-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox question
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 17:24:48 -0400
I'll try it out sometime. Thanks for the good explanation below. I am
starting to get more comfortable with Firefox now but not always sure what
to allow with the scripts yet.
Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:02 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox question
> Cristy,
> To be perfectly frank, I don't know. I have never had the need or
> desire (or the time) to play around with PowerPoint, so I honestly don't
> know what it needs in order to render what you're trying to see. What I
> CAN
> tell you is that Firefox is designed as a 'barebones' browser to which you
> add extensions in order to create your own perfect web browsing, RSS
> handling, FTPing, etc. monster. The extensions are what allows you to
> tailor it to your own specific needs/desires/preferred way of doing
> things.
> Since it IS barebones, it has absolutely no ties to the operating system
> like IE. This means it is a MUCH more secure browser, but it also means
> that it may lack a function you need (like ActiveX) in order to use it for
> certain sites (such as Windows Update). My guess is that this PowerPoint
> deal (&/or your school connection) also needs ActiveX or something else
> that
> IE has and Firefox lacks.
>
> If you're interested, I would like to test this idea. I have an
> extension called IETab which allows me to render pages on a Firefox tab,
> but
> using IE's rendering engine. Once installed into Firefox, you can Right
> click on any tab and choose "Switch rendering engine" to reload the page
> as
> though you've opened it in IE (because, basically, you just have). Since
> it's being shown with IE's engine, all Firefox extensions are ignored when
> a
> tab is in this mode and it doesn't affect any other open tabs (unless you
> do
> the same to them). Of course, this bypasses the more secure environment
> of
> Firefox, but no more than opening up the page directly in IE. It's a
> simple
> extension that works flawlessly, but allows me to open up sites that I
> couldn't get to in Firefox otherwise (and I really do hate opening up the
> entire IE just for a page or two).
>
> If you're interested in seeing if this works for your presentation &
> school connection, here the link to the extension.
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419
>
> Peace,
> G
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 4:13 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Firefox question
>
>
>> HI Gman,
>>
>> I noticed today when I was using Firefox and went to submit the URL link
>> that leads to my filebox at school that the powerpoint show did not
>> download
>> the way it normally would so that I would see it on the screen, and this
>> left me wondering if my submission took ok because usually with IE I see
>> it
>> in front of me, it did ask if I wanted to download it so I said yes but
>> was
>> sending it to my desktop. So confused, (as usual ;0), I closed Firefox
>> and
>> opened IE and resubmitted it that way and it downloaded in a way that
>> showed
>> me the slideshow on the screen in front of me inside the submission page
>> window.
>>
>> Is Firefox blocking something there do you think?
>>
>> Christine
>
>
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