What consumers see as freedom of choice when choosing a browser, CSS coders see as a nightmare. Here’s a quick list of popular browsers, just off the top of my head:
The following is a list of sites that actively block browsers other than Internet Explorer or have some serious problem that prevents the site from being usable in Firefox.
Actively block Firefox:
http://www.movielink.com/ "To enjoy the Movielink service you must use Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher" (also requires Win2000 or XP) No chance of enjoyment there!
http://www.saturnconnect.com/ (Just outright says it wants you to use IE. BTW IE is NOT free, you pay for it with Windows!)
http://www.walmart.com/swap/SwapEntry.do?dslURL=/swap/LoadMain.do&closeWindow=false&isBuyCD=false (walmart music downloads) " We notice you're not using Internet Explorer...." Yea dumbasses, there is a reason for that.
https://www.walmartbenefits.com/MyBenefitsRegistrationWeb/mybenefits.jsp (Ohhh, we think you should use IE.... does let you continue and mostly works. Walmart is now owned by Microsoft I guess.)
http://www.connect-europe.com "We have performed a system check and detected that you need to download and install [...] Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5+" Funny, it even says that on my Mac. I don't think they checked hard enough.
http://www.connect.com To get these guyses music you have to use the obsolete IE 6 browser and your choice of the lovely Microsoft brand Windows 2000 or Microsoft brand Windows XP. And holy camel poo they let you use the wonderful Microsoft Windows ME also!
http://play.toontown.com/ This is just sad, especially because is it is mostly just flash anyway!
https://www.sedona.bz/To access SEDONA, you must use Internet Explorer!
http://www.howdidido.co.uk/ (I think there is some evil coding in this site)
http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/ "You must use Internet Explorer to view this site", excuse me assholes, but I don't have to view your site at all.
http://nom.mlxchange.com/ Specifically designed for IE because they must love bill...
http://www.mlxchange.com/ Same thing I guess.
http://h41209.www4.hp.com/euserv/jsp/ErrorCannotContinue.jsp?error=br Whatever....
https://www.hostilespace.com/ Well, it does say they are hostile....
http://www.englishtown.com/master/register/ Must use IE and Winders..
https://www.lojackforlaptops.com/login.asp "Unsupported browser detected!" Look out, we think your brand new browser is crap!
http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/ IE 6 is simply required... DON'T DO IT! (I didn't think you would)
http://elearn.kuktem.edu.my/ Bad browser detection. Works with old Netscape 6.22.
https://www.mytravelmoney.com/ "The view this site you must use Internet Explorer 5.0 or later.", Uh... no.
http://www.lifesaving.com.au/surfVision/surfVision.cfm "This page is only viewed with IE 5+" So? You think people are going to use that old IE forever?
https://secure.premiumretail.com/employees/browser.asp Site requires IE... yada yada, at least they say IE is downloadable for "no charge" rather than "free".
http://www.yini.org.uk/OnlineApp.asp My opinion is a brain-dead badger could make a compatible web site.
http://rd1.surfernetwork.com/Player1.asp?call=kbxr Enough with the requiring IE already! Doesn't anybody know how to design a site right? Hopefully it just the relatively few bad seeds you see here.
http://neptune.com/ Ah, more ActiveX straight from the 1990s!
https://www.nationalcity.com/secure/personal/autoenroll/detect.asp?link=apply (works with NS 7, blocks mozilla/firefox)
http://www.nctraining.ncgov.com/main/main_technical_requirements.htm Netscape NO!
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/gamechannel (Those yahoos require IE and Winders!)
http://cora.nslc.org/cora/Home/login.asp (another retarded app that is MSIE only!! On order to use this application you only have to upgrade to an ancient, obsolete browser that is light-years behind what you are currently using!
http://www.gouldfast.ca/ (Wait, G'ould? Ah, too much SG1).
https://www.nysif.com/FROI/default.asp ("You are using Netscape." Yes, I am... " Click Here To Download IE..." No, I won't).
https://secure02.mgm-mirage.com/ATS/ATS_Online ("Browser Error"? Internet Explorer is the error...)
http://windowsmedia.com/9Series/DemoCenter/ (has some stuff that only works in IE, of course)
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/downlevel.htm
More microsoft requirey goodness "You can download the latest Internet Explorer for free" (If you have purchased an overpriced version of Windows and activated it with Microsoft)
https://register.btinternet.com/cgi-bin/load_page?page=/selfhelp/chperspwd.html "Browser Upgrade Required", I think they really mean "downgrade" - Heck, soon it won't even work in IE anymore because the site uses obsolete SSL version 2.
