IE8 ?

[Sebby]

Can I just recap: If it does not work in IE8 it's microsoft fault and if it does not work in Firefox it's microsofts fault. Have I got that right now, just checking.   

Yes, you are correct.

[john]

And if it rains tomorrow then I suppose that will be Microsofts fault too 

[Glenn]

That will be Cray's fault the Met super computer regularly gets it wrong 

[Lance]

Must be running windows then!

[Glenn]

More likely Unix

> What is the Operating System currently installed on a modern Cray computer?

Various. I am not an expert but from what I know e.g. on SV2 they have their
own version of Unix - UNICOS. On SV2 (X1) they run IRIX (or something close, it
is called UNICOS/MP). On some newer machines (XT3?) - Linux and maybe also some
other system. Additionally X1 actually contains some support microcomputers
with Linux and standard environment includes also some Linux and Solaris
machines.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.cray/browse_thread/thread/7b3a97841f321605

[Lance]

Or more likely some completely custom os!

[D-Dan]

So it's still Microsoft's fault for not writing an OS that can do what they need 

[Glenn]

 

[Sebby]

And if it rains tomorrow then I suppose that will be Microsofts fault too 

This is not having a go at Microsoft. In general:

- if a site doesn't display properly in IE, but it does in, say, Firefox, it's because IE does not comply with web standards and is not rendering the page properly;
- if a site displays properly in IE but not, say, Firefox, it's because the HTML has been coded to work with IE. After all, if the code complied with web standards, it would display properly in compliant browsers.

It's as simple as that.

[zappaDPJ]

I find at work, that Google, Yahoo & MSN toolbars cause no end of problems, if anyone installs them, they are one of the 1st things that get taken off the machines.

I removed the google toolbar (a necessary evil due to the spell check component) and it still didn't work in IE8 for me. I then tried IE8 on three other PCs/Laptops all with the same result.

I still maintain you cannot click the radio check boxes in IE8.

[EDIT] However you can click the text to the right of the check boxes which does toggle the radio button in IE8

[Lance]

Does it work in compatability mode?

[Sebby]

It certainly should do, since that renders the page using the IE7 engine.

[john]

I removed the google toolbar (a necessary evil due to the spell check component) and it still didn't work in IE8 for me. I then tried IE8 on three other PCs/Laptops all with the same result.

I still maintain you cannot click the radio check boxes in IE8.

[EDIT] However you can click the text to the right of the check boxes which does toggle the radio button in IE8

I've only got IE 7 at work and you can tick them okay in that, if I remember I'll try it again in IE8 tonight.

[zappaDPJ]

Does it work in compatability mode?

Yes!

Now that raises the question of why did I not think to try that in the first place? 

[Sebby]

Because you shouldn't have to?

[zappaDPJ]

Because you shouldn't have to?

Good answer!

[Lance]

Yes!

Now that raises the question of why did I not think to try that in the first place? 

We've got some code here which forces it on by default, as otherwise the themes do not display properly.

[Sebby]

Which is:

Code Select Expand

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

There is also a database on Windows, which is updated through Windows Update, so that certain sites known not to display properly in IE8 automatically use compatibility mode. A messy system, quite frankly.

[bobleslie]

Why we should be grateful for 5 years of Firefox.  

[Rik]

And I am.

[Sebby]

I'm very grateful. What a fantastic, all round browser.

[Rik]

Without which, MS would have rested on their laurels at IE6, having killed off Netscape.

[Gary]

Without which, MS would have rested on their laurels at IE6, having killed off Netscape.

Very well said, one needs the other to push forward and grow, healthy competition is good

[Simon]

Without which, MS would have rested on their laurels at IE6, having killed off Netscape.

Not strictly true.  The Netscape browser was still going up to March 2008 (http://browser.netscape.com/), and it could also be argued that Mozilla carried on the suite in spirit.  It was built on the foundations of Netscape, and certainly looked like Netscape, but without all the ads.  

[john]

Well it's nice to know that Firefox is good for something