John W. Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Feb 20 11:48:00 CST 2003
Martin, >You need the flash plug in. Me I just hit the back button when I get a web site like that. You know I can appreciate that. On the other hand if it wasn't an exe (possible source of a virus) the browser would just download the damned thing and you wouldn't even know it was happening. I can see avoiding downloading something from some web site you have never heard of, but this is common stuff, from the maker of that common stuff. I wanted to make my site more professional looking. I got dreamweaver, and in a very short time (hours) got it looking a million times better, as anyone who has seen my old site will attest to. I am not a web designer, don't want to be a web designer, don't have the time to be a web designer, and shouldn't HAVE TO BE a web designer to get an EXTREMELY simple site looking good. I took what I had, replaced the background with a more pleasant design, replaced the links with flash images and in a matter of HOURS got a replacement that is quite an improvement. Now, in order to make some off the wall browser stop doing strange crap to the buttons, I have to spend another two hours downloading all kinds of browsers I will never use, only to discover it is a bug in that browser to begin with. Then I get "you shouldn't use frames", "I just hit the back button if it needs flash", "You should design two entirely different sites for different resolutions", "just make everything a % of the width"... oh, and let's not forget the "just go design 30 different graphics to represent your buttons and use rollover"... HELLO OUT THERE... IS THERE INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH??? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Martin Reid Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:32 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: RE: Netscape with IE - was RE: [AccessD] New look for ColbyConsulting Thats the problem usign Flash buttons as opposed to standard graphic files. You need the flash plug in. Me I just hit the back button when I get a web site like that. Martin On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:08:27 -0500 Bryan Carbonnell <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca> wrote: > IE uses ActiveX controls for plugins. > > Most other browsers use Plug-Ins, which are usually separate downloads, half the time requiring a restart of the browser. > > That's probably why. > > Bryan Carbonnell > bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca > > >>> jcolby at colbyconsulting.com 20-Feb-03 10:59:56 AM >>> > Well, here's a new one. I have been viewing my site this whole time. > Installed Mozilla and it informed my I had to download the flash widget > (button). Why? It had to be installed for IE to run. > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com Martin WP Reid Information Services Queens University Belfast Tel: (02890) 273750 ---------------------- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ---------------------------------------------------- Is email taking over your day? Manage your time with eMailBoss. Try it free! http://www.eMailBoss.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3440 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030220/6b48cd57/attachment-0002.bin>