QUOTE (TheChemist @ Nov 3 2005, 06:56 AM)
Sunspot,
I was able to duplicate your problem. Firefox 1.0.7 on WinMe with the flashblock extension crashes while attempting to connect to planetary.org
However, I also have found the solution for you : Install the NoScript extension for Firefox. It blocks all javascript, AND flash (see advanced options menu), without crashing with planetary.org, and a couple of other flash sites I checked.
You can either get rid of flashblock, or have both extensions run together.
Phew, I am relieved that you all were able to work out this problem. The new website does use Flash to do some of the particularly pretty text rendering but as far as we understood it, it was supposed to "break nicely" for older browsers that could not use Flash. The site was developed using Firefox and Netscape on both PC and Mac, Safari on the Mac, IE on the PC, and something I don't remember on linux/solaris. Because of the use of PHP and CSS it may require some users of older versions of Netscape and IE to upgrade but there's only so far backward compatible our developer could go. I am told (not being a Mac person) that Microsoft has completely given up on upgrading IE for the Mac; it can't handle the PHP and CSS so IE for the Mac chokes on our new site. But that should be the only browser compatibility problem.
Speaking of thingummies, several of the proposals we received for the design of our new site wanted to put one of those super-annoying lengthy Flash animations in front of the whole site. Ridiculous. Our site is all about content, and the thingummies are just supposed to help you access the content and otherwise leave you alone.
I hope others will post here or email me if they have any other problems. The redesign was supposed to make our site more useable, not less
Thank you very much, TheChemist, for diagnosing and treating Sunspot's problem!
--Emily