http://www.tlcshoppe.com/ "Please access this site using Internet Explorer available free from Microsoft.com" Forget Mac, Linux or people wanting to run modern web browsers.
http://www.sheet80.org/ This old, broken poorly coded web site requires IE 5 or higher (IE is very high) for it to work properly.
http://zone.msn.com On-line games will only work with IE, courtesy of our good friend Bill Gates
https://www.my-benefit-info.com/ ("this site will not work with any version of Netscape Navigator." or any other modern browser apparently)
http://www.connect.remax.com.au/?page=login&help=register "RE/MAX Connect requires users to have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0" I am soooo sorry for these people.
http://www.ftcres.com/ "this page requires IE 4 or newer" and app does not load in my newer Firefox browser
http://www.epclaw.com/login.asp Requires IE 5.0 or higher because we hate you...
http://www.gmaa.asn.au/create_user_account.cfm The GMAA is the nationally recognized Professional Association... I'm sorry, professional and requiring IE just don't go together.
http://demo.safemeasures.org/ Site requires IE 4 or higher to run (It's true, IE 4 will make you run screaming)
http://www.mlab.uiah.fi/~marjaana/ "This site requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. Please, check your browser." Hmmm, I checked my much higher Firefox and it seems perfectly OK to me.
http://sef.mlxchange.com/ ("Your browser version is not supported." *Sigh*)
https://www.mybenefitexpress.com/ "To use mybenifitexpress.com you must be using MSIE 5.0 or better" Well, then I must be in good shape because Firefox is much, much, much, much, much (repeat to infinity) better.
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9914 (Freescan requires you to use IE with Active X, which is probably how you got the virus in the first place!!!!)
http://sajdl.tripod.com/i_intro.html "Sorry, but your browser is in the 10% category The category with name: Unsupported" So 10 percent of over a billion is some tiny number that can be ignored!????
http://www.incendiosforestales.org/manual1.htm (Powerpoint presentation using obsolete IE only junk)
http://www.mapleglobal.com/ "Please use Internet Explorer to Access" Uh, no thank you.
https://trade.idbicapital.com/ "This site can be viewed only using Microsoft Internet Explorer ver. 5.x and above." Nothing like looking at shit using shit.
http://www.a2zpattaya.com/ Ohhhh. I'm excluded from viewing this site... there must be something wrong with me.
http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/itms/default.asp Wants IE 4 or "greater" Need I mention again that Firefox is infinitely greater?
http://www.costar.com/ Wants you to install IE to use their products (look in the upper right).
http://www.telmastaal.com/(dosn't load flash right in moz/firefox)
https://www.careermapping.com/ As always they expect you to use IE.... sigh.
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/index.jhtml (Pushing IE down the throats of our youth...)
Idiots, the point of making something web based is to make it independent of the platform!
http://www.vbbyjc.com/ (Of course this site is for Microsoft lovers)
http://www.racewarkingdoms.com/index.html For "full compatibility" (with poorly written crap) use IE...
http://www.fdms.com/ns_win.asp People....
http://marktheworld.com/click the order link, says it wants IE because of features in it's "real-time" design. (ROFL) Says they are planning to support Netscape... Nothing about Firefox which is what everyone uses these days.
https://www.cooperworld.net/ Takes advantage of the "enhanced" functionality of IE 5.0 or higher. (It's not obsolete... It's enhaaaanced!)
http://www.riffinteractive.com/Download/SetupOther/tabid/71/Default.aspx Lessons only work in IE. Some lesson!
http://www.asia.ccb.com/hongkong/english/browser.html Only "Supports" IE 5.5 and above. ("Netscape is not supported. Macs running IE are also not supported." Chocolate Pudding is not supported... Oversized hair dews are also not supported... )
http://www.aimglobal.org/members/public/companysearch (Allows Firefox but blocks Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey)
http://greenpointdirect.mortgagewebcenter.com/ (Allows Firefox but warns Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey are "nonstandard")
https://docstore.kinkos.com/ Works with FF now, but warns with Moz/Seamonkey and then they only recommend IE and Netscape. At least they let you continue anyway.
http://instantsupport.asiapac.hp.com Seems to work with FF now but crashes on Moz.
https://edecs.fws.gov/ eDecs has been optimized by a bunch of brain dead chimpanzees to with with MSIE... hail Bill.
