Don Nickell wrote, On 2/2/2006 11:00 AM:
> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>

Tried it using the username and password above, and it won't take them.

Don Nickell wrote:

> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my genealogy
> research. For most states in the U.S. they have several databases such as
> births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only* some *birth* databases
> for each state that won't render. For California if you chose *1905-1995
> births* you will ultimately be transfered through other pages until you
> get to "Begin Search/Reset". Clicking on that link *should* take you to a
> window where you can enter information vital to your search: surname,
> given1 name, etc.
>
> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken back to
> the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>
> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>
> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they assured
> me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser". With IE it
> all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births databases.
>
> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>
> Don
I tried it and I got lost. Very confusing setup.

--
Time for a change

gwtc wrote:
> Don Nickell wrote:
>
>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
>> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
>> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
>> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset".
>> Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window where you can
>> enter information vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>>
>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
>> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken
>> back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>
>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>
>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
>> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
>> databases.
>>
>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>>
>> Don
> I tried it and I got lost. Very confusing setup.
>
I'm not surprised. I had to compoze that message several times then get
my wife to follow it. She couldn't either. But thanks for trying.

Ken Wagner wrote:
> Don Nickell wrote, On 2/2/2006 11:00 AM:
>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>
>
> Tried it using the username and password above, and it won't take them.
>
>
Gad what a flaky site! I just tried with the above and it was OK. I'd
drop them in a second except they are the best source for California
records for me.

Thanks for trying.

Don

Don Nickell wrote:
> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For California
> if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be transfered
> through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset". Clicking on
> that link *should* take you to a window where you can enter information
> vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>
> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken back
> to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>
> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>
> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
> databases.
>
> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>
> Don

I was able to get in (the username should be all lowercase), but it only
asked for the surname then gave me a page that I couldn't do anything
with so I quit.

On 02-02-2006 18:00 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset".
> Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window where you can
> enter information vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>
> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken
> back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>
> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>
> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
> databases.
>
> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>
> Don
Nice quiz. It seems to be working fine here on MacOS. So you can rule
out activeX.

this is the search result:
http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/_n...rths-nopsm.htm

it lists births, 692 of them, in CA 1900-199x with surname nickell.

:-)

--
Kind regards,

Melchert

MacOS 10.3.9/Firefox 1.5/Thunderbird 1.5

Melchert Fruitema wrote:
> On 02-02-2006 18:00 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
>> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
>> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
>> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset".
>> Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window where you can
>> enter information vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>>
>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
>> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken
>> back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>
>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>
>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
>> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
>> databases.
>>
>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>>
>> Don
> Nice quiz. It seems to be working fine here on MacOS. So you can rule
> out activeX.
>
> this is the search result:
> http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/_n...rths-nopsm.htm
>
> it lists births, 692 of them, in CA 1900-199x with surname nickell.
>
> :-)
>
Congratulations Melchert! :-D I've never used a Mac, started on the job
with PCs and just never tried anything else. Did you have a case problem
as Ken mentioned? I had tried it just before posting the query and
thought I'd block copied it into the message body. :-\

Don Nickell wrote:
> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For California
> if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be transfered
> through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset". Clicking on
> that link *should* take you to a window where you can enter information
> vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>
> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken back
> to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>
> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
> As a guest use: User: *vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>
> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
> databases.
>
> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>
> Don

Thanks to all who responded to this message.

Now, why would NS, Mac and IE render this (explicative deleted) Web Page
and FF doesn't? :-\

Don

Don Nickell wrote:
> Melchert Fruitema wrote:
>> On 02-02-2006 18:00 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
>>> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
>>> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
>>> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin
>>> Search/Reset". Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window
>>> where you can enter information vital to your search: surname, given1
>>> name, etc.
>>>
>>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
>>> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken
>>> back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>>
>>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>>
>>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
>>> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
>>> databases.
>>>
>>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any
>>> help.
>>>
>>> Don
>> Nice quiz. It seems to be working fine here on MacOS. So you can rule
>> out activeX.
>>
>> this is the search result:
>> http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/_n...rths-nopsm.htm
>>
>>
>> it lists births, 692 of them, in CA 1900-199x with surname nickell.
>>
>> :-)
>>
> Congratulations Melchert! :-D I've never used a Mac, started on the job
> with PCs and just never tried anything else. Did you have a case
> problem as Ken mentioned? I had tried it just before posting the query
> and thought I'd block copied it into the message body. :-\

I can confirm Melchert, it works on Mac OSX 10.4.4 on both SeaMonkey 1.0
and FF 1.5.0.1. (I'm so glad the FF developers saw fit to require so
mant keystrokes!)

