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CardJoe · 4th Aug 2008, 12:53

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08...ousands-down/1

A glitch in Javascript tracking code produced by web analytics company SiteMeter knocked thousands of websites offline on Saturday - but only for Internet Explorer users.

legoman666 · 4th Aug 2008, 15:06

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While the code works fine in any third-party browser you care to name

What in the hell is a "third party browser"?

Timmy_the_tortoise · 4th Aug 2008, 15:22

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Originally Posted by legoman666

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While the code works fine in any third-party browser you care to name

What in the hell is a "third party browser"?

Opera, Firefox etc.

HugoB · 4th Aug 2008, 15:49

Safari was fine too, which (for some) is a first-party browser

TGImages · 4th Aug 2008, 17:18

How about everyone (websites) stop worrying about our browsing habits and instead focus on content and function???

legoman666 · 4th Aug 2008, 17:47

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Originally Posted by Timmy_the_tortoise

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Originally Posted by legoman666

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While the code works fine in any third-party browser you care to name

What in the hell is a "third party browser"?

Opera, Firefox etc.

And what is a first party browser? I do not think it means what you think it means.

ParaHelix.org · 4th Aug 2008, 19:25

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Originally Posted by legoman666

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Originally Posted by Timmy_the_tortoise

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Originally Posted by legoman666

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While the code works fine in any third-party browser you care to name

What in the hell is a "third party browser"?

Opera, Firefox etc.

And what is a first party browser? I do not think it means what you think it means.

Yes, there is no such thing as a "third party browser", I think what you mean by it though is a browser that does not come pre-installed into an operating system.

B3CK · 4th Aug 2008, 20:00

Why can we install third party browsers in windows, but can't install IE in linux? I smell another anti-trust lawsuit.

Cthippo · 4th Aug 2008, 20:32

Actually, you can, but it needs to run under WINE or some such program. The really entertaining bit is that WINE will pass the WGA check, even though it has NO MS code

Singularity · 4th Aug 2008, 20:34

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Originally Posted by B3CK

Why can we install third party browsers in windows, but can't install IE in linux? I smell another anti-trust lawsuit.

More importantly... why would we want to?

TomH · 4th Aug 2008, 21:17

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Originally Posted by B3CK

Why can we install third party browsers in windows, but can't install IE in linux? I smell another anti-trust lawsuit.

Because we don't want to

(And it might work via Wine, if WGA didn't get in the way.)

Yemerich · 5th Aug 2008, 02:06

good thing bit tech was online saturday

Armand-[79th] · 5th Aug 2008, 03:38

Yet more proof that IE is complete arse.

quack · 6th Aug 2008, 01:07

IE7 has no WGA checks.

TomH · 6th Aug 2008, 08:38

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Originally Posted by quack

IE7 has no WGA checks.

That's news to me. When did that happen?

Edit: Seems you're right! Maybe I'll see if it works later..

quack · 6th Aug 2008, 11:17

According to this article, October 2007.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-from-ie7.html

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