He should be able to access Facebook since I have a similar setup and I can. I
use Mac OS X 10.3.9. I'm thinking his firewall setup has to be the problem.
--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Steve R <mailing.lists.2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Steve R <mailing.lists.2...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Facebook & G3/10.4.11
> To: "G5" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 2:15 PM
> I sold an iMac/500mHz with a fresh 10.4.11 to a PC user who
> swore
> he'd used the Mac OS before and now he's certain
> I've sold him a
> doorstop because he can't get into the 'new'
> facebook site. The guy
> is an IM junkie with at minimum five different services.
> Before he
> took the computer a month ago, I loaded all the individual
> apps he
> requested (with him present as we accessed them all
> individually and
> en masse) plus Adium to handle them all in one app if he
> chose. Now,
> a month later, he can't access the 'new'
> Facebook which apparently
> has its own IM service and does 'something' with
> photos. Their
> website doesn't appear to have any sort of FAQ for
> requirements --
> and I've just spent the last hour frustrated on the
> phone with the
> guy. He can't live without his facebook messaging --
> all the other
> services are working, the 'new' facebook was even
> working a week ago
> but now he can't access. I had him download and install
> Firefox on
> the off-chance Safari was the problem, and he still
> can't access the
> 'new' site.
>
> I'm not a facebook user so could use some help from
> someone who is.
> Is there a requirement with the 'new' facebook that
> would stop a G3
> with the updated Safari/Firefox for 10.4.11, on a DSL line,
> from
> connecting to their service? I really don't want to
> have to leave my
> warm little abode to trek "30 miles all uphill through
> 10 feet of ice
> and snow, in the middle of a blizzard, wearing only
> threadbare socks"
> if a simple phone call would suffice.
>
> He's behind an ISP firewall so I can't remotely
> connect to his
> computer and can't remember the website that might make
> that
> possible... connect2me or somesuch.
>
> Steve R
>
>
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