4 edits | [Extension] Firefox needs this option! Netscape 8 has an option where you can set any web page to display like IE or Firefox. This is really great and helps a lot on those pages that just do not look good in Firefox. So the way it works is by default every page you goto displays like firefox then when you goto a site you have the option to always view that site like IE. Now I know Firefox has something called IEview. But I don't like that becasue it also makes you open the IE browser. With Netscape you can display the page like firefox or IE in the Netscape browser.And as you can see in the pic the icon will show the Firefox or IE icon depending on what view you are in. This is really great and if Firefox would add this option I would be a happy man! |
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 CudniLa Merma - VigiladoPremium,MVM
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kudos:13 | Does Netscape uses ie engine to achieve that i wonder?
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| said by Cudni:Does Netscape uses ie engine to achieve that i wonder? Cudni Well yes I would thinks so. But what ever they did its really smart of them! |
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 Grail KnightQui audet adipisciturPremium
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Thats really smart of them to allow rendering using the IE engine thus allowing all of the security risks of IE into Netscape.
Very smart.
Another thing looks fine at face value. Look under the hood and it is a diff. matter all together.
I'll keep my Firefox with web standards please.
Thank you.
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| said by Grail Knight:Thats really smart of them to allow rendering using the IE engine thus allowing all of the security risks of IE into Netscape. Very smart. Another thing looks fine at face value. Look under the hood and it is a diff. matter all together. I'll keep my Firefox with web standards please. Thank you. Like I said only for the pages that look like crap in firefox! |
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Grail KnightQui audet adipisciturPremium
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kudos:6 | No way I believe you can do it without the IE engine. Doubtful that MoFo is going to add that. |
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said by Grail Knight:I'll keep my Firefox with web standards please. Thank you. Well that's very admirable of you but often times I must compromise my ethics...because I actually need a web site to be readable or functional for work.
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 quantaPremium
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Toronto, ON | reply to gate1975mlm
Netscape 8 can render as Firefox and IE because it has two rendering engines under the hood: both "Gecko" (for Mozilla) and "Triton" (for IE6).
In other words, it can render like IE because it becomes IE, with all that implies, both good and bad.
Unfortunately, it doesn't solve anything (bad CSS, security concerns, etc.), and Netscape 8's a lot bigger than Firefox too.
Personally, I think IEView and the new Broken Website Report Tool are good compromises. I have had to resort to IEView less and less as each month goes by.
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Grail KnightQui audet adipisciturPremium
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As I told you before I still use Avant/IE for the pages that do not work although they are becoming few and far between. I am sure I have made that evident in numerous posts.
The point I was trying to make is you do not need two engines in any browser. Why make it bloated and open the door for potentially double the amount of repairs let alone the security issues that are inherent to each browser made be it IE, Fx, Opera, etc...
If browser developers like MS had been following the guidelines over the years instead of doing their own thing thus allowing companies to code sloppy sites and get away with it the issue of which page renders correctly in a certain browser or not would by null.
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said by gate1975mlm:Like I said only for the pages that look like crap in firefox! I don't think I've ever ran across a page that looked like crap in Firefox. I've ran across a few "quirks" but never a page that looked bad. |
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kwPremium
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kudos:5 | Re: [Extension] Firefox needs this option! Did you even read the entire thread? Perhaps you should. He's discussing an extention that would be useless ~95% of the time. Yes, it would be a good idea for that other 5%, but then you're just running along the lines of security risks. |
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there's an extension for firefox called IEView that accomplishes somewhat the same thing, except it loads IE seperately instead of embedding it into Firefox. there's no need to have firefox load up IE's rendering engine like countless other shells.
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Bensalem, PA | said by el scorcho:there's an extension for firefox called IEView that accomplishes somewhat the same thing, except it loads IE seperately instead of embedding it into Firefox. there's no need to have firefox load up IE's rendering engine like countless other shells. Exactly. Almost no effort is involved in opening the page in IE using the extension (two clicks), and Firefox remains free of certain IE vulnerabilities.
»ieview.mozdev.org/
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said by gate1975mlm:said by Cudni:Does Netscape uses ie engine to achieve that i wonder? Cudni Well yes I would thinks so. But what ever they did its really smart of them! I used Netscape for about 3 months, and then I got sick of the slow waits and the fact there is soooo much clutter on the browser, I went back to Firefox and Ie with IE Only...
why have IE twice on my computer?
Besides, Mele got to me with her "frightful" talk about the Netscape "Eula" and I decided, if I want IE, I'll use it when I want it...
So, I don't think Netscape is the way to go, but that's me.. |
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 HallPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | reply to gate1975mlm
Netscape is definitely using IE's rendering engine when you switch to "IE mode". This is not unusual since it's built into all versions of Windows since 98... Many apps do this.
In case anyone disputes this, take a look at Netscape's requirements:
System Requirements
Before installing, make sure your computer meets these system requirements: Operating System:
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 98 SE, ME
Hardware Requirements:
233 MHz processor
64 MB RAM
35 MB hard drive space
Other:
Internet Explorer 6.0 (If using the Trident rendering engine) Notice it only runs on Windows too. No Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, etc versions available... |
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lawrence171Evilly Yours - Evilness
join:2001-12-24
Canada | reply to gate1975mlm
There is the issue of licensing.
If you're going to use a crap-down version of the IE rendering engine, why not just use IE?
A firefox extension allows user to right-click on a link, and view that page in MSIE.
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