Browser Compatiblity - Updated March 4, 2006 with a chart!

[alyssachanpc]

This site is orginally designed for IE, but more alternative browsers are poping up recently. Also, on other platforms like the Mac have different browsers. Based on everyone's experience and feedback, this chart will reflect the current conditions and issues to be aware about.

For the chart and up to date info, see Gaiapedia's Browser Compatiblity Article: http://gaia.wikicities.com/wiki/Browser_Compatiblity

Windows:
Compatable:
IE 6 - Compatible, Gaia Towns problems.
IE 7 Beta 2- No problems
Mozilla/Firefox - Compatible. Cannot buy/sell items using shops in Mozilla (not Firefox). Gaia Towns freezes in Firefox
Opera 8.5 and 9 Pre 2: Compatible, Cannot buy/sell items using shops, problems with Gaia Towns.
Seamonkey 1.0 - Compatible, sometimes Gaia Towns black out after while


Not Tested:
Older IE Versions

Mac OS Classic (8.x-9.2.2)
Compatable:
Mozilla 1.3 Unoffical Build - Requires Carbonlib 1.2+ - No issues
Opera 6.0.3 - Minor Rendering Problems

Incompatible:
IE for Mac 5.1.3: Does not display the menu bar (top of the page) and refuses to show the avatar and gold count on the right.
iCab 2 (http://www.icab.de/): Does not view page correctly, unusable
iCab 3 Beta : Top Banner looks fuzzy, Complains of CSS Errors. Cannot edit/reply/post new topic.

Mac OS X
Compatible:
Mozilla/Firefox/Camino - Compatible. Cannot buy/sell items using shops in Mozilla (not Firefox). Gaia Towns freezes in Firefox
Opera 8.5 and 9 Pre 2: Compatible, Cannot buy/sell items using shops, problems with Gaia Towns.
Seamonkey 1.0 - Compatible, sometimes Gaia Towns black out after while
Safari/Shiira : No Problems

Not compatible
iCab 2 (http://www.icab.de/): Does not view page correctly, unusable
IE 5.2: When MS will ever learn. Site is unusable... Does not display the menu bar (top of the page) and refuses to show the avatar and gold count on the right.
iCab 3 Beta : Top Banner looks fuzzy, Complains of CSS Errors. Cannot edit/reply/post new topic.


Not Tested:
OnmiWeb: If anyone has a copy, let us know your results

Linux:
Compatible:
Mozilla/Firefox - Compatible. Cannot buy/sell items using shops in Mozilla (not Firefox). Gaia Towns freezes in Firefox
Opera 8.5 and 9 Pre 2: Compatible, Cannot buy/sell items using shops, problems with Gaia Towns.
Seamonkey 1.0 - Compatible, sometimes Gaia Towns black out after while
Konqueror 3.4: No problems

Not Tested:


Test Systems:
Mac: Power Mac 9200 at 120 (approx) MHz 604e Processor, Mac OS 8.6, 256 MB of RAM, 1.5 GB Hard Drive
Mac OS X: 1.2 GHZ G4 Processor, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB HD, Mac OS 10.3.9

PC: Windows XP, 1 GB of RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, P4 3.4 GHz

[alyssachanpc]

Finish testing Mac OS X Browser compatiblity.... add any feedback if you have any other browser than on the list or your comments..

Hope this helps 3nodding

[Sevi Rais]

Oooh~ X3~ Thanks for all the spiffy browser links!

The links need to be fixed. Just adding a BBcode tag somewhere in the name will help.

[url=http://www.mozilla.com/firefox][u]Mozilla Firefox[/u][/url]

Mozilla Firefox

[alyssachanpc]

Links are now fixed... thank you for that suggestion. wink

[alyssachanpc]

I have recently try to edit and try to post a topic/reply and it doesn't seem to do it with iCab 3. This means it's rendered uncompatible.

[alyssachanpc]

IE7 Beta 2 has been tested and seems to load the page correctly.

[alyssachanpc]

Seamonkey 1.0 is compatible with no glitches. (updated Feb 4, 2006)

[alyssachanpc]

Konqueror was tested with no problems.

System: VMware Virtual Machine with 256 MB RAM, 6 GB HD, KUbuntu.

[Shining_Celebi]

I would be very, very careful about saying a beta product is more secure, when there's no evidence for it. :

[Shirabelle]

Is there any way in knowing which browser is the best for towns?

I use FireFox and it freezes all the time. >.> It doesn't seem to have that effect on other people though.

I just downloaded SeaMonkey and tried opening towns, and it works in the trainstation, just when I try to go anywhere else the towns screen turns black and does nothing.

Could this be a problem with my computer or the browser?

[Sevi Rais]

.Joker Tearz.

Is there any way in knowing which browser is the best for towns?

I use FireFox and it freezes all the time. >.> It doesn't seem to have that effect on other people though.

I just downloaded SeaMonkey and tried opening towns, and it works in the trainstation, just when I try to go anywhere else the towns screen turns black and does nothing.

Could this be a problem with my computer or the browser?

Did you download the SeaMonkey for Windows or Linux?

Try clearing your cache for the firefox one or downloading the latest flash:

Flash Player 8

Other than that...might be a browser/firewall issue. Not sure.

[Japlish~Princess]

I'm having trouble with towns as well, both in IE and in Opera.

In IE,
arrow the towns screen opens, flashes the picture of the houses and whatnot quickly once,
arrow then goes black while the little loading environment beam at bottom stays white.
arrow Then it does nothing. No matter how long I wait.

Under Opera, it just acts asif I've not clicked it at all. I've just downloaded Flashplayer to see if that would help, but it doesn't.

Please PM me if you might know what's going on. I post too much to be able to find this thing again.. =/

[Synapt]

Might wanna organize the list a bit more, its... hard to read o_o; Bit confusing.

And also in relation to Shining Celebi, I would most definitly not list IE7 Beta's as a more secure.

IE6 is still stable release and actively patched for any holes (Meaning it really is not 'Full' of holes), IE7 is still in beta development stage, and for each build setup that has come out, there have been many holes found and reported nearly a day or two right after the release, so I would definitly not refer to that as more secure sweatdrop

[alyssachanpc]

Updated Browser Conditions and Compatiblity with new observations

[halo_master]

I always use Firefox and I never have any problems. o.O

In fact I have more problems with IE running multiple windows compared to running multiple tabs in Firefox.

The only problem I have is with Gaia Homes; but that problem occurs on whatever browser I use on this computer. (It doesn't have enough CPU power; 183. ;.; )