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Mozilla Firebird + boards.ie = plop

DMT · 2003-11-09 18:28:41

Justed moved from IE6 (which was starting to drive me nuts) to Mozilla Firebird. But having done so I've noticed that boards.ie isn't 100% compatible with it in terms of how things appear on screen: Here's some examples: Who do I blame? I want a refund!!* :D * My jokes reach a new low...

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09-11-2003 7:28pm

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DMT

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Justed moved from IE6 (which was starting to drive me nuts) to Mozilla Firebird. But having done so I've noticed that boards.ie isn't 100% compatible with it in terms of how things appear on screen:

Here's some examples:

Who do I blame?
I want a refund!!*

* My jokes reach a new low...

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#2 09-11-2003 7:46pm
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I'm also suffering from problems with the drop down menu's. They either are lower than they should be( hovering in the first post of the page) or aren't there at all.

Its not possible to click on them either.

The home page works fine

I'm using opera 7.2 btw

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#3 09-11-2003 7:54pm
p

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Janey, you're pernickity. )

What's a little overlap if it works okay.

hehe

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#4 09-11-2003 8:07pm
Winters

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mmmm ... l33t MS Paint.

One thing i always find annoying is that text area for positng. Can it be made wider in anyway? I find it way too narrow. Simple change to make.

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#5 09-11-2003 8:11pm
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Originally posted by p
Janey, you're pernickity. )

What's a little overlap if it works okay.

hehe

It doesn't work ok for me. That was my point

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#6 09-11-2003 8:20pm
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Using it now, so I'm not the only one who noticed this. Sometimes I've also noticed bits of the page just disappear- eg, the smilies aren't always there. Used to be a lot of problems with Opera too if I recall correctly. I suppose that'll teach us for not browsing the proper microsoft way.

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#7 09-11-2003 8:26pm
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Firebird works fine for me. What firebird version and OSs are ye using?

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#8 09-11-2003 8:28pm
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Originally posted by ecksor
Firebird works fine for me. What firebird version and OSs are ye using?

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#9 09-11-2003 8:37pm
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DMT, are the problems you're seeing just the cosmetic ones you point out above?

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#10 09-11-2003 8:41pm
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Originally posted by ecksor
DMT, are the problems you're seeing just the cosmetic ones you point out above?

Yes, that's all - there's no problem posting or anything like that from what I've seen so far...

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#11 09-11-2003 8:52pm
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there's a nice gap on the area shown in your first pic if you switch to the minimalist skin

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#12 09-11-2003 9:05pm
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you're all microsoft heathons!:rolleyes: :ninja:

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#13 11-11-2003 12:42am
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I had this problem months ago, but it all seems fixed since the new menus were added.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031107 Firebird/0.7+

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#14 11-11-2003 8:34am
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Originally posted by Winters
I find it way too narrow.

I agree.

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#15 11-11-2003 12:58pm
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I have exactly the same problem with firebird (and netscape and mozilla).

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#16 11-11-2003 1:42pm
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Firebird 7.0 woking ok here but the reply windows is very narrow like Winters said.

Opera is useless for boards.ie

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#17 12-11-2003 2:23am
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Originally posted by The_Edge
Opera is useless for boards.ie

For fy?

I use opera and find it grand (that "open in background" thing that IE doesn't have is rather handy (yes, yes, I know Moz has it too))

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#18 15-11-2003 1:59am
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The textarea issue can be corrected by the admins: Log into admin and choose Modify from the Styles menu, then for each style make the Textarea Width for Netscape Navigator 6.0 the same as for Internet Explorer. See this post on MozillaZine for more detail -- you'll find a user-level fix on that forum too, but it would be nice to see it fixed on the site.

The menus aren't as bad for me as they are for the thread starter, but they are a bit too close to the crumb for my liking (see attachment).

adam

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#19 19-11-2003 1:55am
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Can you change the text area width for Mozilla as mentioned in the above post ...

I have finally 100% moved to Mozilla [after half using it and IE] and the small text area is really starting to bug me. Nearly makes me want to go back to IE (:o I really dont want to ... )

The dropdown menu is also on the overlap for me too btw ..

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7

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#20 19-11-2003 11:46am
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I'm running Firebird in Linux at the moment so I'd like to see this fixed too. It'll take all of about five minutes.

adam

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#21 19-11-2003 1:05pm
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"Default" style updated. Can you non-conformist-browser-users feedback and tell me if its better for you now?

See adam... we do care.

DeV.

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#22 19-11-2003 1:27pm
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That's the job, thanks DeVore. And don't get me started...

adam

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#23 19-11-2003 1:35pm
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Theres a way of *not* starting you?!

DeV.

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#24 19-11-2003 2:22pm
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Here's a comparison shot - the reply box is still wider in IE than FB, but its not really worth complainig about. Just an FYI

http://matrix.netsoc.tcd.ie/~maxhead/ie-vs-fb.jpg

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#25 19-11-2003 2:23pm
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Originally posted by DeVore
Theres a way of *not* starting you?!

There's a little switch on the back of my neck. It's getting to it is the problem...

adam

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#26 19-11-2003 2:28pm
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Originally posted by DeVore
"Default" style updated. Can you non-conformist-browser-users feedback and tell me if its better for you now?

See adam... we do care.

DeV.

oh shit DeV what are you doing.

Here I am using Slackware Linux and obscure but usable Firebird.... and I'm feeling leet because my browser has some quirks with boards....

And then you fix it.

I'm going to have start browsing in lynx on Solaris x86.......

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#27 19-11-2003 2:33pm
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Oh that's much better. Nice being able to type more than three words on a line.

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#28 19-11-2003 2:54pm
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I widened all of them because I always felt the box was a bit too small anyway. So there is probably a discrepancy between them as they all render it differently (of course).

Glad to help.

DeV.

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#29 19-11-2003 7:57pm
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Hurrah, nice and wide. Thank you DeV...

.. though maybe even wider might be nice

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#30 02-03-2004 10:51pm
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These bugs have now been fixed in the renamed Mozilla FireFox 0.8

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#31 02-03-2004 10:53pm
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Nice of you to dig that up for us

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