http://www.mytricare.com/internet/tric/tri/tricare.nsf Bad browser detection. click on "register" and it says it wants IE or Netscape 6.2.
https://secure.ubi.com/billing/ Demands that you use IE or Netscape and even say you have to use certain OSes. What do they care if I am running, say, OS/2 as long as the browser works?
http://www.torontomls.net/ MLS has sent one CD with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6
to each MLS office complete with borg implants...
https://ebpp3.wellsfargo.com/ds/WFF Upgrade your browser? I already did, jerks! Only allows Netscape 6/7 or IE.
http://crm.my-etrust.com/ Only allows IE or Netscape *4* Upgrade your web app!
http://www.cinemanow.com/Free/1003,0,5,,1,7,18051/Wind-Dancer.htm "You must use Internet Explorer Version 6 or higher on a PC running Windows 2000 or later to use this service" - You must bang your head against a wall very hard.
http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/generic.asp?pageid=133 Virtual classroom requires IE.
https://www.employereservices.com Says it works with NS 7 or IE 5+, but blocks Firefox. Oh, and "The Macintosh Platform can not support our site."
http://www.careers.nestle.com/BrowserTestSearch.asp "If you received this message, it may be that your Browser is not supported." - Or it may be that your site is a piece of shite. You ever think of that? Hu? Hu?
http://www.blackberry.com/GoogleTalk/index.do Uses obsolete ActiveX junk. And Google is somehow involved with this?!?
http://homesecuritysolutions.com/assets/tutorial.htm More powerpointless crap. Isn't this site something about security? So why do they do this?
http://video.sympatico.msn.com/ All you need are these free downloads... paid for by purchasing MS Windows.
http://www.screensavers.com/Home/3-D/Fantasy/Fantasy/3D+Flying+Toasters/index.html Clicking the download link says you have to use IE to download: Since when has just downloading required a certain browser? Warning: probably spyware since it so heavily says it isn't.
https://service.capitalone.com/ias_static/oas/non_compliant.html Says it Requires Netscape or IE but refuses Moz/Firefox. Apparently this site is not compliant with this century.
https://www.myngp.com/NGPWeb/secure/login/login.aspx "You need Internet Explorer 6.00.28 or higher, on a PC" well, very specific. How about I specify where you can put your Explorer....
http://www.tele2.no/bedrift/nettbutikk/?ref_link=sl_mobshop "Sorry, this page is not supported by your browser" So there is something wrong with my browser, is that what you are saying?
http://www2.dsm.com.qa/GeneralInterface/LiveQuotes/Streamer_en.html Says it wants IE or greater. What is so great about IE to start with?
https://partnersource.imarketsource.com/ Ancient unupdated web app, yet another "we do not support your browser".
http://shop.allpcinc.com Wants IE.
http://www.firstdirect.com/internetbankingplus/internet_banking_plus.shtml Clicking "Register Now" says internet banking requires IE on Win2k/XP with ActiveX turned on - I can understand that for Digital Restriction Management infested videos but internet banking? What do they need that for?
http://www.urge.com/launch/install/ Says it requires WinXP SP2 and IE SP2 and then points to the IE download page - which is doubly retarded because IE SP2 only comes as part of XP SP2.
https://www.sovereignwebmortgage.com/ - Another site that is only compatible with IE.
http://www.farlink.com/ This site only "supports" IE.
https://boveda.banamex.com.mx/ Wants IE or Netscape only.
http://www.accesselectronics.com.au/ IDs browser and says "You are not currently supported"
http://www.asianage.com/ Site reports "This page can only be seen in IE" and then recommends installing a Firefox user agent switcher!!! That is seriously messed up! They cant just fix their site because... why?
http://tamilsongs.allindiansite.com/kadhal.html clicking "play all" reports "please use internet explorer to listen to songs"
https://e-access.compassbank.com/ibscompass/cmserver/upgrade.cfm?brwser=6.2&sslencry=128&vers=5.0 -Says Firefox is out of date?!?
http://www.mapfre.com.ar Says it wants IE. Please bring your site in to this century - Muchas Grassyass.
http://www.subprofile.com/ clicking on any links results in "We have detected that you are not using Microsoft Internet Explorer..." Uh really?
https://www.nysif.com/froi/default.asp "You are using Netscape" (Uh, no I'm not) This application needs Internet Explorer 5.5+. Your web developer needs a brain.
https://cora.nslc.org/cora/Home/login.asp Frames: Not Supported Tables: Supported Client Scripting: Not Supported Keeping web site up to date: Not supported. Please upgrade your brand new Firefox browser to IE 4.01!
