This blog is optimised for viewing with Firefox or Opera browsers, both of which are free.
Internet Explorer (IE) is incompatible because of some coding and bug issues.
Firefox comes with hundreds of add-ons or browser extensions for you to customise your personal surfin experience.
#1 by wits0 on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 6:34 am
While Opera does seem to be faster(sometimes) than Firefox, it seems to get queasy and stickily slower afterwards. Firefox is crispier and consistently so. Opera won’t let comment through in some Blogs. Try Poli101.
#2 by ChinNA on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 6:45 am
Huh!
It would be helpful if some the examples of the problems with IE are given.
#3 by ChinNA on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 6:52 am
OK, I found an error but it in both Firefox and IE. At the front page, you can click at “More …” to get to the point of continuation of the article.
When you navigate it thru the archive (using the calendar on the right), you only get “…” and it is not clickable.
This looks like a coding bug that affects all browsers.
#4 by wits0 on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 7:05 am
I think a factor to be considered before comparing browsers is also that of our own machine, whether it is well kept, free of virus and remnants of it, cleared of much malwares or not, and well Windows optimized enough overall.
Using IE6 via its shell Maxthon browser just now I could see the right column at all. With some Blogsites, everything in the centre runs permanently downwards. Try http://www.lucialai.org and see for yourself, as an example. Using IE7, this problem disappears but its not worth the hassle of d/loading that.
#5 by wits0 on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 7:06 am
Meaning, “I could NOT see the right column displayed at all.”
#6 by twistedmind on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 8:43 am
Firefox is the way forward! IE is on its way out; its just crap.
#7 by patriotic1994 on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 9:41 am
I think in general there are 3 distinct browser software: IE, Firefox and Opera. There are other like Safari, Netscape, Mozilla (Gizmo) and may be more. Of all, we can group them like this,
1. IE
2. Opera
3. Firefox, Gizmo, Safari, Netscape and all – mostly Open Source.
This mean if you build a web site to work in Firefox, it will work in many type of other browsers.
IE tried to introduce some of its unique feature specific for Microsoft, and these features conflict with Open Source due to the naming of the function (technology). This is somehow unfortunate because IE dominated the browser world due to its preloaded, integrated into the Windows. You can say they try to “define” the browsing technology thru their majority advantage. If law aren’t there to control it, we really will see the doomdays of Netscape (who give birth to Mozilla and Firefox and Gizmo and many other Open Source browsers).
That’s one reason also why people call Microsoft “evil empire”. :-) They have done many things that way, latest is ODF and OOXML.
If you can, develop your web site that work with Firefox. It will still work with IE. We need to ensure Community software survived, more voices is better than single voice.
#8 by St0rmFury on Sunday, 2 December 2007 - 11:46 am
Firefox rocks! I’ve been using it for almost a year now.
#9 by Chong Zhemin on Monday, 3 December 2007 - 8:17 am
Uncle Kit,
Just found out that the original link on the header “Lim Kit Siang – for Malaysia” that brings us to the homepage(main page of the blog) doesn’t work on either Firefox or IE.
That’s an important link and I hope it could be fixed soon.
#10 by Counterpoint on Monday, 3 December 2007 - 8:37 am
For those who’d like to stick with IE but hate its lack of features, you guys can try Maxthon. It basically uses the IE engine but has much improved features that makes plain vanilla IE a real sorry sight. I can view this site with no problems at all with it and personally favour it over Firefox and Opera.
Chk it out here:
http://www.maxthon.com/
#11 by peace on Monday, 3 December 2007 - 7:18 pm
Uncle Kit, I’ve been using FireFox for the last 5 years. I only use IE when some stupid corporations refused to make their website compatible with the world.