Date: 25 Mar 2002 00:23:09 -0500 From: Muhannad Asfour <muhannad07@cogeco.ca> To: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [burnscharlesn@hotmail.com: Advocacy help for CS professor] Message-ID: <1017033789.643.1.camel@ergo.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020324182324.01ba1400@threespace.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020324125937.019edf00@threespace.com> <3C9E11B7.F36170B8@centtech.com> <20020322013138.A87120@xor.obsecurity.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020324105234.0199cda8@threespace.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020324125937.019edf00@threespace.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020324182324.01ba1400@threespace.com>
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--=-Gc8BNHmlUTmwZLiRarZW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's actually possible to run IE 5 for Solaris on FreeBSD? On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 19:34, Chip Morton wrote: > At 02:29 PM 3/24/2002, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > figuring that most of their audience will be using Internet Explorer, > > > and the small minority who aren't will be able to find their way to a= n IE > > > without too much effort. (It is free, right?) > > > >How can I use IE if I don't run Windows or a RISC workstation? >=20 > You may be right, web designers may not think outside of=20 > IE-compatibility. I think they may have when Navigator was still a facto= r=20 > in the browser wars, but maybe not anymore. >=20 > And I would imagine that even if you don't personally own/use a=20 > Windows-capable PC, you probably could get to one rather easily. I would= =20 > imagine that most people on this list could, but I'm sure there are excep= tions. >=20 >=20 > >Better yet, how do I put a system running MSIE in my pocket and carry > >it around? A properly designed web site will work fine on browsers I > >can fit in my pocket. That's why I run w3m with autoloading of frames > >turned off - I want to know which web sites are going to work on my > >Palm, and which aren't, and seldom bookmark the latter. >=20 > Well, first of all you could do what I did--get a PocketPC and taa-daa,=20 > you've got Internet Explorer in your pocket. :-) >=20 > But seriously, the best examples that I've seen of "pocket" compatibility= =20 > are with web sites that alter an alternative version, usually a=20 > mobile.somewebpage.com that does away with lots of the frills that weigh=20 > down so many sites. That even seems to be the route to browser=20 > compatibility for most sites I visit--detect the user's browser and route= =20 > him accordingly to the correct page. >=20 > << Chip Morton >> >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message --=-Gc8BNHmlUTmwZLiRarZW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8nrQ9ck977FUKFQQRAojCAJoDFDpQeliGdJnfZn+lNwfb06XhVQCbBj82 bH2KdLe7BXiFZ24JVuihLfQ= =X3D1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Gc8BNHmlUTmwZLiRarZW-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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