I could swear I've been at this site before on XP, looking for ACW
information and it worked.

Most problems of this nature are not OS specific, though I will check
Windows this weekend.

Lee

--
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Learn about the Champs! http://mozillachampions.ufaq.org
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Don Nickell wrote:
> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For California
> if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be transfered
> through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset". Clicking on
> that link *should* take you to a window where you can enter information
> vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>
> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken back
> to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>
> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>
> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
> databases.
>
> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>
> Don
You might look into the extension 'IE Tab'. It will let you use the IE
rendering engine within a FF tab, and even set that URL to always use
that engine. Great extension, and even works with the new IE7B2
version. CAUTION, it is presumably subject to any other IE security
problem IE would be subject to, so keep your AV and Firewall on, and
keep your OS updates current.

Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Don Nickell wrote:
>> Melchert Fruitema wrote:
>>> On 02-02-2006 18:00 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting statement:
>>>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>>>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>>>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
>>>> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
>>>> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
>>>> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin
>>>> Search/Reset". Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window
>>>> where you can enter information vital to your search: surname,
>>>> given1 name, etc.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click
>>>> on "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately
>>>> taken back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>>>
>>>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>>>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>>>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>>>
>>>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>>>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
>>>> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
>>>> databases.
>>>>
>>>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>> Nice quiz. It seems to be working fine here on MacOS. So you can rule
>>> out activeX.
>>>
>>> this is the search result:
>>> http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/_n...rths-nopsm.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> it lists births, 692 of them, in CA 1900-199x with surname nickell.
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>> Congratulations Melchert! :-D I've never used a Mac, started on the
>> job with PCs and just never tried anything else. Did you have a case
>> problem as Ken mentioned? I had tried it just before posting the
>> query and thought I'd block copied it into the message body. :-\
>
> I can confirm Melchert, it works on Mac OSX 10.4.4 on both SeaMonkey 1.0
> and FF 1.5.0.1. (I'm so glad the FF developers saw fit to require so
> mant keystrokes!)


I *assume* you are being a bit sarcastic about keystrokes there Lee, but
that's a side of you I've never seen.


>
> I could swear I've been at this site before on XP, looking for ACW
> information and it worked.
>
> Most problems of this nature are not OS specific, though I will check
> Windows this weekend.
>
> Lee
>
You have probably been on this site before. Last year sometime I posted
the same query before I'd heard about FF 1.5. I posted again because I
would have thought that FF would have caught up with some of the more
*necessary* features of NS/IE by now. I'm not trying to be sarcastic,
just noting again what my initial post's concern was.

ACW information? What's *ACW*?

I see a lot of problems here with FF 1.5.0.1 but I've proved to be so
inept at dealing with FF and TB I'm not about to upgrade until *little
people* quit posting about problems. It's totally different for you Champs
and pseudo-Champs.

I started a thread on the MozillaZine site about just that, I wondered how
Mozilla could ever hope to come above (say) 25% of the market when it's so
difficult to keep FF/TB healthy on a home computer with no help. I have
several acquaintances involved in genealogy that I've coerced over to
FF/TB (trying to spread the word) that have given and gone back to IE/OE
because they just can't do little things. We've heard from several in
that category here in the past week or so.

Don

Ron Hunter wrote:
> Don Nickell wrote:
>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
>> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
>> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
>> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin Search/Reset".
>> Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window where you can
>> enter information vital to your search: surname, given1 name, etc.
>>
>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
>> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken
>> back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>
>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>
>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
>> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
>> databases.
>>
>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any help.
>>
>> Don
> You might look into the extension 'IE Tab'. It will let you use the IE
> rendering engine within a FF tab, and even set that URL to always use
> that engine. Great extension, and even works with the new IE7B2
> version. CAUTION, it is presumably subject to any other IE security
> problem IE would be subject to, so keep your AV and Firewall on, and
> keep your OS updates current.

Ron, I just tried it, and again ineptness reared it's ugly head! :-(

Win98SE; FF 1.5 Gecko/20051111

It didn't do a damned thing for me! But I guess I don't know what I'm doing:
1) Installed OK;
2) Options: I entered http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ as the site to
be opened.

