Preserved Topic: apple.com? I dont think so

Hey, for some odd reason I havent been able to goto a mac-related site at all using Internet Explorer on this computer. On the computer in my room its not a problem, here though ie just freezes up on me and then i hafta close it. Its beginning to get annoying and I cant figure out why it would do this. Any thoughts or comments? I mean microsoft suppots mac's so why can i not access i mac website?

Thanks if you guys can help,

Jestah
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I swear, I think it's intentional on some level, it happens *way* too often. Admittedly, IE5 on the Macintosh is a hellish browser, one of the least stable (and kinda ugly) in my opinion. I've also found that I can't view any of the msdn.microsoft.com pages using Netscape either. I've checked it out, the fonts are about 2 pixels tall, and they have a "special" CSS style sheet, just for Netscape! Odd how that works, hmm?

Why don't you let us double check this. Give us the OS you're runing on, and which browser (5.0 or 5.5) and point us to a site that crashes for you. If we can duplicate it, maybe we can help somebody fix things! FWIW, I always blame the developers rather than the browser, good design should be checked in all browsers.

Your pal, -doc-

Thanks Doc, Im running Windows 98 (second edition) on this computer and I'm using Internet Explorer 5.0 (more specifically 5.00.2919.6307). I dont know if I can check the actual version of Windows 98. The CD just says Second Edition. Also, any apple sites in particular freeze up my computer. Try www.apple.com though.

If you guys can help me out, Id appreciate it. In the meantime Im going to update to ie 5.5

Jestah
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Quick Guess. Try downloading and installing the newest version of Quicktime. Of course the bestplace for this is www.apple.com/quicktime which may not be possible to get to. try www.download.com and see if they have it.

Apple uses a lot of quicktime on their site so you may be having a problem more with that than anything else


Walking the Earth like Kane

Bitdamaged: Thanks for the imput. Im fairly sure I have the latest version of Quicktime but I still might as well check right? I dont think thats it because nothing actually loads in the browser. All I get is a white shell of a browser that doesnt do anything else. It says the name of the page on the top but thats the only actual thing that comes up. Ill hafta download it anyway tho, so thanks!

<img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

Jestah
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Ok i just checked it out....have no problems with it <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif"> I just used the same version of IE.
My windows version differs maybe?
well how do you know the version of windows?

Goto---> My computer
Right click a menu apears (called the context menu, it's different in most screens)

click Properties then you shoul see something like this
look at the red arrow. My version is dutch second edition. just like my. lol



See you soon on the darkside of the moon (when the Alchemists don't blow it up that is)

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aaaarg can't type with this cat walking over my keyboard... shoul=should

: puts one of his two cats aside: <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">


See you soon on the darkside of the moon (when the Alchemists don't blow it up that is)

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Rinswind 2th:Thanks for the help, sadly ...

http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/Milk/images/version.jpg

I guess I have the same version of IE and Windows as you, yet I can't get to anything Apple related. You dont have problems getting to these websites? Hmm...

Edited since Angelfire doesnt feel like letting me see images ...

Jestah
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Grrr I need to use a different service other then Angelfire, but I do have the same version as you.

Jestah
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i have the same setup as you jestah... just checked it on two separate computers here actually and it works fine. sorry =\

cheers.mikey.milker

Thanks Milker, damn its the weirdest thing, its not even like it only happened once, it happens EVERYtime. I wouldnt even care all that much but Im seriously concidering buying one of the new imacs and its not just apple.com that freezes on me, its anything apple related. Oh well, Ill just use my computer in my room.

Jestah
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OK jestah maybe the apple server was down...
i dunno either.....
try another browser. Opera is pretty cool only
1,6 Mb big with full funcionality.....
here is the url: opera download page



See you soon on the darkside of the moon (when the Alchemists don't blow it up that is)

A good hosting service.... though it's slow sometimes fortunecity
O and another question is the other computer also a compaq??? No?? well maybe maybe it's something compaq did??? you never know.. (nah this is ridicules , or not) :wink:

See you soon on the darkside of the moon (when the Alchemists don't blow it up that is)

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Thanks again Rinswind 2th, no my other computer is a Dell and it works fine on that. Im on my compaq right now and I can view apple.com fine in Netscape, just not Internet Explorer. I just thought it was a little bit pequluar(sp?) nothing for anyone to waste anymore time on though. I appreciate everyones helping. Weird though how it doesnt work on with IE on this computer but not on others. Oh well ...

Jestah
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