sites that have probs in firefox

zap · 02-01-2005 5:17pm #1

eircom.net layout is slightly messed up
eircom.ie has a few problems with forms etc.
cp.ucd.ie (ucd connect after you log in) keeps reloading every 2 seconds or so
dublinairport.ie the javascript menu dosen't work at all actually had to go and use IE to use the site.

Has anyone any other sites?

HomesickAlien · 02-01-2005 5:26pm

for some reason, for me, most of the avatars on boards look messed up when using firefox...

(although i use an imac and they're a bit wierd)

Civilian_Target · 02-01-2005 6:00pm

That must just be you - they look fine to me.

zap · 02-01-2005 6:16pm

Civilian_Target wrote:

That must just be you - they look fine to me.

well they all don't work no matter which computer i use when viewing in firefox

vishal · 02-01-2005 6:52pm

www.meteor.ie

noticing a pattern?

RobertFoster · 02-01-2005 7:05pm

http://launch.yahoo.com

Syth · 02-01-2005 7:06pm

slashdot.org Slashdot. The site that bashes Microsoft, and it's computer dominance whenever possible.

Hobbes · 02-01-2005 8:43pm

exception of Dublin Airport and the famous Slashdot Firefox problem all those other sites listed above I had no problem at all with?

Are you sure your using the right version? Also I have adblock running, so it might be adverts misbehaving on the page.

Oh and if you find a site that doesn't work it is better to email the site and tell them to fix it.

.. and I noticed eircom site throw up a huge warning that netscape is insecure. ROFL.

aidan_walsh · 02-01-2005 8:49pm

Display problems in FF is the least of Eircom.ie's problems...

Other than that, I agree that it seems to be Adblock's little tab that causing most of the problems, but that can be switched off in the extensions preferences.

As an aside, what resolution are you viewing the graphically glitchy sites at?

RobertFoster · 02-01-2005 8:54pm

Hobbes, try looking at a video on launch.yahoo.com with firefox.

zap · 02-01-2005 9:21pm

the insecure message on eircom.ie was what i was refering to. also on eircom.net the news seems to overlap onto the ad banner above and yes i do realise its a minor problem compared to others eircom have.

Syth · 02-01-2005 11:15pm

Most of the sites with problems is mainly because of dodgy alyout problems. Which means CSS. Sites are still readable.

One of the best arguments I heard in favour of browser neutrallity is the observation that there was a time when circa 90% of the browsers were Netscape, and people designed Netscape only sites. Then the tide turned and now it's circa 90 % IE. Who knows what it'll be like in a few years time?

Hobbes · 03-01-2005 5:47am

RobertFoster wrote:

Hobbes, try looking at a video on launch.yahoo.com with firefox.

If it is WMP then the problem is with WMP and not the site. Microsoft don't seem too bothered to fix the problem.

there was a time when circa 90% of the browsers were Netscape, and people designed Netscape only sites. Then the tide turned and now it's circa 90 % IE.

Actually IE has 73% and Firefox has 21% (reference). Compare that with 6 months ago (IE 80% /FF 14%). The websites need to start taking attention and fixing the issues otherwise it will look like they are the ones with the problem not firefox (mentality of the masses).

Archytas · 12-01-2005 7:58pm

Actually its probably not the css. Css was invented because of numerous browsers. Its more than likely that the presentation is defined in the html or whatever instead of external css. Presentation and structure should be separate. If it were then there would be no problems. also IE does tables,borders,padding wrong... pure and simple... Opera and Firefox both do it according to the w3 specs... IE is a web-designers nightmare!

There's also some interesting lawsuits out there for sites using tables for layout! (About 70% of all sites!). As screen readers cant read them properly they are inaccessible to blind people! AOL in america got fined a huge amount of money!

Anyway there's my two cents...

Syth · 12-01-2005 8:38pm

Hobbes wrote:

Actually IE has 73% and Firefox has 21% (reference). Compare that with 6 months ago (IE 80% /FF 14%). The websites need to start taking attention and fixing the issues otherwise it will look like they are the ones with the problem not firefox (mentality of the masses).

Those are the statistics of w3schools.com, who would only really get web developers going to it, so it's not a true representation of internet use in general. However it's an OK representation of web developer use. More and more web developers using firefox is a good thing for standards complance.

dead air · 12-01-2005 8:48pm

11850.ie is all over the shop in firefox

brettmirl · 12-01-2005 8:53pm

I have probs with hotmail.com - sometimes it works fine, other times it doesn't. Yahoo mail never opens at all for me.

Archytas · 13-01-2005 10:53am

mick_irl wrote:

I have probs with hotmail.com - sometimes it works fine, other times it doesn't.

hotmail = microsoft

Apparently Hotmail was blocked to all users of Opera until Opera threatened court action.... Microsoft are always going to be slow opening their stuff to competitors.... Makes good business sense not to. And they didn't make their money being stupid... Well almost....

chewy · 13-01-2005 3:15pm

bloody hell I switch and I have to still open ie to get thigns to work, it won't open drop down boxes from properly at indymedia.ie in firefox try to publish a story and choose an event, it should open the date boxes put it doesn't and it delted my bloody bookmarks again!!! argggh

if you can replicate the prob and think its at the site end, tell me I can get the admin to rewrite the code of that site...

if not tables what then..?

sites that have probs in firefox

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