i downloaded the program and tested it with no problems.

i ask how to fix something i don't like and he tells me to look at the Help menu. i'm only using this browser because ya'll told me to, so the least you could do is answer my question about the fucking spellcheck.

7/13/2009 11:25:09 PM

i use IE and i have no problems whatsoever

7/13/2009 11:25:31 PM

your spellcheck question was answered at least twice

7/13/2009 11:26:18 PM

i is fine

i'm is underlined but i'm surprised you notice the errors if you're typing so fast as to not capitalize correctly

i honestly never notice unless i'm actually trying to spell something, but i like the spellcheck b/c it saves my ass from grammar nazis calling out spelling or some shit

that's some trivial shit, but given that you're going into it looking for things to hate go right ahead back to IE

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:28 PM. Reason : ]

7/13/2009 11:26:53 PM

7/13/2009 11:28:06 PM

shit, just go back to ie5 if that's what you want.

7/13/2009 11:28:10 PM

I have some Netscape Navigator, if you want some of that.

7/13/2009 11:28:55 PM

i'm not looking for things to hate about FF, i just asked how to fix it because i don't particularly like red lines underneath a bunch of stuff.

i like the fact that if i post in chatterbox the window is in the middle and not in the top right. also when i get the properties on a picture in order to post a picture, i like the format of the box that pops up way better than in IE.

7/13/2009 11:29:16 PM

haha i got you to go to the trouble of cropping that shit and uploading it to tww

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:30 PM. Reason : HAY GUIZE DOES ANYONE HAVE AN AOL DISK I CAN GET???]

7/13/2009 11:30:10 PM

I got a zip drive with the whole internet on it

7/13/2009 11:31:26 PM

i don't get how IE is so out of date.

AOL is out of date. Netscape Navigator is way out of date. IE is not, so why act like i'm doing some huge injustice to the world by using it? it's just stupid.

IE and/or FF - FB Chat still won't connect. i'm confused.

7/13/2009 11:31:46 PM

No one said IE is out of date.

There are just lots of better options out there. People who still use IE are old or dumb or Stein.

Quote :

"IE and/or FF - FB Chat still won't connect. i'm confused."

It's Facebook's problem, not yours, not IE's, not FF's

We've been over this already

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:33 PM. Reason : ]

7/13/2009 11:32:15 PM

You should buy a Google.

7/13/2009 11:32:17 PM

now you're all just being stupid. bye!

7/13/2009 11:32:34 PM

later dude

7/13/2009 11:32:47 PM

and she did it quick too

but the spelling thing is an easy fix if it really bothers you

FB chat does blow generally, if it used to work it's probably facebook fucking something up

IE has done a decent job catching up, but it's still the target to many more exploits and hacks b/c so many people use it and microsoft is often slow as hell updating to fix security issues

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:34 PM. Reason : fuck i can't keep up with this thread]

7/13/2009 11:33:30 PM

my first choice was totally netscape over apple iigs. since you specifically mentioned it, maybe i should have stuck wiht my first choice!

7/13/2009 11:34:16 PM

Facebook's been getting slower as of late. It must be those 200 million users clogging the tubes.

7/13/2009 11:34:55 PM

lord have mercy girl, chill out.
I'm sure FB is just fucked up as it often is . . . use another messaging program.
Like ICQ

7/13/2009 11:38:22 PM

dont let these idiots sway u thumpzinthetrunk

IE is great

7/13/2009 11:40:02 PM

sorry for getting "un-chill" but seriously...i asked a simple question about FB Chat not being online on the new IE8 because it worked fine before the install, but after the install it wouldn't connect. i tried to preface the thread by saying i wasn't interested in Firefox, and guess what....it immediately turned into a "if you don't have FF you are a horrible person" thread, which is pretty much what i should have expected. i mean, damn people, can't you just answer a question if you know how to answer it, and leave well enough alone if you don't know the answer? i really fucking hate this site sometimes.

^i turned off the red lines under all my lowercased pronouns and my un-punctuated contractions and now i got no beef with FF

7/13/2009 11:40:20 PM

you know they like to whine and be contemporary and progressive

7/13/2009 11:41:36 PM

to be completely fair, and since i was one of the many shit talkers

you prob should have posted this in the lounge or tech talk

post in chit chat and you get chit chat responses

7/13/2009 11:41:44 PM

I believe my posts in this thread were 100% on point

7/13/2009 11:42:13 PM

the whole idea behind having you download and try firefox was to see if it was a browser issue or if it was a FB chat issue

and we pinpointed it as an issue with FB chat

there is nothing you can do

you received help, even though you fought it, bitched, and moaned about it

7/13/2009 11:43:54 PM

posting in Tech Talk or Lounge would have gotten 2 responses inside of 12 hours. so i posted in Chit Chat.

clearly i made a bad decision.

7/13/2009 11:44:24 PM

clearly

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:45 PM. Reason : you know I'm laughing, right? I'm really not trying to piss you off.]

7/13/2009 11:44:58 PM

English holmes

7/13/2009 11:45:09 PM

no, you didn't make a bad decision

you got the help you needed

i swear you are hard headed as fuck

7/13/2009 11:45:19 PM

so i gues it is like this

you have a flat tire. there are 2 spare tires availabe. one is the middle of an olympic sized swimming pool filled with shit. the other will be delivered 24 hours from now. you can only have one. you chose the first.

