checking emoticons

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:26 pm

ok----now I forget---are they to be in motion??? or just THERE??

And we redid all the cookies etc. and still no chat---just stuck in the GREY matter

Barbara

Post by **tex** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:46 pm

Hi Mrs. Columbo,

Some of the emoticons, (such as the thumbsup and thumbsdown, and the smilie), are motionless, (which is the way they are supposed to be). The others you posted, though, are pretty active on my computer, (now that my browser is working properly again).

Hmmmmmmmm. Regarding the chat, which browser are you using?

Love,
Galahad

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:08 am

Galahad we are using IE 7

And we did a thorough cleaning---etc.--
Doug came over and saw that *dad* hadnt done a complete job---as U had suggested---

So we shall see
thanks again----
Columbo

Post by **tex** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:16 am

Mrs. Columbo,

I tested IE 6, and it works fine for me, with the chat room, but I don't have a copy of IE 7 to try. I would download a copy, but it takes forever on this dialup connection. Maybe Mars tested IE7. I know she said that she tried IE, but I don't believe she mentioned the version.

Be sure that you have Java turned on, (allowed). in your browser.

Luve,
Galahad

Mars · Post by **Mars** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:44 am

I tried IE 7 and it works fine on my end.

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:38 pm

I can't get on the chat page either. Did someone say something about updated version of explorer?? IS it expensive? Love Oma

Post by **tex** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:13 pm

Hi Oma,

All the browsers are free these days, if you download them. You can download IE 7 at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

or, you can order a CD from that site, for $9.50, if you don't want to download it, (it takes a long time to download on a dial-up connection).

You can download the latest version of Firefox at:

http://www.mozilla.org/download.html

Note that Firefox is only a browser, (it does not include an email client), Thunderbird is Mozilla's stand-alone email client. SeaMonkey is a suite that includes both a browser and an email client. Most people who use Mozilla products, use Firefox and Thunderbird, rather than SeaMonkey. On a dial-up connection, especially, Firefox downloads much faster than IE, and it also performs noticeably faster, when you're using it.

An added advantage for Firefox and Thunderbird, is that most viruses and security issues seem to be directed at Microsoft products. IE is an excellent browser, though, it's just not as fast as some of the other browsers.

Love,
Tex

Liz · Post by **Liz** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:08 pm

I have just installed IE 7 when I could not get into the chat. I still could not get in so I downloaded Java & installed it & that seemed to fix the problem.
Not too sure that I like IE7. It is a little different. I am using Firefox as well & starting to prefer it I think.

Love

Liz

Post by **tex** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:32 pm

Liz,

Thanks for that information. It looks as though various things, or combinations of things, can prevent the chat from loading. We just have to go down the list of possible problems, and keep trying solutions, till we find one that works.

I haven't used IE in a long time, (except for testing purposes, of course), but according to what I've read, IE 7 has incorporated some of the features that Firefox has had for a long time, such as tabbed browsing. I just never did like the way it seemed to be so slow.

Love,
Tex