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Anybody have a new avatar?

This doesn't happen to me on Firefox on OS X, so it's probably an ActiveX thingie... If someone's hosting an image on an MSN server or something.

a-ha!

Radtek2's avatar is hosted here:

http://groups.msn.com/PicturesfromtheIversonBrood/idphotoforwebpage.msnw

Right now he's suspect #1.

That's the one. I put in that addy, and it brought up a sign in page. He probably just needs to make it public.

Yup. It's him. Luckily, I use Firefox and it ignores the images.

I'm using IE and don't get the message. Peter, you mean you can't see my beautiful avatar?

No, no. I see your avatar just fine. I do however, have the power to permanently nuke it from my screen whenever I want, though...

You must be one of the few individuals who use IE and actually set the preferences so you are LESS LIKELY to be pestered by "install this" and "install that" dialog boxes.

Well I do use a very effective pop up and script blocker.

I would still HIGHLY recommend Firefox. I've been using it since it was phoenix then firebird and have not looked back. I only use IE when the pages functionality is broken and I have no choice but to use IE. (that means the person who coded the page needs to brush up on their skills or find a new job IMHO).

jr

I'm with you. For years I had absolutely nothing positive to say about Netscape. They were pioneers in the browser market, then they pissed away their customer base with the neverending series of 4.X failures, all the while whining about how big bad Microsoft was running them into the ground.

I'm no fan of Microsoft, but the fact is that the Netscape 4.X browsers were garbage. Flaky at best, with absolutely zero support for CSS standards, and it seemed like every bit of functionality was just some knee-jerk reaction to whatever MS was trying to establish at the time - usually the polar opposite, which resulted in a browser that was absolutely maddening for developers and designers.

And then came Netscape 6/Mozilla. Nice idea. They were on the right track, but they weren't quite there yet. More improvements with upgraded versions of Mozilla/Netscape 7. Finally, we get Phoenix/Thunderbird/Firefox. THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. Very nice...easy to use, very useful features, quick, stable, supports established standards (to a fault, actually), and tabbed browsing rules! My only complaint is that saving something as innocuous as a jpeg often results in the download manager launching, which is baffling to me since it should already be in the cache.

In any case, IE is gathering dust on my computer and is only used to test browser compatibility. Firefox gets my vote.

What is this mysterious "firefox" you speak of. I've always used IE and never really thought about anything else. Tried Netscape ages ago and didn't care for it.