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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Study" data-source="post: 534349" data-attributes="member: 3889"><p>Brew some coffee, light up a big, fat cigar, settle back and be prepared for couple of long posts.</p><p></p><p>An excellent Firefox-like browser is by <a href="http://wamcom.org/latest-131/" target="_blank"><strong>WaMCom</strong></a> (the fourth browser under the Downloads heading at that link. In reality, WaMCom is Mozilla 1.3.1. It even accepts a couple of Firefox's extension/add-ons. A post, with pix, describes it <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=493179&postcount=18" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. Be sure to read the second-last paragraph.Make sure that cookies are turned on. Also possible: You are using Internet Explorer for Mac that on some sites plain refuses to work properly.</p><p></p><p>Another possibility is a JavaScript problem. This forum doesn't play nice with OS 9 and JavaScript. I have to turn it off to post, or nothing shows up in the posting box. But with it turned off, paragraphs won't break, so paragraph breaks must be hand coded. Also, with it turned off, quotation marks turn into html coding. So I turn JavaScript on (what's already typed stays visible), change the coding back to quotes, and post. But if I hit Preview instead of Post, the quotes turn back into html code. This occurs with all OS 9 browsers, so it's a forum-JavaScript problem.</p><p></p><p>That's one reason I use WaMCom's Mozilla, with the Preferances bar extension running across the top (see pic at link, above.) With Prefbar, I can turn JavaScript and other controls on and off with one click.Most of the OS 9 viruses were created before the internet came into existence. The malware was spread through sharing of floppy disks, then later, CDs. Even with OS 9 and previous, it was difficult to pass on an infection to another Mac. Most viruses fizzled for that reason. But one free anti-virus app is <a href="http://versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=disinfectant&srchArea=macos%7Cclassic&submit=Go" target="_blank"><strong>Disinfectant</strong></a>. BBEdit 6.1 for OS 9 is available <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/604" target="_blank"><strong> here</strong></a>, with <a href="http://faq.barebones.com/do_getanswer.php?record_id=17" target="_blank"><strong>BBEdit lite FAQs here</strong></a>.</p><p></p><p>You'll need the free Stuffit Expander to open BBEdit Lite. Downloading, then opening Expander might need an explanation of its own, so let me know whether you already have it.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, I know nothing about poker, real or virtual. When I take off my socks to count my toes, the other players know I have face cards.</p><p></p><p><strong>Edited</strong> to turn html code back into quotes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Study, post: 534349, member: 3889"] Brew some coffee, light up a big, fat cigar, settle back and be prepared for couple of long posts. An excellent Firefox-like browser is by [URL="http://wamcom.org/latest-131/"][B]WaMCom[/B][/URL] (the fourth browser under the Downloads heading at that link. In reality, WaMCom is Mozilla 1.3.1. It even accepts a couple of Firefox's extension/add-ons. A post, with pix, describes it [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=493179&postcount=18"][B]here[/B][/URL]. Be sure to read the second-last paragraph.Make sure that cookies are turned on. Also possible: You are using Internet Explorer for Mac that on some sites plain refuses to work properly. Another possibility is a JavaScript problem. This forum doesn't play nice with OS 9 and JavaScript. I have to turn it off to post, or nothing shows up in the posting box. But with it turned off, paragraphs won't break, so paragraph breaks must be hand coded. Also, with it turned off, quotation marks turn into html coding. So I turn JavaScript on (what's already typed stays visible), change the coding back to quotes, and post. But if I hit Preview instead of Post, the quotes turn back into html code. This occurs with all OS 9 browsers, so it's a forum-JavaScript problem. That's one reason I use WaMCom's Mozilla, with the Preferances bar extension running across the top (see pic at link, above.) With Prefbar, I can turn JavaScript and other controls on and off with one click.Most of the OS 9 viruses were created before the internet came into existence. The malware was spread through sharing of floppy disks, then later, CDs. Even with OS 9 and previous, it was difficult to pass on an infection to another Mac. Most viruses fizzled for that reason. But one free anti-virus app is [URL="http://versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=disinfectant&srchArea=macos%7Cclassic&submit=Go"][B]Disinfectant[/B][/URL]. BBEdit 6.1 for OS 9 is available [URL="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/604"][B] here[/B][/URL], with [URL="http://faq.barebones.com/do_getanswer.php?record_id=17"][B]BBEdit lite FAQs here[/B][/URL]. You'll need the free Stuffit Expander to open BBEdit Lite. Downloading, then opening Expander might need an explanation of its own, so let me know whether you already have it. Sorry, I know nothing about poker, real or virtual. When I take off my socks to count my toes, the other players know I have face cards. [B]Edited[/B] to turn html code back into quotes. [/QUOTE]
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