Website problems in IE and Firefox.

February 14, 2008

I'm running Win98se. I have both the latest ver of Firefox and IE6.

If I go to this particular website:

http://www.thunderguys.be

I constantly get error messages when I click on the individual

pictures. I'm referring to this:

First you get the intro. (which can be skipped).

Then it brings up a list (on the right), where there is Zorro the

Zebra, Liberty Horses, Bikes and Horses, etc. Click on one of them,

at the bottom is a sliding bar where individual pictures can be

selected. Everytime I click on one of them, I get an error message

which tells me that the script is running real slow and if I leave it

run, my computer may stop responding. If I select YES (to stop the

script), I do not get to see the "still" picture. If I select NO, the

picture shows just fine in IE, but Firefox just keeps giving me that

error message over and over and refuses to ever show me the picture.

I think their website is defective, or has some sort of flaw. Or

maybe it's just because I am running Win98, or because I am on dialup.

Either way, if I keep clicking "NO" on that error message, the

pictures will show in IE6, but Firefox just gives up and will not show

the pictures.

Can anyone figure out what's going on with this site?

I should mention the entire site is FLASH driven (which I find

annoying, especially being on a dialup connection), but I love trick

horse riding so I've struggled thru all the errors to look at the

pictures. I was lead to their site after watching one of their videos

on Youtube.

Could it be that these foreign sites use some special html code, or

what?

By the way, where are .BE sites from anyhow. I still have yet to

figure out what country they are from. Belgium is all I can figure?

Anyone know?

Thanks

February 14, 2008

Re: Website problems in IE and Firefox.

<jerry404@notvalid.com> wrote in message

news:ni98r3p5dc8md9jgej6kp3fn210v9084ma@4ax.com...

| I'm running Win98se. I have both the latest ver of Firefox and IE6.

| If I go to this particular website:

| http://www.thunderguys.be

| I constantly get error messages when I click on the individual

| pictures. I'm referring to this:

| First you get the intro. (which can be skipped).

| Then it brings up a list (on the right), where there is Zorro the

| Zebra, Liberty Horses, Bikes and Horses, etc. Click on one of them,

| at the bottom is a sliding bar where individual pictures can be

| selected. Everytime I click on one of them, I get an error message

| which tells me that the script is running real slow and if I leave it

| run, my computer may stop responding. If I select YES (to stop the

| script), I do not get to see the "still" picture. If I select NO, the

| picture shows just fine in IE, but Firefox just keeps giving me that

| error message over and over and refuses to ever show me the picture.

|

| I think their website is defective, or has some sort of flaw. Or

| maybe it's just because I am running Win98, or because I am on dialup.

|

| Either way, if I keep clicking "NO" on that error message, the

| pictures will show in IE6, but Firefox just gives up and will not show

| the pictures.

|

| Can anyone figure out what's going on with this site?

|

| I should mention the entire site is FLASH driven (which I find

| annoying, especially being on a dialup connection), but I love trick

| horse riding so I've struggled thru all the errors to look at the

| pictures. I was lead to their site after watching one of their videos

| on Youtube.

|

| Could it be that these foreign sites use some special html code, or

| what?

|

| By the way, where are .BE sites from anyhow. I still have yet to

| figure out what country they are from. Belgium is all I can figure?

| Anyone know?

|

| Thanks

|

Country codes

http://www.iana.org/root-whois/index.html

..be is Belgium

Two issues and you keyed upon both:

Flash based - flash objects can be overly large and aren't the best format

for video presentations. Another factor is the potential to be mis-used as

carriers for questionable coding. Many sites are now using the newer

versions of Flash, which are not {fully} supported in the older Flash for 9X

Phone Line - phone connections are naturally slow and when attempting to

view things like Movies, Flash packages, streaming video, and some of the

newer aspects of the Internet, even attempting to make the object completely

download prior to viewing/running may cause errors or degradation of the

quality.

Additional factors would be CPU and motherboard speed, in addition to video

GPU capabilities.

--

MEB

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

_________

|

February 14, 2008

Re: Website problems in IE and Firefox.

MEB hit on the main issues. Phone lines you can't do much about. But have

you been to http://www.adobe.com and updated your Flash as much as possible? As MEB

noted, the newer versions don't work on Windows 9x systems, and if the

Thunderguys site is using new Flash technologies that the old players won't

handle, you're SOL in that respect.

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

<jerry404@notvalid.com> wrote in message

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> I'm running Win98se. I have both the latest ver of Firefox and IE6.

> If I go to this particular website:

> http://www.thunderguys.be

> I constantly get error messages when I click on the individual

> pictures. I'm referring to this:

> First you get the intro. (which can be skipped).

> Then it brings up a list (on the right), where there is Zorro the

> Zebra, Liberty Horses, Bikes and Horses, etc. Click on one of them,

> at the bottom is a sliding bar where individual pictures can be

> selected. Everytime I click on one of them, I get an error message

> which tells me that the script is running real slow and if I leave it

> run, my computer may stop responding. If I select YES (to stop the

> script), I do not get to see the "still" picture. If I select NO, the

> picture shows just fine in IE, but Firefox just keeps giving me that

> error message over and over and refuses to ever show me the picture.

>

> I think their website is defective, or has some sort of flaw. Or

> maybe it's just because I am running Win98, or because I am on dialup.

>

> Either way, if I keep clicking "NO" on that error message, the

> pictures will show in IE6, but Firefox just gives up and will not show

> the pictures.

>

> Can anyone figure out what's going on with this site?

>

> I should mention the entire site is FLASH driven (which I find

> annoying, especially being on a dialup connection), but I love trick

> horse riding so I've struggled thru all the errors to look at the

> pictures. I was lead to their site after watching one of their videos

> on Youtube.

>

> Could it be that these foreign sites use some special html code, or

> what?

>

> By the way, where are .BE sites from anyhow. I still have yet to

> figure out what country they are from. Belgium is all I can figure?

> Anyone know?

>

> Thanks

>

February 14, 2008

Re: Website problems in IE and Firefox.

A lot of websites won't work at all under Win 9X, due to limitations of IE6

(and the fact that web hotshots are writing for IE7, possibly because they

lack the skills or patience to make their stuff 'universal'). The only way

round this problem is an upgrade to XP or Vista - and if you have to go that

far, get that as part of a cheapo PC or laptop deal. Also - dial-up is now a

dead dog except for emergencies: PCs and laptops can't keep up-to-date at

all with patches on a slow connection, so if you have to change the hardware

and software, treat yourself to a decent connection as well. You'll see the

point once you have it. Sorry to have to tell you that - but we've all got

caught with 'creeping featurism', and now it's your turn.

((:o)x