Character Encoding grayed out

[Eustace]

When I open my webpage

http://emf.neocities.org/bd/itaintmebabe.html

in FF, and click View, the Character Encoding line is grayed out. Why?

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[Ed Mullen]

Eustace wrote on 6/1/2015 4:20 AM:
> When I open my webpage
>
> http://emf.neocities.org/bd/itaintmebabe.html
>
> in FF, and click View,

"View" what exactly?

> the Character Encoding line is grayed out. Why?

If I click View - Page Info the encoding is correctly shown as UTF-8.


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[WaltS48]

On 06/01/2015 02:19 PM, Ed Mullen wrote:
> Eustace wrote on 6/1/2015 4:20 AM:
>> When I open my webpage
>>
>> http://emf.neocities.org/bd/itaintmebabe.html
>>
>> in FF, and click View,
>
> "View" what exactly?

In my Linux Firefox it is the Text Encoding line.

>
>> the Character Encoding line is grayed out. Why?
>
> If I click View - Page Info the encoding is correctly shown as UTF-8.
>
>

Same here.

Why is Text Encoding grayed out under View in the Menu Bar if the user
isn't smart enough to use Page Info? Which in my Linux Firefox is under
Tools in the Menu Bar.

Why does the user have to use the Menu Bar to access these things and
why aren't they under the Menu Button?

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[»Q«]

In
<news:mailman.410.1433210654...@lists.mozilla.org>,

WaltS48 <thali...@EVOMERaim.com> wrote:

> On 06/01/2015 02:19 PM, Ed Mullen wrote:
> > Eustace wrote on 6/1/2015 4:20 AM:
> >> When I open my webpage
> >>
> >> http://emf.neocities.org/bd/itaintmebabe.html
> >>
> >> in FF, and click View,
> >
> > "View" what exactly?
>
> In my Linux Firefox it is the Text Encoding line.
>
> >
> >> the Character Encoding line is grayed out. Why?
> >
> > If I click View - Page Info the encoding is correctly shown as
> > UTF-8.
>
> Same here.
>
> Why is Text Encoding grayed out under View in the Menu Bar if the
> user isn't smart enough to use Page Info? Which in my Linux Firefox
> is under Tools in the Menu Bar.

For me, it's "Character Encoding" and it is *not* greyed out in the
View menu. But ....

> Why does the user have to use the Menu Bar to access these things and
> why aren't they under the Menu Button?

There's a "Character Encoding" icon available for the Menu Button
palette. It is greyed out for me on that page. I dunno why.

[Dave Royal]

On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:36:26 -0500, »Q« wrote:

> There's a "Character Encoding" icon available for the Menu Button
> palette.
> It is greyed out for me on that page. I dunno why.

FWIW neither the view menu item nor that button - once I add it to the
toolbar - are greyed out. Mind you some of the options available from
that button are - it's not the same as the menu item. (Linux)
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[WaltS48]

On 06/02/2015 04:29 AM, Dave Royal wrote:
> FWIW neither the view menu item nor that button - once I add it to the
> toolbar - are greyed out. Mind you some of the options available from
> that button are - it's not the same as the menu item. (Linux)

Interesting that different users see different results at

<http://emf.neocities.org/bd/itaintmebabe.html>

The Text Encoding button is not greyed out on the toolbar, but the menu
item still is for me.

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