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Re: Firefox as default but popups/links IE

Subject: Re: Firefox as default but popups/links IE
From: Bill Baker <wbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:42:25 -0400
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk

On Thursday 31 July 2008 03:05 pm El.Plates <pintsofguinness@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:<g6t2ej$lod$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>...

> 
> 
> "Evan Platt" <evan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:482494h58u50heh0tphksrhbnlagnm1vqp@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:17:00 +0100, "El.Plates"
>> <pintsofguinness@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>So what do you think was meant by this then willy "I have firefox set as
>>>default browser"
>>
>> Well, after years of doing tech support, I can tell you that "I have
>> firefox set as my default browser" doesn't mean the user DOES.
>>
>> I mean if I took every customers word that "My wireless card is
>> enabled" to mean their wireless card REALLY IS enabled, well.... let's
>> just say there'd be a lot of people calling their laptop manufacturer
>> because their wireless is defective.
>>
>> But you're completely right - the correct answer is to download the IE
>> Tab for firefox, of course.
> 
> Thank you Evan and I do take your point re "after years of doing tech
> support, I can tell you that "I have
>  Firefox set as my default browser" doesn't mean the user DOES" !! But I
>  got
> a little hot under the collar when I was told "If you don't know, don't
> try to answer" by a guy who was clueless on the remedy. Cheers

It's because by your answer it was obvious that you hadn't read the
question.  So think about that before you start calling others clueless. 
My remedy has an extremely high probability of working.

-- 
<glacial>  I love school
<glacial>  Today our term paper due date's set
<glacial>  Our instructor says that we WILL hand in the paper on time, and
she'll accept no excuses except illness, with a note from our doctor, or a
death in the immediate family, with a note from the dead member.
<glacial>  So this wiseass pipes up: "What about extreme sexual exhaustion?"
<glacial>  She waits for the laughs to die down and says:
<glacial>  "Well, I guess you'll have to learn to write with your other
hand"

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