Summary response to messages received both on and off list. There has been a problem for several years with browsers (especially IE in my experience) in that the publishers fail to test their code properly. This also extends to publishers of plug-ins. Too many software publishers these days are prepared to sell their products on the basis that they will work with default settings and will not bear the cost of real testing (in some cases obviously don't train their staff properly in the necessary techniques). When I identified a fault in IE a couple of years ago (for which I received cash compensation from Microsoft) the person I dealt with actually admitted that the error should have been caught and corrected if testing had been adequate. Graham

Hi Graham But had it been a problem caused by a browser then everyone would have the same problem which is not the case So it would appear to be a browser settings or perhaps security issue I have a PC with XP and a laptop with W7 both open the freebmd images with no problem in either browser Browsers certainly can have issues which is why I stopped using IE some time back and use Firefox instead Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 25/08/2012 12:09, Graham Hadfield wrote: > Summary response to messages received both on and off list. > > There has been a problem for several years with browsers (especially > IE in my experience) in that the publishers fail to test their code > properly. This also extends to publishers of plug-ins. Too many > software publishers these days are prepared to sell their products on > the basis that they will work with default settings and will not bear > the cost of real testing (in some cases obviously don't train their > staff properly in the necessary techniques). > > When I identified a fault in IE a couple of years ago (for which I > received cash compensation from Microsoft) the person I dealt with > actually admitted that the error should have been caught and > corrected if testing had been adequate. > > Graham

The problem is that the code (as Microsoft admitted in my particular case) is not fully tested. In that case IE8 worked perfectly on XP but not, in some circumstances, on Vista. Another problem I had was when Virgin Media changed the way their web mail was accessed. In neither case was the error condition trapped. That should never happen and doesn't happen if software is tested for how it performs against the original specification. There is no need at all to test for every combination of browser settings. Even if a publisher decides not to test everything, a "catch all" should be included in case any other error occurs (i.e. something unexpected happens). That is one of the basics I used to teach trainee programmers 40 years ago. Graham At 13:11 25/08/2012, Nivard Ovington wrote: >Hi Graham > >But had it been a problem caused by a browser then everyone would have >the same problem which is not the case > >So it would appear to be a browser settings or perhaps security issue > >I have a PC with XP and a laptop with W7 both open the freebmd images >with no problem in either browser > >Browsers certainly can have issues which is why I stopped using IE some >time back and use Firefox instead > >Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >On 25/08/2012 12:09, Graham Hadfield wrote: > > Summary response to messages received both on and off list. > > > > There has been a problem for several years with browsers (especially > > IE in my experience) in that the publishers fail to test their code > > properly. This also extends to publishers of plug-ins. Too many > > software publishers these days are prepared to sell their products on > > the basis that they will work with default settings and will not bear > > the cost of real testing (in some cases obviously don't train their > > staff properly in the necessary techniques). > > > > When I identified a fault in IE a couple of years ago (for which I > > received cash compensation from Microsoft) the person I dealt with > > actually admitted that the error should have been caught and > > corrected if testing had been adequate. > > > > Graham >..... >Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message