Ron, There are over 10,000 postings on the web if you just "Google" them; pick any one. This has been going on since February of this year. I know, I've been paid well for my support time. Microsoft's own Publisher Software, that many users utilize to create simple websites, is one of the main problems. Any "grouped objects" and many images do not "render" in the new IE8. Microsoft released a Service Pack 2 for the Office product; which in turn made them unable to open their files and in some cases severly corrupted the files. According to the Microsoft Support website, they are working on another "emergency fix".
While you may be someone well versed in web page design, a lot of individuals that are less experienced rely on packages like MS Publisher and other easy publishing tools to help them for their non profit organizations, church groups, etc.. because they don't have a lot of money to spend on a professional. One would think that the web pages would most likely not work in any other browser other than Internet Explorer 8.0; since it's from the same company. BUT NO -- MS tricked us again. These websites work in EVERY browser other than Microsoft's. How's that for irony. Valerie -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 6:41 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Gedcom problem uploading to Ancestry Valerie, As someone who tests web pages in Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Bing, Safari, IE6, IE7, and IE8 I would be grateful if you could identify the source for these revelations, which are totally new to me. I agree that there are some problems with IE8 but not the ones which you identify. I have not known a browser to, nor can I see how a browser can, destroy a web page. I would add that the only pages which do not present correctly in IE8 are those which are either, a) badly written eg. think it's still IE6, or b) use propriety coding. IE8 is the most standards compliant browser which MS has produced, although it still contains one or two of the well known, and easily avoidable, MS quirks. I still prefer Firefox for writing web pages, though. I would add that not only do I write my own coding, but I also use some of the Legacy codings as well and I have yet to have them destroyed by IE8. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > From: lask...@att.net > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Gedcom problem uploading to Ancestry > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:40:19 -0500 > > You may encounter future problems uploading with any browsers. There have > been security updates to both Firefox and IE and other browsers. You may > want update your Firefox to at least the 3.0.13 version. Now IE 8.0 has > many problems with rendering grouped objects and other graphics; hence, I > would stick with a 7.x version of IE until Microsoft can work out their bugs > -- and the bugs in their recent "bug fix"; which destroyed many peoples web > pages they designed on their own computer. > > Anyway, all of these security updates are checking for "certificates". You > will have to check on making Ancestry a "trusted site" or other workarounds > if it's a certificate issue. The warning "pop-ups" display and then > disappear very fast. I would have all other windows minimized and then drag > the window with Ancestry.com to the lower half of the page right before you > submit the upload. This way, you can see the windows error windows > "pop-up". Sometimes they are hidden behind your browser screen and the > "status bar" does not contain anything for them. > > Valerie > > -----Original Message----- > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf > Of Jenny M Benson > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 4:51 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom problem uploading to Ancestry > > William Sinclair wrote >>Problem solved I would appear to have been firefox that was the >>problem, I suspected you wanted me to try another browser, so I tried >>IE and it appears to have uploaded fine. > > Yes, I would definitely have suggested you try IE because one of the > messages in the archive on this topic was from someone who found that > trying to upload via Firefox failed. > > I have found it necessary to use Ancestry with Firefox's IE Tab because > of difficulties with images. > -- > Jenny M Benson > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger: Thanks for 10 great years-enjoy free winks and emoticons. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
