[xubuntu-users] MS Outlook Web Access Issues

[Andrew Kane]

     Just to be sure, do you know for certain that the Flash portions
of the site are really Flash and not Shockwave? AFAIK Shockwave is
still unavailable for Firefox under Linux. I've run into this problem
on the Rosetta Stone site and on others. I have had limited success
running it on a Windows version of Firefox running under Wine (with
the Shockwave plugin installed of course :)
     It's confusing to me because Macromedia / Adobe still sometimes
refer to Flash as "Shockwave Flash".

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:10 AM, John Botscharow <info at jbotscharow.com> wrote:
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>>>> On 6/6/08, John Botscharow <info at jbotscharow.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Scott Eaton wrote:
>>>>>> Running Hardy with Firefox 3.0b5
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:49 -0300, Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
>>>>>>> I don't experience this issue. What version of Firefox are you
>>>>>>> running? What version of Xubuntu are you running?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Scott Eaton <sjeaton at wowway.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>         Greeting fellow users!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         I have a recurring problem.  When accessing my work email
>>>>>>>         using Firefox
>>>>>>>         I can read and open emails, but cannot send.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         Oddly, if I install a different browser (Opera, Galilon, etc)
>>>>>>>         I can send
>>>>>>>         emails...but only a few times, and then I can't anymore.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         When I hit send it just becomes stuck.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         I suspect a Java issue...but can't be sure.  All Java apps on
>>>>>>>         my box are
>>>>>>>         up-to-date.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         Any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         Regards,
>>>>>>>         Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Cody A.W. Somerville
>>>>>>> Software Engineer
>>>>>>> Red Cow Marketing & Technologies, Inc.
>>>>>>> Office: 506-458-1290
>>>>>>> Toll Free: 1-877-733-2699
>>>>>>> Fax: 506-453-9112
>>>>>>> Cell: 506-449-5899
>>>>>>> Email: cody at redcow.ca
>>>>>>> http://www.redcow.ca
>>>>> I am running a similar desktop and have a sinilar issue with the
>>>>> honeschooling site my youngest son uses. The site does a browser check
>>>>> that requires IE 6 or better or a recent version of NS. I use the User
>>>>> Agent plug in to lie and say I am using IE6. That gets me into the site,
>>>>> but I cannot access the lessons which are a JS menu. The site uses
>>>>> frames and quite a bit of Flash, but the Flash I don.t think is an issue
>>>>> because it works well on other sites. The site does use a Windows
>>>>> server, so I suspect the problem is in the Java code that Windows uses.
>>>>> I am not much on programmin, but I do believe that I read somewhere that
>>>>> MS uses their own version of Java and that it has some
>>>>> intercompatability issues with non-MS Java.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any clues as to how we deal with this?
>>>>
>>>> That Java thing was long ago. It sounds like a really aging site, as in:
>>>> from the time people used to support specific browsers. Those are really
>>>> sparse nowadays, as you're missing out on a lot of visitors if you don't
>>>> create a good website (what with Firefox soon hitting a 20% worldwide
>>> market
>>>> share - that's losing one in five visitors!).
>>>>
>>>> The best thing to do is to file a complaint with the site and not to use
>>> it.
>>>> If you really must, you can try installing IE6 (see
>>>> http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page), but then that site
>>> is
>>>> very lucky that you're willing to go through so much trouble.
>>>>
>>>> (It's not a problem with the server or your system by the way - it's all
>>> the
>>>> website's fault)
>>>>
>>>> - --
>>>>> Peace!
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>> That's the way I see it too. Arrogant web designers, and I use the terms
>>> web designer loosely, who don;t know their rectums from a whole in the
>>> ground. LOL I already have filed one complaint - somewhat informally -
>>> and will file a more formal one, now that my suspicions have been
>>> cnofrmed...............
>>>
>>> As far as not using the site, well, that's not an option for the next
>>> three years. It's a paid membership site that provides my son's
>>> curriculum and their curriculum is considered one of the best. Their
>>> non-member area is not browser specific, only the members area. The
>>> Firefoc on my son's Windows machine handles it fine,
>>
>>
>> Now that *is* odd. Is it the same version of Firefox?
>>
>> Oh wait... Do the Javascript menu's happen to be hidden behind flash? If so,
>> then I was wrong: it's an issue with the Flash player for Linux.
>> http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&btnI=Im+Feeling+Lucky&q=flash+hide+menus+linux
>>
>> so we can live with
>>> it. I just have to use his machine if I want to access the curriculum
>>> materials. I cna access the progess reports fine on my machine. It's the
>>> stuff inside the main frame that does not work.
>>>
>>> Anyway, thanks for the info. One of these days people will learn that
>>> using Windoes machines, either as desktops or servers, is not in their
>>> best interest! LOL
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - --
>>> Peace!
>>>
>>> John
>>
>>
>>
> I'm not sure if it's behind Flash - I'll take a look when my son logs on
> later - but it is behind an image, so it may very well be. I'll take a
> look at the Google search links and see if I can find a fix and post
> later. Thabjs for the help!
>
>
> - --
> Peace!
>
> John
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