just a couple of days ago Firefox guit working
as far as displaying WC website properly other
websites seem to work fine though , waaaa happened ?

opppsss now it's working again ??????

I don't have a problem with websites requiring a specific browser/extension IF and only if that browser/extension is plainly necessary to perform a function that is critical to the operation of said website. By plainly necessary, I mean it enables something that simply cannot be done with another browser, AND is useful for end users.

An example is the proofreading company I worked for. Their OCR output proofing interface required FireFox. Why? Well, besides a few minor issues that probably could be worked around in IE, the biggest issue was that IE does not have an equivalent to the Image Zoom extension. Ubiquitous to firefox users, IE users have no easy way to rapidly scale and zoom in on images in their browser using only the mouse. When proofing OCR output, that ability is crucial to see smaller print in source images without having to leave the proofing interface.

The problem - and my hate - comes in when there is absolutely no REASON for a website to enforce a browser requirement. Banks (mostly) finally came to their senses on this. Firefox supports encryption that's just as good as IE. Yet you'll still see websites refuse to support anything but IE for something so simple as a forum.

Or, sites like right here at WinCustomize, where the word is that although Firefox is "supported", it doesn't work quite right, and the blame is on Firefox, although there are hundreds of community site software packages available that have absolutely no issues doing the exact same thing in Firefox.

A browser is a tool. Just like physical tools, sometimes one tool does the job better than another, and in those cases, the proper tool should be used. However, developer laziness and/or bias is the usual root of the "Best viewed with" or "Only viewable with" nightmare.

Firefox isn't at fault here... shortsighted website makers/owners are. But that's nothing new at all.

Tell that to andrew.


*runs*

Not sure what problems you guys are having with Firefox, but I use it every day here and I've yet to have any problems at all. In fact, I haven't had any issues with any other sites either using Firefox.

surely this is simply a case of poor plugin design and shortsighted coding.

storm in a teacup.

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