Re: Demise of IE5 and BBC School Website Help

[Reg Whitely]

Hi Greg
Thanks for this advice:

On 21 Dec 2005, at 12:14pm, Greg Pennefather wrote:


Reg

Two things spring to mind.  It is possible that the BBC site  
detects the
browser and makes an arbitrary decision that Safari 1.3.1 is too  
old and
won't continue.  In this case, try using Safari enhancer which  
activates the
debug menu in Safari.  Then you can reload the page pretending to  
be any
browser type you like.  If it still doesn't work then it might well  
be that

it doesn't work with Safari 1.3.1 or ...

You may need to upgrade the version of Flash that you have.   
Download the

latest version and see if that helps.


I downloaded the latest version of Safari Enhancer for Panther, and  
set Safari to work on the iMac and iBook. BBC Schools website now  
seems to work with Safari 1.3.1. I set Debug/Useragent menu to  
Mozilla 1.1, Netscape 7.0 and IE 6.0 and all three loaded the Flash  
movies.


www.lordofthecows.com/safari_enhancer.php for Tiger, Panther and Jaguar.

My next plan was to download the latest Flash but it seems this is  
not yet immediately needed.


Regards and thanks

Reg

Re: Demise of IE5 and BBC School Website Help

[Matthew Healey]

On 21/12/2005, at 11:07 AM, Reg Whitely wrote:

So the big question is, what's wrong with Safari 1.3.1? Is there a  
later Panther Safari update that can overcome this problem?


There is also the possibility that Safari 1.3.1 lacks something that  
the web site requires.


- Matt

Re: Demise of IE5 and BBC School Website Help

[Greg Pennefather]

Reg

Two things spring to mind.  It is possible that the BBC site detects the
browser and makes an arbitrary decision that Safari 1.3.1 is too old and
won't continue.  In this case, try using Safari enhancer which activates the
debug menu in Safari.  Then you can reload the page pretending to be any
browser type you like.  If it still doesn't work then it might well be that
it doesn't work with Safari 1.3.1 or ...

You may need to upgrade the version of Flash that you have.  Download the
latest version and see if that helps.

Good luck

Greg


> From: Reg Whitely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:07:38 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Demise of IE5 and BBC School Website Help
> 
> Hi WAMUGgers
> 
> Following on from yesterday's discussion about the demise of IE5 I
> came across an interesting situation.
> We've just 'kidnapped' our 3 Perth grandchildren and brought them up
> here to sunny Gero for Christmas.
> 
> Clever Reg decides that they should all be able to access BBC Schools
> website and play the many good educational games therein.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ and specifically for this post http://
> www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/.
> Accessing this from my PowerBook running Tiger and Safari 2.0.2 works
> well, but on the iMac and iBook, both running Panther and Safari
> 1.3.1 - no go.
> 
> Click on Flick's Adventures, then Looping the Loop and up comes the
> message "You are using an old browser version and we cannot
> effectively show you the Flash Movie. To play the game please upgrade
> your Netscape browser here or your Internet Explorer browser here."
> 
> Clicking on the Netscape link http://wp.netscape.com/download/
> 0730101/1-en_qual.html opens up the option to download Mac
> 68K (OS 7.6.1 and higher), Mac 68K and Mac PowerPC. This link allows
> me to download the latest version, 4.78! The Microsoft link
> www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en leads me on a
> merry chase, eventiually ending with the option to download IE 5.2.3.
> 
> Well I never! what a choice, especially with IE5 about to be shot
> between the eyes.
> 
> Clever Reg then thinks, aha I'll get the latest Safari from Apple,
> only to get a stern lecture from the installer that it will only run
> in Tiger (NO I don't intend upgrading them both to Tiger with 4 big
> sleeps until Christmas!).
> 
> So over to Firefox I go www.mozilla.com and download 1.5. It works
> perfectly out of the box, Panther and all.
> 
> So the big question is, what's wrong with Safari 1.3.1? Is there a
> later Panther Safari update that can overcome this problem?
> 
> What should I tell the nice people at the BBC archives?
> 
> As I said, only 4 big sleeps until Christmas.
> 
> Enjoy them!
> 
> Reg, Elaine and 4 happy grandies (Don't leave our Geraldton one out!)
> 
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