Pete Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Tried taxing last night and the website didn't respond. Tried again tonight, same thing. Hmm... Use IE. Straight in no probs. Thought I'd share in case anyone else sees similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Did with Firefox this morning - no probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you do use firefox, there is a nice little plug in called IETab which allows you to run IE inside firefox for those sites that may not work... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you do use firefox, there is a nice little plug in called IETab which allows you to run IE inside firefox for those sites that may not work... This is v.useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Yeah, I have to use because our intranet is all IE based, and some sites like BBC don't work too well under firefox.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 This is v.useful. Yes it is. Pete - Serious Question. Why are you using Firefox over IE7? Specific stuff now not the Usual IE is unsecure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Yes it is. Pete - Serious Question. Why are you using Firefox over IE7? Specific stuff now not the Usual IE is unsecure! Firefox is extendable... Extensions such as Adblock plus, proxyswitcher, IEtab and few others just make life easier.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekymonkey Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you do use firefox, there is a nice little plug in called IETab which allows you to run IE inside firefox for those sites that may not work... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 Neat but I'd imagine you'd need IE installed in the first place for that to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Neat but I'd imagine you'd need IE installed in the first place for that to work If you are running windows then 1-100 you will have IE installed... removing IE from windows is a difficult task and VERY few people will go through the effort... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 My son is a computer techie guy and as I have never had a problem running anything from firefox he has probably done that already. Got car taxed anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you are running windows then 1-100 you will have IE installed... removing IE from windows is a difficult task and VERY few people will go through the effort... Even if its been disabled by "Default programs" the DLL's are still present and accept calls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Yes it is. Pete - Serious Question. Why are you using Firefox over IE7? Specific stuff now not the Usual IE is unsecure! For my job it meets standards better (especially CSS) and as mentioned it has some nice extensions. Spell checker being the obvious one. There's also a terribly useful web developer tool bar, Firebug for debugging, FireFTP, Forecast Fox for weather plus lots of other cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 FcukFox worked fine for me when I bought my tax today too - The extensions are the decider for me over IE7, I'm also a fan of the password manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I also use FireFox have not had problems taxing my car:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Ok ok - so it's just my lame ass PC then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Ok ok - so it's just my lame ass PC then! Yep, even dumbo me, and my dinosaur PC managed it with Firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 At about 10-11am today I couldn't tax mine as their site said they had issues (Came up with a note to say to phone, or go into the Post Office)... So you may have hit that... Sorry, I just remembered that, Footy on the mind and all that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you do use firefox, there is a nice little plug in called IETab which allows you to run IE inside firefox for those sites that may not work... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 That's great... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I could not access the link to the online portal using Vista, been trying for two days thinking that the site was down. Booted up in XP and it worked straight away. Anyone else have problems with this link using Vista ? http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/?SKIN=directgov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Well I'm running Vista too. That link just says "waiting..." and times out if FF, but works fine in IE7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Yep, even dumbo me, and my dinosaur PC managed it with Firefox I've got the landlord of your local (Roger) coming to see me tomorrow. I think he's fried his PC now. It won't turn on, went very hot and smells funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I get like that drinking his beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I get like that drinking his beer. Lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekymonkey Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 If you are running windows then 1-100 you will have IE installed... removing IE from windows is a difficult task and VERY few people will go through the effort... Indeed - Mac laptop and Linux servers all the way here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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