Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Mar 24 13:05:55 CDT 2011
It is an MS thing. It is how the site was built. The site builder first created the site in IE and that is a far as they went...just a little lazy as IE tends to break a good number of the W3C rules. I first build my sites so they would perfect on Chrome, FF, Safari and Opera, and that may take a week then there is IE and to get it to comply takes another week. (Clients never like paying double for IE compliance. Some have gone so far, in their in Intranet sites as to block IE) It usually requires another set CSS and JS script files, a few patches but using JQuery mostly handles the problems. JQuery usually tries to keep ahead of IE but it can be a difficult task...with every update another set of problems... IE6/IE7/IE8 and now IE9 all work slightly different. I am sure MS IE will eventually compile with the industry standards but I am sure it is a humbling experience for them to realize that, unlike the old days, their standard does not imply the new world standard. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Turner Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:18 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 365 Amen to that. I used Firefox almost exclusively till I had to use IE on some particular sites. However When I updated to IE 8 and Somewhere I installed some little program of which I don't know Or the latest Firefox Update caused my print reports in Firefox to quit working. Havn't figured that one out yet and some State sites and the Bank I use I had to switch back to IE to get printouts. I'm thinking it's a MS thing. Steve A. Turner Controller Mid-South Engineering Co. Inc E-Mail: sturner at mseco.com and saturner at mseco.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:41 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 365 Microsoft still doesn't get it; while people do want new features, first and foremost they want something that works day in and day out. And if it doesn't work, they want it FIXED. Not another version which has a new set of problems and requires more hardware to run. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:08 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 365 I agree. :-) ...and it seems Safari, Chrome and Opera are not unhappy either. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:28 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 365 >Everyone has been given their first warning with IE9; which poses the question, "Which side of the technology divide are you on?" ROTFLMAO. Firefox is making huge gains in the browser war because Microsoft has refused to allow XP users to use the latest IE version. Microsoft claims that without the "latest technology" their browser cannot be as good as it needs to be. Of course MS is trying to sell Windows 7 into the XP crowd. Notice FireFox works just fine with the XP crowd. >which poses the question, "Which side of the technology divide are you on?" Uhh.. the Firefox side. ;) I pretty much have no use for IE unless I hit a site that I absolutely have to use and that site refuses to work with Firefox. And guess what, with Firefox winning the browser war, more and more sites are dropping their "IE only" crapola. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com On 3/24/2011 2:14 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I suspect that Microsoft will be become more resolute in it edict to move > its customers along into the acceptance of the new technology and > subsequently the purchase of its' new products. MS does not make good money > supporting old technologies... Everyone has been given their first warning > with IE9; which poses the question, "Which side of the technology divide are > you on?" > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:50 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office 365 > > They are not forcing me towards anything, they are forcing me *away* from > Access as a FE > for anything other than simple reporting. > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com