I wasn’t able to access Hotmail for over a week, every time I logged in I’d get the message, “Document contains no data.” I figured it was just a simple outage, but other people told me that they could access their Hotmail accounts just fine.
Then I thought, “I wonder if…” and tried accessing my account with IE instead of Netscape. Bingo! So, obviously, they changed something which makes it impossible to read your mail with Netscape 4.7, thus forcing you to use Intercrap Explorer.
Did I mention that Hotmail is owned by…MICROSOFT???
Just another part of Bill Gates’ world domination plan, once again. Well, FUCK YOU Bill Gates, for the umpteenth time, and FUCK YOU to all the Gates-wannabes who will undoubtedly flock to this thread telling me I can live without Microsoft products. Someday, Bill will get you too.
Strange, I’ve had no problems accessing Hotmail with Netscape.
So, not only is Microsoft evil, they’re out to get you in particular. :rolleyes:
Either that, or you’re a bumbling incompetent who shouldn’t be allowed near a computer. (By the way, if Microsoft is so eeeee-vil, why don’t you switch to Linux?)
I’m pretty sure that I know what the problem is, and if I’m right, it’s fairly easy to fix. But since you’ve started off by insulting the people who might be able to help you solve this, have fun on your own. Again. I will sleep more soundly knowing that you’re forced to use IE because you’re acting like a jerk.
(I’ve had to put up with assholes who think that beina an asshole will get them better tech support at work for years. Somehow telling JET “Fuck you, you’re on your own” is remarkably satisfying!)
Huh. News to me too. I’ve been accessing my Hotmail account on Netscape 4.7 just fine all along too. I must’ve slipped under the Evil Radar or something.
Fuck your bashing of Microsoft. Don’t want to use it, then DON’T!!! Use linux, buy a Mac, use Yahoo mail. I really get sick and tired of this endless, stupid ass debate. Bill Gates is evil, Microsoft is to big, blah blah blah. Big fucking yawn dude.
World domination? How fucking stupid is that? Do you think most people like the fact that they are using Microsoft products? Hell yes! They LIKE Windows. They LIKE Hotmail. They LIKE Office 2K!
Obviously huh? So you reached this conclusion with great thought and introspection did you? Call up Microsoft or send an email to them validating this? Perhaps you read it somewhere online that Netscape doesn’t work with Hotmail? Got a link for that? Guess what Skippy, works just fine here. Both 4.7 and 6.0 on both Windows 2000 and Mandrake Linux. Why don’t you come up with something a little more solid than that, you idiot.
Intercrap Explorer. How fucking original is that? Gonna give us some more moldy oldies? WinBLOWS! Internet EXPLODER!
So go fucking recompile your Linux Kernal, and try to find drivers for your Video card you fucking dipshit.
Probably. I often believe that the whole universe was created solely to torment me.
Shee-ya, why don’t I delete all my games & applications while I’m at it?? Take a look at the software aisle at Fry’s someday, notice how ALL software requires Win95 or Win98, save for a small Mac section. Have you ever seen a game that ONLY works on Linux?? Or, for that matter, is even AVAILABLE for Linus??? Show me one, and I’ll mow your lawn.
Did I mention the whole world was out to get me? This proves it. I’m a jerk because I rant about Microsoft. Well, excuuuuse me. What is it about me that draws the JET-bashers??
So let me start over. I’m very, very, very sorry for appearing to offend anyone in this thread. Please, kind sir, tell me how to fix this problem. I would be most appreciative.
P.S. I already have a Yahoo account, which I use for other needs. It works just fine, thankyoubeddymuch.
Then get another fucking Yahoo account and quit yer sniveling – Putz, you can have more than one Yahoo account and you can have free email virtually anywhere in the freakin world – Putz.
I sure hope mommy doesn’t pick out your clothes every day too.
I just wanted to say that I agree (for the most part) with the tone of the OP.
Microsoft has clearly taken steps to make sure that Netscape is incompatible with their products. I often find myself spending a lot of time making sure everything that I programmed that worked fine in IE works ok in Netscape (or vice versa).
I can’t really complain though, because I spend most of my time working with Microsoft products, so I’ve learned to live with it.
I do think that relying on HotMail is no good, however. If you already have a Yahoo account, why not add an Excite account? (or as techchick said, another Yahoo account)
And Fenris, I’m kind of interested…how would you fix that problem? I haven’t called you a Gates-wannabe (I myself would love to be as rich as Gates), so can you give me the answer?
