Monday, April 28, 2008

Thing 2 - How I found the "extend your browser task"

Overall I found adding plugins to IE and FireFox very interesting. I know Jason likes Firefox with all the addins and flexibility but I have a tendency to stick with IE as I keep getting reports from students that certain online databases and websites they visit only show an error. After some investigation I discover that FireFox will not work on that site, but will with IE.

eg. The Safetycare online videos:

file:///L:/Safetycare/default.html

Although I do like the file downloading module in FireFox - very smart!

Give me IE anyday!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Colin,

I googled the problem and came up with the following page from Mozilla on the issue.

Short answer: just copy the url into your Firefox address bar and hit enter! The page will load if you're on campus. Long answer: see the link to Mozilla.

Re downloading in Firefox, take a look at the Download Statusbar extension. Get all the benefits of the download manager without a second window opening!

Noel said...

The things that people share their bed with!!

LD said...

Hi Col, your blog is looking great. Love the pic of Max. :)

I agree with you, Firefox has some good functions but I still prefer IE. - Lyn