Annoying Firefox problems when surfing sgforums

last SG · 2008-01-04T22:22:30+00:00

Oh... and the posting shortcuts don't work. Like Alt + W for the URL tag... Funny enough... version 1.5 works.

Y_Shun SG

pay PEE etc etc ya da ya da...
aiya juz bear with it.

budden i think FF, with greasemonkey thingy, can fix these things(if someoen creates for sgF)

ctstalin SG

yea…kind or irritating….but already got used to it liao

Gordonator SG

i'll write to firefox to fix this problem.

turbo_drift SG

wish u luck. Wink

FireIce SG

problem between keyboard and chair

meltz SG

i guess this is sgf coding problem .. i might be wrong Laughing

GIB SG

From the CSS file:
.msg-body {
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 13px;
padding: 1em 0.3em 2em 0.3em;
overflow: hidden;
}

Full pic problem:
I think FF hide stuff that is overflow, that's why the picture cannot display in full if too big. IE is OK because the css didn't specify a fixed size which IE needs to be able to overflow.

Gordonator SG

that is very rude. some poeple never change. Rolling Eyes

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Please note that those buttons use JavaScript... what works for IE will not work in Firefox and some other browsers...

Don't believe, disable JavaScript, click on those buttons and see where it brings you.

turbo_drift SG

Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Laughing

LatecomerX SG

It's not an issue with Firefox. When this forum was started 9 years ago, Firefox was still a sperm and egg. The (quirky) JS code used for the posting page is targeted at IE users only since it monopolized the browser market then. If you're expecting features that you see on other forums, you should write to Jason about upgrading the entire forum backend instead.

LatecomerX SG

Cannot create one. If got liao Opera users will jump ship de, then I will be all alone. Crying or Very sad

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Laughing

Shotgun SG

Actually thats a problem I faced working on my recent project. How to get Firefox and IE to work the same way. Some stuff works for IE, and doesnt work for Firefox, and vice versa.

Some of these problems may not have solutions at all. So sometimes the only option is to remove those implementations or look for alternatives. Some of the teething problems includes scrolling and sizing.

I was wondering, whether all web applications like forums n stuff would move to Adobe Air application versions? It'd be interesting to see a forum exist as a desktop application. Air Technology's cross platform compatibility would resolve a lot of these "browser differences."

LatecomerX SG

It will be easier to get everyone onto Firefox than to some "cutting-edge" Adobe applications. But no, everyone, please come to the big red "o". Mr. Green

And I don't see your point of having a forum to be ran as a desktop application. Firstly, it becomes less accessible since users will need to download the application before it is usable. Secondly, coding the GUI for a desktop application is much more complicated than cooking up a set of HTML and CSS code. Next, you have the OS platform compatibility issue. I think it's best to just leave it as a web application.

Besides, everything else is moving online as well. Now you already have the online clone of Microsoft Word. Once we reach the age where processors are measured in Terahertz and bandwidth by Gbps, I'm sure you'll see young kids playing Doom XI without downloading any client application for game installation.

To make your web application to be cross-browser, there are two ways to go about it. Either use a well-developed framework that handles all those tweeny-weeny browser issues, or do your own browser checking and serve different code to each browser.

Darkness_hacker99 SG

LOL!

These problems so common to me..

Y_Shun SG

dun worry, i oso opera users Shocked Mad Crying or Very sad

LatecomerX SG

So if someone writes the GM script, will you jump ship? Neutral

Shotgun SG

Thats where Adobe Air comes in. You can create cross platform desktop applications using familiar HTML, scripting languages, CSS and javascript. Of course, it can still at the same time run on web browsers, but you just have an added advantage of having it on the desktop.

Theres quite a large potential for doing this as well. Desktop Web Apps, can be used to create virtual offices, where secure connections are required, and cross platform operations are a necessity. Go check out Adobe Air. I feel that its gonna be a big thing.

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