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/gamechannel "In order to use the new college football GameChannel, users will need Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher and a Windows operating system."
http://www.nctraining.ncgov.com/main/main_technical_requirements.htm "Netscape NO!"
http://neptune.com/ - Uses obsolete ActiveX.
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html Another online virus scanner that wants to use IE (how do you think you got it in the first place!?)
http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/softwareupdate.asp Requires IE.
http://www.onlinesalescentral.com/ Says it is designed for IE.
https://pep.ipaper.com/ Requires specifically IE 6 SP2 (What do you mean I require a lobotomy to use your site?)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Requires IE on Windows to work "Normally" - Is this some new definition of "Normal" I am not aware of?
http://playgames.comcast.net/?RefId=LNav_Gms&lid=LNav_Gms Reports: "Comcast Play Games is not optimized for Firefox browsers or Macs" Not surprising since Comcast is evil too.
http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=ncaa "But you will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on the following systems in order to enjoy All-Access:" I most certainly would not "enjoy" this with IE shoved up my ass..
http://www.occidentalhotels.com/ Page layout is all messed up and then at the bottom it screams "YOUR BROWSER IS NOT SUPPORTED" I can smell the drool from here.
http://www.three.com.hk/appCS/eng/login.jsp "To better safeguard user security, only Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers can be used to access 2 Hong Kons's online customer service applications." IE? Security? What are these people smoking? Socks?
http://musicstore.songtouch.com/ Wants Firefox to download some ActiveX plug in to they can infest your machine with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) crap. Site refuses to work on Mac or Linux of course.
https://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logon?action=prepare "Unsupported Browser"
http://www.tlcshoppe.com/ - Just outright requires IE for whatever reason.
https://peoplefirst.myflorida.com/ "This browser is not supported." - People first my ass.
http://www.drvtech.com/webinar/template/browsertest/conftest.html "Error - Unsupported Version of Netscape"
http://www.plexus-online.com/ "Only Internet Explorer is allowed for Plexus online" If only breathing were only allowed for people with common sense...
https://conference.oracle.com/imtapp/console/imtPlaybackConsole.jsp - "Playback requires Internet Explorer" WARNING! THIS LINK MAY CRASH FIREFOX! I would expect more from Oracle, except I know their most favorite word is "desupport".
http://www.popyourmusichunger.com/ "free" music downloads - if you don't mind shackling yourself to IE.
http://www.consumerinput.com/panel/registration.csp?panel=poppy They apparently don't want your input since they require IE.
http://customercare.mtnl.net.in/ "Your browser does not meet the minimum specifications for viewing this site." Browser Version: 5.0 - Evil: False - Piece of junk: False
http://www.pcpitstop.com/vistaready/test.asp This is a Vista readiness test. It test that you are a loyal Microsoft ass kisser by making sure you are running IE.
http://www.barclays-skills.com/telegraph If you are not a loyal Microsoft ass kisser, this training material might help - it is only accessible in IE.
http://www.mindleaders.com/support/ The real guilty party for the above web site.
https://wca.eclaim.com/ Another leftover from the 1900s that requires IE.
http://www.kernrivergas.com Bad browser detection. Actually says it wants IE or "Netscape 5"
https://jobsearch.unicru.com/JLohome.aspx?rscid={8e517c89-7a6d-c98a-e001-9f3a96339c04}&RP=CR Seems to work in Firefox but barfs if it detects you are using anything other than Windows 98, 2000, or XP.
http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/services/CopyMax/launchXMContent.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&linkName=theProduct&linkToWizard=RubberStamps "For this functionality please use Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 and higher" - Forget it pal.
https://secure.bsneny.com/online_services/nenymember/nenymembLogin.asp?catg=memb "To use Online Services you need Internet Explorer." and a lobotomy.
http://sun.airmedia-inc.com/ Java powered but doesn't work in Firefox?
http://www.myhomeequity.com/PreQual/?sc=67&utm_source=cmi&utm_medium=adprequal Says it is not compatible and oh so helpfully redirects you to Microsoft's assimilation page.
http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/gallery_dd.aspx?pf_id=150&cfs=-1&icparts=yes&combo_id=21923&combo1=3090.107.4.19995|19995|305|0&category_id=1718&g=22# Says it works in Firefox, but clicking "next" tells you that you need to upgrade.
http://www.topjob.com.br/ Says it wants IE.
http://prizemachine.games.iwon.com/pm3_index.html "Only IE is compatible with the iWon Prize Machine." so either way, uLose.