What more could be necessary? The Advanced optoins were confusing:

1) "Always view in IE mode" In other words never use FF mode? That makes
on sense.

2) "Close tab/window after reload" Reload what, FF or *IE Tab*? There was
no Tab, as in *Tab Browsing*! Again makes no sense.

Don Nickell wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> Don Nickell wrote:
>>> Melchert Fruitema wrote:
>>>> On 02-02-2006 18:00 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting
>>>> statement:
>>>>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>>>>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>>>>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that
>>>>> *only* some *birth* databases for each state that won't render.
>>>>> For California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately
>>>>> be transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin
>>>>> Search/Reset". Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window
>>>>> where you can enter information vital to your search: surname,
>>>>> given1 name, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click
>>>>> on "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately
>>>>> taken back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>>>>
>>>>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>>>>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>>>>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>>>>
>>>>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>>>>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another
>>>>> browser". With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just
>>>>> for the births databases.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any
>>>>> help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don
>>>> Nice quiz. It seems to be working fine here on MacOS. So you can
>>>> rule out activeX.
>>>>
>>>> this is the search result:
>>>> http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/_n...rths-nopsm.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it lists births, 692 of them, in CA 1900-199x with surname nickell.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>> Congratulations Melchert! :-D I've never used a Mac, started on the
>>> job with PCs and just never tried anything else. Did you have a case
>>> problem as Ken mentioned? I had tried it just before posting the
>>> query and thought I'd block copied it into the message body. :-\
>>
>> I can confirm Melchert, it works on Mac OSX 10.4.4 on both SeaMonkey
>> 1.0 and FF 1.5.0.1. (I'm so glad the FF developers saw fit to
>> require so mant keystrokes!)
>
>
> I *assume* you are being a bit sarcastic about keystrokes there Lee, but
> that's a side of you I've never seen.
>
>
>>
>> I could swear I've been at this site before on XP, looking for ACW
>> information and it worked.
>>
>> Most problems of this nature are not OS specific, though I will check
>> Windows this weekend.
>>
>> Lee
>>
> You have probably been on this site before. Last year sometime I posted
> the same query before I'd heard about FF 1.5. I posted again because I
> would have thought that FF would have caught up with some of the more
> *necessary* features of NS/IE by now. I'm not trying to be sarcastic,
> just noting again what my initial post's concern was.
>
> ACW information? What's *ACW*?
>
> I see a lot of problems here with FF 1.5.0.1 but I've proved to be so
> inept at dealing with FF and TB I'm not about to upgrade until *little
> people* quit posting about problems. It's totally different for you
> Champs and pseudo-Champs.
>
> I started a thread on the MozillaZine site about just that, I wondered
> how Mozilla could ever hope to come above (say) 25% of the market when
> it's so difficult to keep FF/TB healthy on a home computer with no
> help. I have several acquaintances involved in genealogy that I've
> coerced over to FF/TB (trying to spread the word) that have given and
> gone back to IE/OE because they just can't do little things. We've
> heard from several in that category here in the past week or so.
>
> Don

ACW, American Civil War.

