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Kenneth Tilton  
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 More options Oct 1 2010, 9:34 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript, comp.lang.lisp
From: Kenneth Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:34:48 -0400
Local: Fri, Oct 1 2010 9:34 am
Subject: Re: teamalgebra in IE 9
On 10/1/2010 8:55 AM, Kenneth Tilton wrote:

> On 10/1/2010 4:00 AM, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> On 1/10/2010 5:33 PM, Kenneth Tilton wrote:
>>> On 10/1/2010 3:11 AM, Kenneth Tilton wrote:
>>>> On 9/30/2010 9:06 PM, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>>>>> On 1/10/2010 7:33 AM, Kenneth Tilton wrote:

>>>>>> http://teamalgebra.com

>>>>> I really got a buzz out of this odd alert from your teamalgebra site:

>>>>> "Sometimes Internet Explorer does not quite work so you have to hit
>>>>> Enter or PageDown twice before it will listen to you. Firefox, Chrome,
>>>>> or Safari work better."

>>>> I would change that to make it sound more like qooxdoo's fault (they
>>>> know of the problem but cannot pin it down) but they probably cannot
>>>> pin
>>>> it down because IE is such a wreck, so...

>>>>> I had a look at teamalgebra with IE 9 and

>>>> This is weird, didn't we just have a flame war over me needing hours to
>>>> install IE8? Now I have to do IE9?! Coincidence or do they do this
>>>> every
>>>> two months?

>>> Oh, Christ, it's still in beta. IE in beta... is this like different
>>> levels of Hell?

>> Yes, its public beta 9.0.7930.16405. The full release is slated for
>> later this year i.e. in two months or so.

> Wow, check it out on this site: http://findmebyip.com

> IE8 is an absolute train wreck.

MS seems well aware: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/ietestcenter/

> Over on the Mac Safari, Chrome, FireFox,
> and even iCab do great.

> It's really sad about IE. I guess MS just does not have the resources. :)

Based on their site IE9 cures all. They must have gotten some TARP
money. Installing IE9 later, maybe it will fix qooxdoo's double-enter
problem.

kt

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http://www.stuckonalgebra.com
"The best Algebra tutorial program I have seen... in a class by itself."
Macworld


 
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