http://www.subservientprogrammer.com/main.aspx - ActiveX warning
http://www.easy-forex.com/en/Forex.DayTrading.aspx - Requires IE, but gives a cop-out recommendation to use IE-Tab with Firefox. If I wanted to use an obsolete, broken, proprietary HTML renderer I would have just used IE directly to begin with.
https://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logon?action=prepare The first time you load it says your browser is not "supported". (Oh, I just don't get enough of that word!!) It lets you continue as it seems it was developed for IE and the old Netscape 7.x.
http://www.vbasicmaster.com/vbbilgisi.asp?type=mak More IE wanting.
https://retailer.echostar.com/ - Displays garbage in Firefox and elsewhere says it requires IE - which is also garbage.
http://photomail.mail.yahoo.com/ - Hu? Yahoos require IE.
http://www.apollosindhoori.com/ - This wonderful piece of trash site has illegal backslashes in the file names and otherwise says it requires IE.
http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/gameadvisor/service/ "Windows XP Game Advisor requires the use of the Windows 98/ME/2000/XP operating system and the Internet Explorer 6 browser." Hmmmm.... I wonder why?
http://www.monstertanks.com/ "We are sorry, but the MonsterTanks.com Web site uses advanced animation and 3-D rendering technology that requires Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer version 5 or higher." Bwahahahahah. What a load.
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/scanner/ Requires IE, of course. What did you expect from Big Brother Bill?
https://home.membercenter.office.microsoft.com/Signup15/Default.aspx?sku=EssentialsTrial&signupsrc=FreeTrial_Top&partner=OL&lc=en-US More fun from our good friend Bill. Incidentally, this "Office Live" shit is mostly ActiveX, so it isn't a real web app, it is just another fancy Win32 app.
http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=bay "You need to be running Microsoft Internet Explorer" - in the same way you need to have your legs crushed.
http://www.bimbo.com/ we no el suporto your browsero.
https://www.employereservices.com/ no eSupport for eServices. That eSucks.
http://www.medimax.it/ Wants IE for Mac or PC. They obviously don't know MS put IE for Mac to death a long time ago.
http://www.runaware.com/microsoft/en-us/office2007/td Yet another Office 2007 test drive thing (Win32/ActiveX)
http://www.betshopitalia.com/Index.aspx More IE lovage.
http://www.staples.marktheworld.com/ Clicking on any of the options returns a message that says the site requires IE because of "advanced features" in IE. I'm rolling on the floor laughing.
http://www.carrefour.net I'm starting to get sick.
http://www.agentcenter.com/ "This system requires Internet Explorer v5.5 or higher." The blue "e" is asking you if you want to get high.
http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/ "Sorry, Disney Game Downloads requires Microsoft Internet Explorer." For downloads?!?
https://www.cstar.com/ "ClickStar requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later." And I require stupid sites like this to get the hell off the Internet!
http://www.sencore.com/Sweep/SL754D/SL754D_files/frame.htm More IE-Only PowerPoint drek.
http://activedaily.readingeagle.com/Daily/client.asp?skin=ReadingEagle "Your browser environment is not fully supported. Do you want to continue anyway?" Your pants are not fully supported. Go ahead and continue and see what happens.
http://www.trescantossa.com/navegar/? "your browser doesn't support all available functionality" (such as the functionality to take over your hard drive)
https://www.giftcardbalance123.com/ "Internet Explorer is required to access this website." - and your hard drive.
http://premier.dell.co.jp/Premier/Include/Errorb.asp
http://www.hangame.co.jp/ I believe the word is "baka".
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/support/index_ts.jsp Another site that says it needs IE. And this one, I think, really does access your hard drive.
http://www.secuser.com/antivirus/index.htm - Unable to load the ActiveX control. Well, where I am from that is a GOOD thing.
http://carelink.minimed.com/ Now this just disgusts me, some medical thing and they require IE.
http://www.law-economics.net/home.asp?lingua=ENG "This site is designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer/Netscape" and was designed in 1996 by a herd of rabid apes.
https://www.lojackforlaptops.com/customer/login.asp Lojack for laptop require flop because we have flapjacks for brains.
http://lava5.deschutes.org/mox5/indexpublic.cfm?&action=Login Requires IE *AND* for added insult uses obsolete popups so it tells you to turn of *ALL* popup blocking. Sites like that - even ones that work in Firefox - need to die. You NEVER want to tell a user to do that! If you must then instruct them how to enable popups for just the specific site, but enabling popups just about makes the web unusable these days.