Lee

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Learn about the Champs! http://mozillachampions.ufaq.org
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Don Nickell wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> Don Nickell wrote:
>>> Melchert Fruitema wrote:
>>>> On 02-02-2006 18:00 CET, Don Nickell composed this enchanting
>>>> statement:
>>>>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>>>>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>>>>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that
>>>>> *only* some *birth* databases for each state that won't render.
>>>>> For California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately
>>>>> be transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin
>>>>> Search/Reset". Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window
>>>>> where you can enter information vital to your search: surname,
>>>>> given1 name, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click
>>>>> on "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately
>>>>> taken back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>>>>
>>>>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>>>>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>>>>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>>>>
>>>>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>>>>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another
>>>>> browser". With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just
>>>>> for the births databases.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any
>>>>> help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don
>>>> Nice quiz. It seems to be working fine here on MacOS. So you can
>>>> rule out activeX.
>>>>
>>>> this is the search result:
>>>> http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/_n...rths-nopsm.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it lists births, 692 of them, in CA 1900-199x with surname nickell.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>> Congratulations Melchert! :-D I've never used a Mac, started on the
>>> job with PCs and just never tried anything else. Did you have a case
>>> problem as Ken mentioned? I had tried it just before posting the
>>> query and thought I'd block copied it into the message body. :-\
>>
>> I can confirm Melchert, it works on Mac OSX 10.4.4 on both SeaMonkey
>> 1.0 and FF 1.5.0.1. (I'm so glad the FF developers saw fit to
>> require so mant keystrokes!)
>
>
> I *assume* you are being a bit sarcastic about keystrokes there Lee, but
> that's a side of you I've never seen.
>
>
>>
>> I could swear I've been at this site before on XP, looking for ACW
>> information and it worked.
>>
>> Most problems of this nature are not OS specific, though I will check
>> Windows this weekend.
>>
>> Lee
>>
> You have probably been on this site before. Last year sometime I posted
> the same query before I'd heard about FF 1.5. I posted again because I
> would have thought that FF would have caught up with some of the more
> *necessary* features of NS/IE by now. I'm not trying to be sarcastic,
> just noting again what my initial post's concern was.
>
> ACW information? What's *ACW*?
>
> I see a lot of problems here with FF 1.5.0.1 but I've proved to be so
> inept at dealing with FF and TB I'm not about to upgrade until *little
> people* quit posting about problems. It's totally different for you
> Champs and pseudo-Champs.
>
> I started a thread on the MozillaZine site about just that, I wondered
> how Mozilla could ever hope to come above (say) 25% of the market when
> it's so difficult to keep FF/TB healthy on a home computer with no
> help. I have several acquaintances involved in genealogy that I've
> coerced over to FF/TB (trying to spread the word) that have given and
> gone back to IE/OE because they just can't do little things. We've
> heard from several in that category here in the past week or so.
>
> Don

You mean because they didn't like to learn a new way to do things, or
because something they used didn't work the same? Often people discard
the new just because it isn't like the old, and they don't want to
change the way they do things. Very often the new way is better, but it
is different, so they don't give it a chance. It was a year before I
ventured into using tabs, and now don't want to be without them, even
though I don't use them heavily.

Don Nickell wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> Don Nickell wrote:
>>> I'm having problems with FF rendering a page I visit often in my
>>> genealogy research. For most states in the U.S. they have several
>>> databases such as births, deaths, marriages. It appears that *only*
>>> some *birth* databases for each state that won't render. For
>>> California if you chose *1905-1995 births* you will ultimately be
>>> transfered through other pages until you get to "Begin
>>> Search/Reset". Clicking on that link *should* take you to a window
>>> where you can enter information vital to your search: surname, given1
>>> name, etc.
>>>
>>> The problem is that with FF 1.0.7, 1.0, or 1.5 that when you click on
>>> "Begin Search/Reset" (for births *only*) you are immediately taken
>>> back to the "index" page. I never had problems with NS.
>>>
>>> The URL is http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ . They require a
>>> subscription so you'll need the typical Username/PW.
>>> As a guest use: User: *Vitalguest* and PW of *enjoy* .
>>>
>>> I've asked them if they are using ActiveX in their coding and they
>>> assured me they aren't and that I "... should use another browser".
>>> With IE it all goes smoothly so I have to use it just for the births
>>> databases.
>>>
>>> I know it will be a pain to try this but I would appreciate for any
>>> help.
>>>
>>> Don
>> You might look into the extension 'IE Tab'. It will let you use the
>> IE rendering engine within a FF tab, and even set that URL to always
>> use that engine. Great extension, and even works with the new IE7B2
>> version. CAUTION, it is presumably subject to any other IE security
>> problem IE would be subject to, so keep your AV and Firewall on, and
>> keep your OS updates current.
>
> Ron, I just tried it, and again ineptness reared it's ugly head! :-(
>
> Win98SE; FF 1.5 Gecko/20051111
>
> It didn't do a damned thing for me! But I guess I don't know what I'm
> doing:
> 1) Installed OK;
> 2) Options: I entered http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ as the site
> to be opened.
>
> What more could be necessary? The Advanced optoins were confusing:
>
> 1) "Always view in IE mode" In other words never use FF mode? That
> makes on sense.
>
> 2) "Close tab/window after reload" Reload what, FF or *IE Tab*? There
> was no Tab, as in *Tab Browsing*! Again makes no sense.

IE Tab will look no different from any other FF page, except there will
be an IE icon in the lower right of the status line for that site. You
just go to the page you want rendered by IE, and right-click, and select
'view in IE-TAB'. The page will be reloaded and rendered by the IE
engine. You can have various tabs with mixed rendering engines, and can
set a particular page to always render with IE. Even MS Update page
works.
Note that security may be compromised depending on your IE settings.