[Edited on July 13, 2009 at 11:48 PM. Reason : diamond is a bad analogy since it is time independent, really]

7/13/2009 11:46:00 PM

i'm not hard headed! the people on TWW are some all-knowing, i'm-better-than-everyone-else sons of bitches.

7/13/2009 11:46:42 PM

2 pages of firefox sucking just as much if not more than IE.

7/13/2009 11:50:24 PM

FB Chat is now online.

Thank you all for playing.

Have a great night.

7/13/2009 11:52:55 PM

7/14/2009 12:00:28 AM

i could start a thread called "PERPETUAL THUMPER IS FUCKING STUPID THREAD" and it would have just as many dumb posts as DNL's

7/14/2009 12:48:08 PM

i'm not stupid

7/14/2009 12:48:36 PM

Quote :

"i'm not hard headed! the people on TWW are some all-knowing, i'm-better-than-everyone-else sons of bitches."

Thank you!

7/14/2009 1:00:20 PM

LOL at this thread.

7/14/2009 1:02:10 PM

Quote :

"There are just lots of better options out there. People who still use IE are old or dumb or Stein."

I use Facebook chat with IE8 and have never had any problems.

This post, however, is brought to you by IE7.

7/14/2009 1:15:25 PM

FF is popular for the same reason Apple is popular.

Everybody has it because everybody has it.

It is "better" simply because (in firefox' case) you're automatically seen as "more tech savvy" or "smarter" if you use FF - because like apple, obviously FF is 100% free of problems and is virus free. People look down on you for using IE and claim IE is a piece of shit, 99% of the time without reason. If you ask for reason they'll usually say you don't know enough about computers to understand.

I know quite a lot of developers, networking specialists, you name it. Most of them use IE because FF simply won't do everything they need. I can think of a couple of people who use FF - both of which have an apple and i'm sure for the same reasons. Self gratifaction. They probably believe that humans have a big effect on global warming too.

I've been on the internet for 15 years now. I've never had a problem with IE. When I have had problems, it's been with my ISP, various hardware issues, or some other random issue. Never have I had a problem that FF would solve (i've tried). I personally hate FF. I don't like the layout, it takes a LOT longer to load than IE does, I have a lot less issues with plugins on IE, and IE typically runs faster for me.

FF !> IE

apple !> pc

7/14/2009 1:19:58 PM

Quote :

"I use Facebook chat with IE8 and have never had any problems. This post, however, is brought to you by IE7."

The problem was that FB Chat worked just fine before the upgrade to IE8, so I just naturally assumed it had something to do with the upgrade. It didn't dawn on me that maybe FB Chat was just sorta crapping out at the time.

I downloaded FF to test the theory and realized that FB Chat was broken on there too. So, it was FB's problem, and the case was closed.

What I didn't need was a bunch of people telling me I was stupid for using IE, using FB Chat, or just operating a computer in general. But as I said before...I should have expected it from Chit Chat.

7/14/2009 1:31:40 PM

gifs play at warp speed in firefox for me :-/

7/14/2009 1:35:05 PM

^^You see this is the common misconception.

In this case it still isn't IE8's problem. It isn't IE8's job to make that program work, it's Facebook's job. Windows rarely fails because of actual Windows problems, it's usually a driver issue. Drivers are not written by Windows. The driver errors that crash Windows are the fault of the manufacturer. Give it time and facebook will figure it out.

[Edited on July 14, 2009 at 1:36 PM. Reason : .]

7/14/2009 1:36:15 PM

Oh yeah, FB figured it out and it was back up and working by like 11:30pm last night I think. I'm not so technologically savvy that I know these things though. Suddenly FB Chat wasn't connecting. The only thing I knew that had changed was my upgrade to IE8 so of course....assumptions and all that jazz.

Don't worry, I won't come here for computer advice ever again.

7/14/2009 1:38:32 PM

I have nothing against you personally, I don't know you. Don't take offense to this.

The thought process you just outlined is the sole reason Apple is able to succeed. They don't make a superior product. They simply rely on consumers not being aware of exactly how the computer market works.

7/14/2009 1:40:35 PM

Hahah I'm not offended by that. I know I'm not a computer-savvy kinda girl. But I like to think I know my way around, I've been on computers in one way or another since I was 12. I just didn't really appreciate the reaction I got out of these guys. FF is better because it's better. End of story. Whatever dude.

7/14/2009 1:42:11 PM

I really don't give a fuck what browser anyone uses. To me, Firefox is a superior browser, but there's no point in arguing about it. No one here is going to be compelled to change their opinion.

With that said, slingblade's rant above is worse than anything thumper has posted in this thread. This part especially made me laugh:

Quote :

"I know quite a lot of developers, networking specialists, you name it. Most of them use IE because FF simply won't do everything they need."

--

Quote :

"FF is better because it's better. End of story. Whatever dude."

There really are tons of areas where FF is the better browser. Few of them would be relevant to someone who can't figure out why FB chat isn't working. If you just need to read TWW, chat on FB, and check the weather or whatever, you can basically using anything that supports JS and images. You probably won't see any added benefit from using FF.

[Edited on July 14, 2009 at 1:49 PM. Reason : ]

7/14/2009 1:48:12 PM

It all boils down to everyone having their own preference. My personal philosophy: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

So why download FF when IE works just fine for me?

7/14/2009 1:49:55 PM

I think someone just made my point

7/14/2009 2:03:18 PM

Do I have to be a hardcore gamer in order to understand why FF is better? Enlighten me. What does FF do that IE doesn't do that really makes a big difference?

7/14/2009 2:05:56 PM