http://www.elgin.gov.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=... Says they are working on getting Firefox 1.5 working.
https://www.uamc.com/miamidefault/Registration "This product is not compatible with Netscape at this time" It is also apparently not compatible with this century.
http://www.hardyorchids.co.uk/ AAAARRRRAAAGGG!!!! Wrong mime types again! Why is this so freaking hard for people to get right?! And why does MS insist on interpreting them WRONG and displaying files clearly marked as "text" as "html"!
http://www.binayled.com/index.shtm More mime type stupidity.
https://www.mytravelmoney.com/ "The view this site you must use Internet Explorer 5.0 or later." Oh must I, almighty web king?
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/ "This site is optimized for Internet Explorer" Oh, and that means what exactly? Artificial web page substitute?
http://www.pianetasalute.com Browser, IE, yada yada.
http://www.mundointeiro.com/Default1.aspx More trash, haul it of please.
http://www.housing.umn.edu/applying/step1.php "Only Firefox 1.0 is supported by this application." Uhhh, how in the heck did they manage that?
https://pcws.wal-mart.com/cws/seeker.html Walmart really doesn't like Firefox does it?
http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/DWOnlineMap/MainInterface.aspx Map tool only works under IE 6 - if you don't like it, call 1-800-EAT-SHIT.
Inaccessible in Firefox:
http://www.coldplay.com/forum.htm (junk in HTML)
http://www.intranet.remax.co.za/?page=login&help=register
http://webfx.eae.net/bombProject/bomberman.html (blank)
http://dbcalc.usps.gov/ Apparently recently updated, instead of displaying nothing it tells you you need IE 4 or Netscape 4. A very up to date update.
http://www.hhphoto.com/ (bad mime types)
http://www.gbqc.com/html/intro.htm (The gpqc - they do nothing)
https://www.travelport.net/login.aspx Displays nothing in FF or Moz.
http://www.planning.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mapping/map/map_detailview.aspx?module=P1 Map does not work in FF (needs "specific javascript functionality")
http://www.oshealtd.com/ Linked pages have wrong mime type. Not to mention the huge BMP file in the middle of the page!
https://esp.rci.rogers.com/ Gives some odd error when accessed with Firefox.
http://www.pcdf.df.gov.br/sistemas/dp_virtual/default.asp complains about wanting IE 4 or later.
http://www.autoescaner.com/ Links on page don't work
http://www.restaurantecoruna.com/ Layout is totally messed up.
http://fdms.com/ Thinks Firefox has no Javascript even when enabled.
http://www.squibphotography.co.uk/ - In Firefox says there is an unidentified scripting error and the page does not load.
http://www.princesrisborough.com/ - Illegal backslashes in the URLs.
Page problems with Firefox:
Note: some of these sites may look right at first but have non-functional drop down menus that render the site partially or completely unnavigatable in Mozilla or some other feature that is IE only. All it takes is one page that doesn't work right in anything but IE to make a person switch back to IE. It is almost too bad Mozilla folks won't stoup down to the same level.
http://www.musicalacarte.com/ (says it needs IE, actually requires popup)
http://www.xonics.com/index.html (Entire page blinks!, at the bottom it says it needs IE)
http://www.duracite.com/ (junk at top)
http://www.eddiebauer.com (drop down menus don't work)
http://www.balloonsafaris.co.uk/ (menus don't work)
http://www.syracuse.com (menus don't work)
http://www.rbi.org.in/rbisectiontoc.html (menu doesn't work)
http://www.w3schools.com/wap/tryit_wap.asp (vbscript)
http://www.natwest.com/ (menus)
http://www.hekticmedia.com/ (menu)
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ (menu)
http://lt.telebasket.com/forum.asp?PageNum=1&id=12 (no menus)
http://www.ebnews.com/ (menus)
http://www.siu.edu/~rehabbat/autismoverview.html (more IE only powerpoint)
http://sps.k12.mo.us/khs/science/earth/class_files/5-28-01.htm (Power pointless presentations for IE only)
http://www.fractals.com/ (backslashes in urls)
http://www.q-1.com/ (backslashes in URLs)
http://www.apexhomeinspection.com/ (garbled on Mozilla)
http://www.inventivemarine.com/ (junk on top of page)
http://www.gscusa.net/ (logo doesn't appear or appears in wrong place)
http://www.ericorson.com/ (bitches about wanting IE)
http://www.iespana.es/animeenthropy/ (spanish. crappy site, says it wants IE)
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Sideline/5984/ (says it has active x, don't see where it does)
http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/library/library_catalogue.htm (page says it requires IE 6, but seems to work?)