Hear, hear!! I think that a lot of people here are like the Kurds in Iraq, or Pakistanis in Israel (especially those who keep pushing Linux down my throat) who refuse to believe that they’re a dominated and persecuted culture. Sure, Kurds and Pakistanis have a tiny bit of autonomy, and focusing on that, believing that you’re better off than you really are, is a powerful defense mechanism. It’s still denial, though. People in denial irritate the hell out of me.
Speaking of incompatibility issues, I’m designing a webpage and I just noticed that IE is stupid with drawing borders around images. Netscape automatically matches the border color with text color (helpful to make dark images stand out against dark backgrounds), but IE does NOT! JEEZ!!! (Yeah, yeah, someone’s gonna say, “I can help you but I won’t because you’re a jerk,” well save your breath because I already figured out how to fix it, it’s just annoying.)
I only use Hotmail for SDMB…and my Yahoo account is a different personality, “Jeremy’s Evil Twin’s Good Twin”, if you like. Yes, I have a good side… The problem with two Yahoo accounts would be having to switch between them every time I logged on, all those extra keystrokes you know. I’d rather spend my time doing something useful. Like masturbating.
SPOOFE…you used to be SPOOFE Bo Diddley, didn’t you? Or is that someone else?
Mm-hmm… someone’s been reading too many anti-Microsoft webpages. “Dominated and persecuted”… kid, you have no fucking idea what real persecution is. Spoiled little brat…
HORRORS!!! And you know what else?!? IE doesn’t allow you to FLY!! That piece of shit!! And you know what else?!? It won’t automatically download quality porn!!! Jeez, Microsoft sucks!!!
Yes, 'twas I. Try running a search on “SPOOFE Bo Diddly” and see how many times he’s posted in the past 90 days…
I guess you never read this thread…I do know what persecution is like. Just because I never worried about starving to death, or being led into a glass oven, doesn’t make it any different from not being able to order Pepsi at McDonalds, principle-wise. It’s all about having choices taken away from you.
If NETSCAPE allowed me to fly, you better believe I’d complain!! In fact, I just spend hours downloading stuff with IE and here’s another list of things that piss me off:
No “View Page Info” option for webpages.
No “View Image” option when you right-click on an image. It doesn’t even tell you the filename of the image, which Netscape did.
When saving a file (at the box where you enter the directory/filename to be saved) you can’t move your cursor over a link and see the link title, unlike Netscape.
Instead of holding down the “Back” or “Forward” button to skip several pages back or forward, there’s a little arrow next to each button…a minor quibble, but annoying if you’re not used to it.
Also, I noticed IE tends to not tell me it’s doing something when it’s doing something. Like, I hit the “Back” button and it takes it’s own sweet time loading the page until I start thinking I didn’t click the button hard enough and click it again and wind up skipping TWO pages back. Granted, this was less of a problem as time went by, but at least Netscrape gives you the “Reading File” message at the bottom. It’s also a lot faster, too.
Now, tell me I’m an idiot for not knowing how to fix these things. You can’t. Because you CAN’T CHANGE THEM, RIGHT??? You’re STUCK with them!!!
Oops, in my haste I forgot to add a feature that’s actually in IE’s favor. When you click a link to download a file, it highlights the link with a border so later you know what link you clicked on last. Very helpful when downloading multiple files from one page…didn’t realize it until I closed IE in disgust and fired up Netscrape.
Still, things weigh heavily in Netscrape’s favor. But I wanted to be fair!
I DID read that thread, which is exactly why I feel qualified in saying that you have no idea what real persecution is. Israel? Iraq? You want to compare these countries to your unhappy childhood? Are you serious?
Yeah, you are an idiot. You complain and complain and complain and complain… yet when people tell you how to solve your “problems”, you respond like an asshole.
Please tell me WHY you have to use IE.
“'Cuz I have to access Hotmail!”
No you don’t. Get a different E-mail account.
“But I can’t! Microsoft is holding a gun to my head, forcing me to use Hotmail!”
I can gain access to my Hotmail just fine from Opera 5. However, I get a message stating that Hotmail might not work on my browser. Huh. It works just fine, though.
My guess is that Jeremy’s Evil Twin just enjoys being an arsehole.
And a whole ton of others. Those are just the ones I know of, but I’m not gonna do a websearch just so that King Cocksmoker I, the world-renowed Windows master faggot, won’t have to rely on Hotmail.
Oh yeah, if you want more info on the Opera browser, it’s http://www.opera.com (and no, I’m not being paid to tell you about it).
Look on the bright side JET: If all other options fall by the wayside, you’ll always have a place on President ‘The World is My Lobster’ Bush’s Foreign Policy team.
Yes, I have a good side… The problem with two Yahoo accounts would be having to switch between them every time I logged on, all those extra keystrokes you know. I’d rather spend my time doing something useful. Like masturbating.