for your response to my short questionnaire about what web browsers you all use... I already knew the answer - what else is available for Linux for surfin' the ol' 'net?! :) [No answers needed here, its a rhetorical question!]
Anyway, my latest problem from the Netscape front is very bizarre indeed. I log in as Root on my Linux machine and to all extent the web page displays fairly correctly (minor faults) with web pages that have layers (<DIV> tags) in them. I log in as a normal user - and guess what? The layers are all strewn all over the place again!!!!
I've updated to 4.72 - both from a patch AND (because that didn't solve initil problems) I downloaded the full 4.72 from the SuSE site. This is all working and the browser reports it as 4.72 (as do the web logs).
I detest Netscape 4.x. I've never liked it. I hate having to design web pages for this "web browser".
How many of you actually like Netscape 4.x? Don't answer that neither - it will depress me if I'm the only one who dislikes it...
You sound like my brother. The company he works for uses Netscape for the Mac. He does his development on a Windows box, and tests across linux, mac, and windows, and each version has different problems. His webpages routinely crash the Mac (the OS and all), and well you know the state of the linux version. I don't think you are alone on your feelings toward Netscape. I would use kfm but I can't get it to handle the shoutcast mime type correctly. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Jesse Marlin wrote:
Kevin Jackson writes:
First up, I thank you for your response to my short questionnaire about what web browsers you all use... I already knew the answer - what else is available for Linux for surfin' the ol' 'net?! :) [No answers needed here, its a rhetorical question!]
Anyway, my latest problem from the Netscape front is very bizarre indeed. I log in as Root on my Linux machine and to all extent the web page displays fairly correctly (minor faults) with web pages that have layers (<DIV> tags) in them. I log in as a normal user - and guess what? The layers are all strewn all over the place again!!!!
I've updated to 4.72 - both from a patch AND (because that didn't solve initil problems) I downloaded the full 4.72 from the SuSE site. This is all working and the browser reports it as 4.72 (as do the web logs).
I detest Netscape 4.x. I've never liked it. I hate having to design web pages for this "web browser".
How many of you actually like Netscape 4.x? Don't answer that neither - it will depress me if I'm the only one who dislikes it...
You sound like my brother. The company he works for uses Netscape for the Mac. He does his development on a Windows box, and tests across linux, mac, and windows, and each version has different problems. His webpages routinely crash the Mac (the OS and all), and well you know the state of the linux version. I don't think you are alone on your feelings toward Netscape. I would use kfm but I can't get it to handle the shoutcast mime type correctly.
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Can you, please, tell me whether 'kfm' be used behind a proxy server? I have been trying to use it on my laptop system connected to the enterprise network, but I get back the message 'HTTP Error 407: Proxy authentication required'. NetScape displays a dialog box requesting logon name & password - 'kfm' does not. Panos Pl. Tsapralis. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Panos Platon Tsapralis writes: <snip>
Can you, please, tell me whether 'kfm' be used behind a proxy server? I have been trying to use it on my laptop system connected to the enterprise network, but I get back the message 'HTTP Error 407: Proxy authentication required'. NetScape displays a dialog box requesting logon name & password - 'kfm' does not.
Panos Pl. Tsapralis.
Yes, I am using it work flawlessly. On KFM look under: Options->Configure Browser The first tab is the proxy page, just enter your proxy info there and your good to go. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Jesse Marlin wrote:
Panos Platon Tsapralis writes:
<snip>
Can you, please, tell me whether 'kfm' be used behind a proxy server? I have been trying to use it on my laptop system connected to the enterprise network, but I get back the message 'HTTP Error 407: Proxy authentication required'. NetScape displays a dialog box requesting logon name & password - 'kfm' does not.
Panos Pl. Tsapralis.
Yes, I am using it work flawlessly. On KFM look under:
Options->Configure Browser
The first tab is the proxy page, just enter your proxy info there and your good to go.
I have done this already, but then I get the error message. I believe that (when a browsing session starts) 'kfm' should display a dialog box where the logon name & the password should be typed (of the account to be authenticated). At least, this is what Netscape does. Maybe, in your environment at work, authentication is not required in order for the proxy to be accessed... Panos. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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