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[Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leendert Meyer wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 23:05, Sid Boyce wrote:
>
> > Leendert Meyer wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday 29 September 2004 04:22, Ben wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:31:50 -0400, Doug McGarrett
> > > >
> > > > <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > At 07:16 PM 9/27/2004 -0700, Ben wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I dont get why tar wont compile when all other things do, For instance
> > > > > > i run Internet Explorer on SuSE + Word + Access + Outlook + Microsoft
> > > > > > games like S.O.F + a heap of RPM's but tar files wont compile.
> > > > >
> > > > > /snip/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
> > > > >
> > > > > How the heck are you running ("compiling") all these MS programs under
> > > > > SuSE?
> > > >
> > > > I use a prog called CrossOver its pretty good!. I needed to use Internet
> > > > Explorer for a course in Network+ ComPTIA so i installed CrossOver which
> > > > allowed me to install IE and i installed other MS products just to see if
> > > > i could (i dont use them as linux apps i find much better) It just
> > > > humoured me to run MS progs on linux (but the games where a good thing)
> > > > Its allowed me
> > > > to un-install MS completely.
> > >
> > > A tip:
> > >
> > > There is a site somewhere that can show how web pages look in various
> > > versions of IE. Sorry, I don't have a pointer (who has??? please post).
> > >
> > > This is most helpfull to people who don't have IE at all.
> >
> > On linuxtoday.com, there is a rant on browsers by one of the kernel
> > maintainers, Robin Miller on sites not accepting browsers other than IE,
> > one site he pointed to, I was able to view with firefox. In konqueror,
> > you can setup it up to say it is e.g IE of various levels, but there was
> > one site a long time ago wouldn't allow you to display it if it didn't
> > have browser+operating system details.
> > I have crossover installed, but I don't go near IE to do anything, it
> > being a trojan and I wouldn't want my bank account details intercepted
> > for the purposes of fraud. I've not tried mozilla on crossover office.
>
>
> I run a small website where most of the visitors use IE, so I simply *have* to 
> know how something looks like in IE. I had a few nice tweaks that just looked 
> horrible in IE (e.g. transparent .png graphics). It was quite frustrating 
> that I had to revert changes that looked well in Opera, Firefox and 
> Konqueror, but not in IE.
>
> The only thing I can do is to be sure my site looks well in the weakest (and 
> unfortunately most abundant) link, aka IE.
>
> I really do hope that Firefox, now already looking more than promising, takes 
> over the IE share (and not its reputation).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leen
I take it that altering the browser personality does only that, but 
doesn't alter how a page looks, so if you view something in konqueror 
with it's personality set to IE5, the view doesn't change, correct?
There is one site I just looked at and it displayed the page, then 
rapidly put up an anouncement page that implied that only IE and early 
Netscape browsers were compliant - the typical lie. I changed the 
personality of konqueror to IE5.5 on Windows 95 and it was then happy.
Regards
Sid.

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