Site no longer displays properly in Opera browser

[StigOfTheDump]

Just thought id mention that the forums no longer display properly in Opera browser, or at least not in my opera anyway.
Its my main browser and i really hate having to load IE just to look at the forum.

 

[jimford]

No problem with Opera 9.64 here!

Jim

 

[StigOfTheDump]

Strange, i just upgraded from .62 to .64 and its still displaying wrong.
Its only the forums, all i can see is a very thin slivver of the text, which i can scroll through but i can only see 5 or 6 lines at a time.

 

[lostagain]

Same problem on my mobile using Opera

 

[StigOfTheDump]

Ok, i got it sorted after lots of mucking about with different settings, for anyone who has the same problem, try going to View/Fit to width.

I dont ever remember unsetting this option but unset it was, once set to "fit to width" forum displays perfectly.

 

[British Red]

No problem with Opera 9.64 here!

Jim

I'm surprised at you Jim - don't you think that almost every professional IT organisation in the world uses IE for a reason? These people are paid to find the best TCO software after all. Or is software different than bushcraft - you like something a little "offbeat" that the professionals don't use?

Red

 

[jimford]

I'm surprised at you Jim - don't you think that almost every professional IT organisation in the world uses IE for a reason?

Yeah - it comes bundled with the M.S. operating system, so they don't have to do anything further - except install the patches to block the never ending security holes that malicious hackers target! There's also the 'eat **** - a million flies can't be wrong' factor!

IIRC I installed Opera because it was more secure at the time.

Jim

 

[British Red]

Ahh so ...the pros use Goretex..because they know best.

The pros use IE...because they are lazy.

Interesting....

 

[Toddy]

When I asked for Windows and IE to be installed on my computer a few years ago, Son1 looked at me sadly and said, "Pretty pictures for idiots, Mum ! "
I think the rest of the house was running some kind of Linux stuff

It's fluid, this computer program choice; it's constantly developing, changing. There's always another idea to try out to speed things up, to increase the useability, the personal compatability, and still allow us to communicate with each other despite it all.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Nagual]

For those of us who can't decide, we can install a VM and then install everything..

 

[British Red]

Aaah or install multiple processors and full VMware partions with a SAN and...oh hang on...thats work

Linux is okay for them as like to play....and its even making some inroads into smaller and contained commercial applications. Its still not up there with commercial Unix though and certainy not with MS OS for sheer scale of compatibility.

I'm all in favour of "artisan technology". It has its place in allowing creativity. For plain scale and replicated variant builds in a commercial environment where your stuff has to work seamlessly internally and externally - particularly where content not application function is the differentiation, there is great sense in standardisation - be that EDI or MS Word.

Frankly though I spend too much time working with the stuff to twiddle about with it at home

Red

 

[Toddy]

I was at a conference a couple of years ago, the discussions centred around the future of the archives of the past and present, and their accessiblity.

The earliest attempts at computerisation were now totally unreadable by the vast majority of computers. It wasn't just the storage medium either, it's the entire language and the formats too.
Code cracking has nothing on some of the lengths the archivists had to go to in their attempts to 're-access' critical documentation.

Maybe the commonplace programs are pretty pictures for idiots, but the sheer scale of their use makes them universally understood.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[British Red]

Spot on Toddy - data compatibility and backward application compatibility are critical to technology. I've lost count of the "Bambleweenie 2000" technologies that have come and gone (remember OS2 anyone? ) I guess if you really want to cock a snook at BG, then with Firefox you at least embrace the true open source philosophy and a browser that can sort of trace itself back to Mosaic via Netscape. I doubt many web developers will optimise their layouts for a browser with the sub1% market penetration that Opera has. They just can't to afford to ignore the fact that most people use MS.

Red