http://evisaforms.state.gov/ Page says Firefox does not appear to meet the minimum requirements, but seems to work.
http://www.silkroadonline.net/gameinfo/sk_wpmastery.asp?wpMastery=WpmHscb (Series links don't work)
http://footballgroundguide.com/ There is supposed to be a menu at the top but it is missing in FF and Moz.
http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/bo_msgr.html "My High-Score: Requires IE 4.0 or later."
http://www.medtraining.org/corpsite/ Some graphics overlapping text.
http://www.thebrightsparkshome.com/BSIG/default.aspx Various lout on many of the pages is wrong.
http://www.aarpfunds.com/content/resource/content.cfm?id=ira_trad_roth (text overlaps)
http://msnlttab.englishtown.com/ Displays wrong in Firefox.
http://mail.yahoo.com/ (Works with Firefox finally but gives other non-IE browsers a crippled "plain text only" mail composer page -their new "Beta" also excludes certain OSes for no explained reason, even though Firefox runs fine on them)
After making a revolution in desktop web browser market, Mozilla have now announced their plans to step into the mobile space with a new version of Firefox for mobile devices. They’ve already hired two high-profile mobile developers for this project. And the first, basic release is expected to come as early as 2008.
For Mozilla, this isn’t the first venture into the mobile browser space. They have already released a mobile browser called Minimo. Unlike most other mobile browsers, Minimo offers full AJAX supports, RSS feeds, addons and is probably the only tabbed browsing solution for Pocket PC. Mozilla has also developed a mobile browser for Nokia’s N800/N770 mobile internet device.
The sweetest part of Mobile Firefox would be its support for extension. Third party services and other additional features can be easily integrated with ease. Think of it something like using Greasemonkey or Adblock Plus on your mobile phone.
Full browsing experience is the greatest demand in the mobile community. One factor, which probably made Apple’s iPhone a huge hit, was the fullscreen browsing support. Web pages on iPhone are rendered, as they appear on your computer, but the same feature isn’t available on other mobile devices. So, if Mozilla’s upcoming mobile browser will be able to put the same functionality on other high-end devices like N95, it could quickly become a huge hit as well.
It is unclear whether Mozilla picks Windows Mobile or Symbian as their target platform. Currently, the Symbian browser market is largely monopolized by Opera and Opera mini.
A single Line of code can crash IE while trying to open. while it can wory flawlessly in other browsers.
This line is the IE crasher
http://www.crashie.com/ this site has this code . So it wont work in IE. Trying to open this site in IE crashes it, but works flawlessly in other browsers..
On November 9th, 2004, we all started a movement. Spread Firefox, supported by tens of
thousands of contributors, took just 99 days to deliver 25 million downloads of Firefox to a world of people desperate for a better Web -- a Web that didn't overwhelm them with pop-ups, a Web that didn't infect their systems with viruses and spyware, a Web that was fun again, simply put, a Web that worked.
In less than six months, you all doubled that number to 50 million downloads, turned open source into a household word and reasserted the supremacy of choice and simplicity.
It took the Spread Firefox global community of activists only one year to reach the 100 million downloads mark and to let the world know that innovation was alive again on the Web.
And just one year ago you all helped to double that number again, to 200 million downloads. More than 50,000 of you, with Spread Firefox buttons and banners, not only helped Firefox achieve an amazing download milestone, but you all helped to make Firefox one of the world's most recognized and respected brands.
Today, you all have done it once again. With your amazing efforts, Firefox has reached 400 million downloads and demonstrated that not even the world's most powerful companies can keep people from a better, safer, and faster Web experience. You all, the grass roots and the heart of the Firefox movement, have helped hundreds of millions of people find that better, safer, and faster Web.
The much-anticipated page zoom feature has finally landed in Firefox 3 nightly builds. Firefox 3 will now be able to zoom the entire page, including images as well as text, just like Opera and IE 7.
The page zoom feature request was originally filed in Bugzilla in 1999, but implementation was delayed because it wasn't considered practical in Gecko 1.8, the current version of Firefox's HTML rendering engine. Scheduled for inclusion in Firefox 3, the new version of the rendering engine—Gecko 1.9—leverages the open source Cairo vector graphics rendering framework and includes a number of extremely significant improvements to layout and rendering. The page zoom feature was implemented as part of the Gecko overhaul and will now be included in Firefox 3.
