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    It works fine here on Opera 12.01 but after a couple clicks I get dumped back to the standard unencrypted http:// site. I guess that has to do with the "vbulletin sucks" part. :(
    Last edited by n2ize; 07-12-2012 at 03:17 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    It works fine here on Opera 12.01 but after a couple clicks I get dumped back to the standard unencrypted http:// site. I guess that has to do with the "vbulletin sucks" part. :(
    Well when I make this change, it'll FORCE you to https:// -- right now it's not configured that way. The static URL will be https://forums...

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    Quote Originally Posted by N1LAF View Post
    Maybe the solution is right in front of us, as you are doing now... leave a small, one liner banner that reads: If you are experiencing problems browsing the form, please click here...
    ... to a link, closed for discussion, that can go further in detail, such as "If you are using an older or unstable browsers, or Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may want to upgrade to one of these fine choices...
    List the fully compatible browsers with links to their download page.

    You can also keep a list of browsers that have known difficulties, and continue to explain what SSL is.

    -- just an idea..
    Yeah, that would be my intent, at least for awhile.. I'll change the message to "We've made this change.. calm down & read.." :)

    If you look at the main page source code, you'll find that I've had a "if IE" tag in place for several years now. What good is a forum if I can't promote my F/OSS agenda. ;) And what would you expect from W4GPL?

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    <!--[if IE]>  <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/"><img border="0" src="/images/firefox_200_32.png"/></a></div> <![endif]-->

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    I'm using I E 8 and noticed that there were a slew of bugs using it to view anything on the Island ..... situation back to normal by using Chrome! .....I say to hell with I E ........no big deal here
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    Well, I'll just have to make space somewhere to hold all those cartoons before I post 'em.

    The embedded video issue kind of sucks too. Oh well, security is important.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    FWIW, Chrome and Safari (OS X and iOS version) both use the open source Webkit HTML engine. They should be able to handle it as well.
    I use Safari alot. It is the older 32bit system, but loads every web site quickly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by W4GPL View Post
    In May 2012, Internet Explorer only represented 15.7% of our traffic. I'm not that worried, but I want to give everyone a heads up and know what to expect.
    That should tell you something about Islanders in general.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
    Well, I'll just have to make space somewhere to hold all those cartoons before I post 'em.

    The embedded video issue kind of sucks too. Oh well, security is important.
    Perhaps you misunderstood me. I'm in favor of mixed (non-SSL & SSL) content. IE just seems to spit on this idea.. Chrome & Firefox handle it with a very conservative warning that doesn't pop-up or make you agree 100 times that you understand. With 'mixed' secure & insecure content in Firefox, the locked icon goes from gold to grey. Google Chrome has a similar indicator. IE says "OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!!?!!?"

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    I think you can set an exception up for specific URL's in IE.
    Last edited by WØTKX; 07-12-2012 at 03:43 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
    I think you can set an exeption up for specific URL's in IE.
    I'm sure that's true, but I want people to be aware of this change before they see the scary error message and run away thinking we've been hacked.

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