I used to get this a lot with IE6 before the site upgrade.

I haven't noticed it much since the site upgrade, but then again I have switched to firefox 2.0 as my default on both of my computers (for reasons other than just this site). Since my work computer still has IE6 sp2, I went and tested it. It appears to be fine. The IE7 upgrade can be problematic, but if you are on a pre SP2 version of IE6, that might be worth try...Of course, it could always be some common local environmental issue.

Obviously using Internet Exploder is what's wrong, not the site it self

No. It's my 900 Mhz Celeron that's the problem, which will soon be replaced. When I get my new PC I'll let folks know the results.

If Firefox 2.0 works for you than I'm happy for you. But 99% of the rest of the world is on IE, so websites *do* have a vested interest (and obligation) of making sure that IE works.

OK. But even if *only* 77% of the world uses IE, I don't think any website can ignore this demographic.

The errors I have had far exceed simple editing of posts, but as I've said at least three times in this thread it's most likely my 900 MHz celeron that's the issue. I have far less issues with the same IE6 on XP Pro SP2 on my 3.5 GHz Xeon at work.

Now will everyone stop telling me to use Firefox and let this thread die. Thank you.

I've never had a problem with this site.

Is it free?

Yes.

Mumble... Mumble... FF is your friend, really...

I am all for Microsoft making bizillions of dollars but FF is a better browser IMHO.

See,,it wasn't M$ who made the HTML standard...they only made a program to display it.

Yeah. But what happened to Java. IIRC didn't Sun invent and define Java only to have Microsoft come along and bastardize it.   

But anyway, if FF is both better and free it's difficult to argue against. I'm convinced. Just let the beatings stop.   

Another IE user converted

I have been using FF for years now and never been happier. Plus side is that you can custom your FF browser the ways IE users only dream of. If your choose to do so, ofcourse. Give FF 2.0 a try, it really is a good browser.

Hey all. We're on it, not to worry. I can't give an exact ETA for an updated build of the forums, but just know that your comments aren't going unheard and something is being done about the issue.

Part of why I adopted it was how much faster it was than IE or Netscape back around 2001 or so.

www.getfirefox.com

Just let the beatings stop.

*beats Mumble once more* Go! Get Firefox! Hurry!

Using Firefox since its early versions back when IE didn't even have tabbed browsing, once tried I couldn't live without it anymore.

d00d, you have your information ALL backwards:
WWW Firefox's only possible relation with AOL

Firefox is an open source browser, they don't exactly have relationships with anyone. Mozilla, the owning company, has *nothing* to do with any ISP. It just so happens that their browser model was so good, other companies have based theirs off of it.

And just trust me. Do yourself a 10 minute favor and try it. Tabbed pages rule, i have 20 different sites open inside the same window separated by tabs. Ctrl+T to open a new tab.

It also comes with a handy google toolbar in the top right. And it literally is *just* a dropdown box you can type in right next to your url dropdown.

Also, if you want to search through yahoo, or ebay, in this toolbar, it takes about 2 clicks. Saves a lot of time versus going to the search sight.

Oh, and if google is your search bar highlighted, you can type your search phrase into your url box, and the browser will automatically go to the first hit by google (I'm feeling lucky option on their site).

So say I don't remember this here website... I can go into my url, and type "Galactic Civilizations 2", and it will bring me right to the homepage.

Do yourself a favor, *try* it, I will be surprised if you don't like it. Also, they've fixed the style problems for I.E. specifically written sites in most cases for Firefox at this point.

Plus no more ActiveX popups!

Seriously, by the time you're finished reading this you could have tried it.

www.getfirefox.com

Edit: For all who don't know what open source is: it is a type of project where the company allows any individual to edit the source code to add features/ modify features. A lot of good ideas have been implemented from these by individual developers. The crap jobs are gotten rid of since the company has the final rights to approval to any submission, but the individual is more than welcome to keep the original copy, so long as it is not sold. So, bottom line, open source = free

Yeah evil, a lot of intranet sites will not work with anything besides I.E.
So for most of your work stuff, you need to stick with it. I had this same problem when I worked for a lawfirm. And believe me, I tried every browser I could think of to use something besides internet exploder, but no dice.

I was referring for http browsing