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Post by hubird »

I've decided that those sites can't be interesting... :grin:
It depends where you go...specially some pc oriented online shops show badly or act terrible.

Internet banking the same, OS9 was often not equally supported (like no international paying), and updates for OSX always come later I guess.
I have a pc upstairs for emergencies :wink:
Maybe the switch to Intell will improve things automaticly, but I could be completely wrong with it :smile:

Device: You cant have it all :grin:

PS. the tip came originally from At0mIc, if memory serves :smile:

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Spirit,
Most of all I'm amazed at how many sites display incorrectly !
A lot of people haven't realised or contemplated that most HTML web pages are not XHTML compliant & need to be ported into a more stripped down & structured form. There's plenty online validators which will check code & point out the errors needing fixed for XHTML 1.0 compliance.
I've tried ie for Mac (not good) and Safari (maybe a little better), >but both give a poor result.
Safari should view all XHTML compliant pages perfectly.
Looks like a hell of a lot of web developers never bother to check compatibility for Macs...
It's a headache when you think that by the time evryone's caught up with XHTML, there will inevitably be something new brandishing it's own set of headaches. Ah, such fun :lol:


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Since this is a sort of Mac-browsing-blog now, thought I'd report great success using Firefox for Mac. It has some of the "feel" of IE (which I happen to prefer over safari), and also seems to be a lot better at displaying poorly coded sites.

It's growing on me. And I moved it into position for my wife today the improvement over the very sick old laptop she used to have means she's thrilled. Or maybe more accurately, she didn't really notice much difference except for the bigger screen & keyboard ....
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Mozilla seems to be handling XHTML much better than IE at the moment.

I'm working on an XHTML project & IE6 is displaying total garbage while Mozilla, Safari Opera etc are displaying the code perfectly.
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After more tha 15 years on a Mac, the only virus I had was a Microsft Word Macro.... (Cap.A) ...A long time ago.
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Meanwhile I have just reinstalled on my main PC web machine: Norton Internet Security, many XP security patches, Hijack This, AdAware and Spybot :smile:
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:lol:


Spirit,

Safari has got an option to have all open sites tabbed - set it in the preferences. Having tabs is usefull as you don't get mess on your desktop.

I use 3 browsers. When one doesn't work, the other can help :smile: Netscape, IE and Safari on OSX and Netscape, IE and iCab on OS9.

TIP:
If you want to open a link in a new window (or new tab) - just hold 'command' key while you click.

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