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Re: why can't I visit this web site

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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 20:06:30 +0800
Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> wrote:

> i can't find options related to javascript in iceweasel/jessie
> 

In about:config. Type that into the address bar, then in the Search
box, type javascript. The global disable is called javascript.enable.

More commonly, firefox/iceweasel users use NoScript or other selective
javascript enabler.

> iceweasel does not support javascript?

Every version that I've seen does. It has always been Firefox by
another name, but usually not the current version.
> 
> i think iceweasel makes poor choice
> XP/firefox and android' browser can visit this site
> 

And many web developers don't bother to test Firefox versions, because
obviously, people only use Microsoft web browsers. Two hours ago, I
completely failed to download something from a site after logging in to
it, using the current Firefox on Win8. I then tried the same exercise
with an older Firefox on Linux, and it worked perfectly. Unusual, I
have to say, it's more often the other way around, but clearly the web
developer had done something wrong. The web protocol for downloading is
trivial and shouldn't even require javascript. But something clever had
been done about restricting the download to logged-in account holders,
and it wasn't behaving as expected. Sturgeon's Revelation applies to
websites, and in particular, to their developers.

-- 
Joe

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why can't I visit this web site Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 02:20 +0200
  Re: why can't I visit this web site Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-06-06 02:40 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-06-06 10:10 +0200
      Re: why can't I visit this web site Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 14:10 +0200
        Re: why can't I visit this web site "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-06-06 14:40 +0200
        Re: why can't I visit this web site <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-06-06 14:40 +0200
          Re: why can't I visit this web site Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-06-06 15:00 +0200
            Re: why can't I visit this web site <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-06-06 15:20 +0200
            Re: why can't I visit this web site Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-06-06 15:50 +0200
        Re: why can't I visit this web site Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-06 14:50 +0200
  Re: why can't I visit this web site Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-06-06 02:40 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 09:50 +0200
      Re: why can't I visit this web site rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-06-06 14:50 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-06-06 18:20 +0200
      Re: why can't I visit this web site Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-06-06 18:40 +0200
      Re: why can't I visit this web site Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-06-06 18:50 +0200
  Re: why can't I visit this web site Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 03:40 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-06-06 04:50 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site SDA <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 23:20 +0200
  Re: why can't I visit this web site rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-06-06 14:50 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> - 2017-06-06 23:20 +0200
  Re: why can't I visit this web site Charlie S <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 01:40 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 04:20 +0200
      Re: why can't I visit this web site Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> - 2017-06-07 07:40 +0200
    Re: why can't I visit this web site Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 05:50 +0200

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