viciousdead Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Who accidently the chat box? I want them dead, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Errr…There's nothing wrong with the shoutbox.Are you using IE9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viciousdead Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Soul:> Errr…> > There's nothing wrong with the shoutbox.> > Are you using IE9?Yes.EDIT:-opens firefox--types in touchofdeathforums.com--looks at chat box--wow- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 It's broken for a reason.If you're using IE9 then you're not the right material for making a video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Comnena Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Why would you use Internet Explorer in 2011? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medleyy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 What browsers does it work in? It doesn't work for me either (IE9, Lol.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Aeri:> What browsers does it work in? It doesn't work for me either (IE9, Lol.)Get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 *whistles* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yeah, no. If someone is using IE9 then I don't want to have to listen to their bullshit in the shoutbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medleyy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 *Hangs head in shame*Why does everyone hate Interweb Explorer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Aeri:> Why does everyone hate Interweb Explorer?Did you even read this topic? It broke perfectly good, standard compliance code.@Robin:> Yeah, no. If someone is using IE9 then I don't want to have to listen to their bullshit in the shoutbox.Although I agree that most IE users really don't know much about computers, some public computers only have IE installed. It's not fair to assume everybody's on their home desktop all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Soul:> Although I agree that most IE users really don't know much about computers, some public computers only have IE installed. It's not fair to assume everybody's on their home desktop all the time.Then they shouldn't have a problem hitting the compatibility button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whackeddie99 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Robin:> Then they shouldn't have a problem hitting the compatibility button.I couldn't agree on this any further. Internet Explorer 9 Comes with a compatibility button, people! Press it! Its not hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Robin:> Then they shouldn't have a problem hitting the compatibility button.OK. I just don't see any problems implanting an update which is only one line long, it's not like we're rewriting it to work with IE9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 It'd require me to write a plugin unless I wanted it to be constantly overwritten by Evan's updates. I am not doing that for the 1 or 2 people who are stupid enough to run IE9 and not use compatibility mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I'm with Robin on this, screw the IE users; we shouldn't have to take the extra step (not matter how small) just because Microsoft doesn't know how to conform to standards.EDIT: And whenever I'm at college, I have to switch to compatibility mode, since all they have is IE9, and I don't feel like putting Firefox on a usb stick(it's bad enough I have to go into the "International" settings and change my keyboard layout to dvorak every time I log in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 >just because Microsoft doesn't know how to conform to standardsAlthough true, that comment is out of context. outerHTML (the line it errors on) isn't standard itself (it was introduced by Microsoft, along with the more popular innerHTML). No browser even gotten close to doing the standard. It's impossible with browser wars going on. If you suggest we just screw users every time we get an error we'll end up with nobody at all.[Am I the only one who finds that MSIE can't conform to its own standards hilarious?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 @Soul:> If you suggest we just screw users every time we get an error we'll end up with nobody at all.Good! The best kind of forum is the one where I'm the only person who logs on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdoc Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 @Robin:> Good! The best kind of forum is the one where I'm the only person who logs on.♫ Desperado… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Comnena Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 @Robin:> Good! The best kind of forum is the one where I'm the only person who logs on.Don't forget the random spambot accounts. You always need something to keep you company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Did I tell you about the spambot we had the other day? It actually absorbed enough data from the forum to recommend someone to download the Eclipse runtimes.Automated scripts are more help than most of the people who answer Q&A topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 @Soul:> If you suggest we just screw users every time we get an error we'll end up with nobody at all.I'm suggesting we just screw IE9 users every time there is an error for them; if anything, we'd end up with no IE9 users, or more new people switching to Firefox, Chrome, et al. after posting a topic such as this one.In school, I'm currently using this [pointless] SAM Learning Software; it's a browser-based teaching software for my Excel class: http://sam2010.course.com/On that website, they have a side article when you log in, teaching users how to switch to Compatibility Mode in Internet Explorer, otherwise the grading system will not work.So before classe, we have to go into the properties in IE9, and set compatibility mode for course.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My previous school had Microsoft Windows with Mozilla Firefox installed on every single computer at the domain.My university has Microsoft Windows with Mozilla Firefox installed on the computers where GNU/Linux isn't installed, and people are complaining about the prior.Why are people still using Microsoft Internet Explorer, whilst dealing with a subject related to computer science? Change your habit, or go do something else, where that ignorance can be accepted (e.g. pharmaceutics).Yours faithfully Stephan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeingBlue Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Moved to firefox in 2004\. Never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 @Admiral:> I'm suggesting we just screw IE9 users every time there is an error for them; if anything, we'd end up with no IE9 users, or more new people switching to Firefox, Chrome, et al. after posting a topic such as this one.1/5 of users here use Internet Explorer. People are more than happy to just flick on compatibility mode for a site than they are to change browsers. Why all the bias against IE9 users? With the same argument I can say we stop supporting every browser for the same reason: none of them conform to standards.If you look at the shoutbox code, it does about 30 checks for browsers to find out which one is being used, and adjusts appropriately. The hard part about being a webdesigner isn't making code, it's making code that works everywhere.To be quite honest I could care less whether we force users to switch from Internet Explorer, but I don't feel any compelling reason to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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