Twitter and IE8

Mayhem · July 23, 2009, 09:43:12 PM

Anyone having issues accessing twitter.com with Internet Explorer 8?

My browser locks up tight anytime I try and access the site .. it's getting annoying.

Stinkerbell · July 23, 2009, 10:18:31 PM

I'm not having a problem with Twitter and IE8, Mayhem. For me what is annoying is the stupid little ad telling me the for a better Twitter experience I should update to IE8. Hello! Been there, done that.

Mayhem · July 23, 2009, 10:47:20 PM

I get those 'upgrade to IE8" messages too ... even on youtube.

IndianLover · July 24, 2009, 03:40:24 AM

I was having problems with IE8 locking up quite a bit so I uninstalled and went back to 7. I'll wait until they get some more bugs out of it.

disneyland lady · July 24, 2009, 04:34:23 AM

I quit IE8 2 days after I installed it. And I will not upgrade until the issues are over.

gator8_24 · July 24, 2009, 05:24:10 PM

My son told me in no uncertain words "stay away from IE8" So I walked away shakin in my boots from fear

jarjar · July 24, 2009, 05:47:58 PM

I have no problems with IE8

swamp · July 24, 2009, 05:48:45 PM

ie 8 is bad news i got rid of it the same day.like mayhem it made my page lock up on twitter

gator8_24 · July 25, 2009, 10:05:14 AM

Quote from: swamp on July 24, 2009, 05:48:45 PM
ie 8 is bad news i got rid of it the same day.like mayhem it made my page lock up on twitter

Now that is bad news!

Hocky · July 25, 2009, 11:03:28 AM

That's why I use ol trusty Firefox for all of my browsing

Joe C · July 25, 2009, 11:49:14 AM

Apple's Safari is really awesome in windows.

Stinkerbell · July 25, 2009, 12:04:27 PM

Quote from: Joe C on July 25, 2009, 11:49:14 AM
Apple's Safari is really awesome in windows.

Safari was working great for me, then suddenly it wouldn't play Pogo without a Java update and some other plugin, which for whatever reason will not seem to install on my VISTA laptop.

Joe C · July 25, 2009, 12:19:08 PM

Quote from: Stinkerbell on July 25, 2009, 12:04:27 PM
Safari was working great for me, then suddenly it wouldn't play Pogo without a Java update and some other plugin, which for whatever reason will not seem to install on my VISTA laptop.

Do you have DEVELOP option utilized? If you do, then you can then choose
Develop>User Agent>Internet Explorer 7.0

It is not Safari that has the issue. It is that Pogo does not support Safari, so Safari "emulates" I.E. 7 or 8 and tricks stupid Pogo into thinking you are using the Microsoft product.

Take that Pogo!

Stinkerbell · July 25, 2009, 03:24:27 PM

Quote from: Joe C on July 25, 2009, 12:19:08 PM
Do you have DEVELOP option utilized? If you do, then you can then choose
Develop>User Agent>Internet Explorer 7.0

It is not Safari that has the issue. It is that Pogo does not support Safari, so Safari "emulates" I.E. 7 or 8 and tricks stupid Pogo into thinking you are using the Microsoft product.

Take that Pogo!

Where do I find the "develop" settings?

Joe C · July 25, 2009, 08:03:10 PM

Quote from: Stinkerbell on July 25, 2009, 03:24:27 PM
Where do I find the "develop" settings?

In Safari, to get "develop" to show up on the menu, you need to go to
Edit\Preferences which opens a window, go to Advanced then click on the box "Show Develop menu in menu bar"

Then, you can use the Develop\User Agent thing I talked about. Works like a dream.

Stinkerbell · July 26, 2009, 08:08:31 AM

This is where the problem comes in for me right now, Joe. There is no toolbar that has the edit preferences, file, view, or anything else on it. I'll keep working on it.

Stinkerbell · July 26, 2009, 08:16:22 AM

OK, I got that to work, but now it says I don't have the correct version of Java and I can't find anything to tell me which is the correct version or where to find it.

It used to all be there working fine, I have no idea what happened.

Joe C · July 26, 2009, 09:11:46 AM

Every time you open Safari and use it for Pogo, you have to do the Develop\User Agent thing.

To recap:
Safari users need to have "DEVELOP" active* on their menu bar. The menu bar is the "FILE EDIT VIEW HISTORY BOOKMARKS" etc at the top of the window.

Click on the menu bar DEVELOP\USER AGENT\INTERNET EXPLORER 7.0.

By having SAFARI on USER AGENT - Internet Explorer 7.0, Safari "talks" to web sites as if it were running IE 7. This is what Pogo expects to see.

*If you do not see "DEVELOP" on your tool bar, you can place it there by clicking on the menu bar EDIT\USER PREFERENCES\ADVANCED\check box checked "Show Develop menu in menu bar"

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