Although the page zoom feature is fully implemented, the user interface doesn't expose the page zoom functionality to the end user yet. Until menu items, toolbar buttons, or keyboard shortcuts are added to facilitate access to the page zoom functionality, most users probably won't be able to make much use of the new feature.
In order to test it ourselves with the latest nightly build, we poked around and figured out the underlying API so that we could alter the page zoom level with Javascript. Manipulating the page zoom requires high security access, so you can't do it directly in a web page or with a JavaScript bookmarklet. You could potentially implement support for controlling page zoom by making a custom Firefox plugin, but for simple testing purposes you can also just use Firefox's built-in JavaScript error console.
Launch the Javascript console by selecting Error Console from Firefox's Tools menu. Then, type the following into the code text box and click the Evaluate button:
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator).getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser").getBrowser().mCurrentBrowser.markupDocumentViewer.fullZoom = 3;
That will zoom in the current page to three times its normal size. You can experiment with various values to see the page at different zoom levels. If you want to zoom out, use decimals like 0.2 or 0.6. This very useful feature is yet another example of Firefox 3 improvements made possible by the excellent work that has gone into Gecko 1.9.
sourceThe ability to use tabs for web browsing was one of the key reasons why I switched over from Internet Explorer 6 to Firefox all those years ago.
Now that IE7 has come along and has incorporated tabs in their own browser as well, does it make Firefox any less appealing? Not with amount of development which has taken place with the tabs function. Here are some prime examples:
The ‘Chromatabs‘ Firefox extension tints browser tabs with a color specific to the website loaded. This helps you identify tab contents based on a distinct visual cue. It can pick a random color automatically (based on the site’s hostname), or it can pick a color based on the site’s tab icon.
With the ‘Separate Tabs‘ extension, tabs can be grouped automatically by host URL making the arrangement of tabs much more logical.
Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
While the ‘Showcase’ extension described above is useful, Tab Scope provides a much more subtle approach to the situation, displaying tab previews only when the mouse is moved over the tab. Don’t be fooled though, it even allows interaction navigation within that preview itself.
The ‘Send Tab URLs’ extension adds a File menu command to the main browser window; when choosing this command, a new email message is automatically created, containing a list of URLs from all browser tabs in the current window.
‘Tab Mix Plus‘ enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
This extension adds a new ‘FaviconizeTab’ option to the context menu of the tab. When it is clicked, The width of the tab becomes small up to the size of favicon. It returns to the former size when ‘FaviconizeTab’ is clicked again.
‘Tab Counter‘ is a simple extension that counts the number of open tabs per window and displays the count in the toolbar. Mainly for fun or you need an indication of how much system resources you are clogging up by having that many tabs open at once.
If you have too many tabs open and need help identifying the tabs which you are probably no longer using, the ‘Aging Tabs‘ extension makes unused tabs fade with age. This highlights potential tabs which may be just adding to clutter.
Firefox makes mouse-less browsing a breeze with these simple shortcuts:
Bonus Tip #1: You can move Firefox browser tabs from one window to another by dragging and dropping it.
Bonus Tip #2: Disable tab scrolling : Although it does make tabs slightly easier to read on occasion, scrolling through tabs is a hassle. The How-To-Geek blog goes through two useful ways to work around this scrolling feature.
Firefox 3 - features preview
Posted on June 3, 2007 - Filed Under Software |
We’re all waiting for the new Firefox 3 to be released ( and that would be somewhere later this year, see the schedule for more details ). But until then let’s see some of the features that would be available in the new release.
Malware protection
* By working together with Google the Firefox browser will be able to prevent you from entering sites that will potentially harm your computer. This will work in a similar way to how Firefox prevents you now from entering sites that could steal your personal information.
Location bar changes
* The way URLs are displayed in the address bar might change, the favicon for example might not be displayed at all. Other visual changes might be made as well, such as all text besides the main domain name (as in subdomain.domain.com/page.htm) to be grayed out.
Places
* This is supposed to be the new bookmarks and tagging system. The innovation lays in the way you can organize saved sites by using the above mentioned bookmarks or tags, and even store page visiting history for each site.
Private Browsing
* This one is expected by many of the people I know for a long, long time. When in Private mode the Firefox browser will not store any information of your browsing session ( that includes history, cookies, etc).
Coming soon
* There are other features on the developers map that were not detailed enough at this time but are most likely be part of Firefox 3. Here are some of them:
o Offline Web applications
o Improved password manager
o Microformat detection
