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Can greasemonkey open a link in a different browser?

Roger Dodger — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:51:32 -0800

Is it possible to use a greasemonkey script in Firefox to open specific links in Internet Explorer? If so, what would it look like? The particular element in the HTML page is an input button which executes some javascript, which opens a different webapp in a new browser window. However, that webapp only works with IE, and I use Firefox. The element looks similar to this:

<input value="New Webapp"  class="btn" name="webapp" onclick="openIntegration('/servlet/servlet.Integration?scontrolCaching=1&lid=00b70000000zL1t&eid=50070000009tNYv&ic=1', 'height=600,location=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=1', 1)" title="New Webapp" type="button" />

The openIntegration function (which sits in a separate .js file) looks like this:

function openIntegration(url, props, positionType) {

    var newWindow = window.open(url, "_blank", props, false);

    if (positionType == 2){

        newWindow.moveTo(0, 0);

    } else if (positionType == 0){

        newWindow.moveTo(0, 0);

        newWindow.resizeTo(self.screen.width, self.screen.height);

    }

}

Can javascript be used to specify a browser other than default? How would I go about doing this?

CSS positioning problem in IE.

Uncle — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:55:21 -0800

Why does my sidebar line up fine in Firefox but not IE? So I'm rebuilding my theatre company's website and i can't for the life of me get the sidebar to line up right in IE. (screen shot) The side bar is contained in a div which is floated to the right in a div that contains the whole body.
Here is the CSS.
Here is the HTML for the sidebar.
And here is the main page.
Thanks.

Help me avoid reloading my Vostro 1700 XP image!!!!

littleredwagon — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:51:02 -0800

Both latest IE and Firefox are hanging. I get the following two errors in Event Viewer Application Log: 1. Application Hang Hanging application firefox.exe, version 1.9.0.3188, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. 2. Fault bucket 943649184. I've run chkdsk...defrag...Dell diagnostics on memory and system. Nothing is jumping out. I've even run Ccleaner, nothing fixes this issue. My google-fu is failing me... Any ideas?

CSS help is needed

joelf — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:25:30 -0800

Can I make this work in IE the same as it does in Firefox? Here is the example i need some CSS help with. This works properly in Firefox, but needs some help in IE. Any suggestions?

Keeping Firefox (or Internet Explorer) "always on top".

bamassippi — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:08:15 -0800

Keeping Firefox (or Internet Explorer) "always on top". So, I like to watch Hulu.com videos while I work, but I've yet to find way (or free extension) to allow me to keep a Firefox or Internet Explorer window always-on-top while I work.

Any suggestions?

How do I open certain sites in IETab?

Rabulah — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:36:27 -0800

I use Firefox. I want to be able to open certain sites in IETab/Internet Explorer automatically. I can do this quite easily if they are bookmarked, but I want to be able to do it every time I come across a link to the site. Example 1] I'm browsing the web, and I come across a link to foo.com. Normally, when I click the link to foo.com, it will open in a normal Firefox tab. I want to be able to just click the link to foo.com, and have it open in IETab/Internet Explorer automatically, without having to right click and choose "Open in IETab", or copy the URL from the address bar and paste it into Internet Explorer.

Example 2] I do a Foo.com search from the Firefox search bar. I want the search tab to open in IETab/Internet Explorer automatically.

I have been using IE View Lite, which will load the site in IE after half a second, but Firefox still starts to load foo.com before IE View Lite takes over, which I don't want. I want Firefox to never load foo.com AT ALL.

How can I get this functionality? Example 2 is the more pressing problem, if that makes any difference.

Firefox freezes when downloading, help!

yellowbinder — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:51:02 -0800

I download a lot of images from the net. Using Firefox, the browser freezes while the file downloads. IE does not. I hate using IE. How do I make Firefox allow me to surf around while downloading? I should add this is only the case when I use right click, "save as," and not when I click a prompted download. I think it happens for all files downloaded this way, not just images.

IE printing issue

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:55:57 -0800

Why won't Internet Explorer print images from a web site? The site is http://marriott.com/property/mapandnearbyairports/default.mi?marshaCode=gnvcy.

I had a user who was on the road and trying to print out the map. I got her to print a map of the area from Google Maps (worked fine), which solves the problem but not my curiosity.

At my machine, "Print Preview" shows only some text at the top and bottom but omits all images on the page, which is also how it prints. Firefox prints it correctly. The remote user confirmed the same IE behavior on her machine.

So what's on that page that keeps IE from printing the page correctly?

Firefox will not load a single site on my computer, but Interner Explorer 7 will work just fine.

cheero — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:22:39 -0800

I have an issue with Firefox as of late. Firefox will not load a single site on my computer, but Interner Explorer 7 will work just fine. I have a portable Firefox on my flash drive which loads just fine, but it does not make sense any the Firefox that is installed on my machine does not work. I have an issue with Firefox as of late. Firefox will not load a single site on my computer, but Interner Explorer 7 will work just fine. I have a portable Firefox on my flash drive which loads just fine, but it does not make sense any the Firefox that is installed on my machine does not work.

I have scanned my system numerous times with Ewido, Ad-Aware, NOD32, AVG and Windows Defender, all of them showed no threats. Does anyone have any idea what it could be or maybe what tech forums I should go to and ask for more help?

Thank you in advance!

Why can't I view this website?

mule — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:16:21 -0800

Why can't I view/load this website? For some reason which totally confuses me, I am unable to access this url from my home network.

I can go to the site succesfully at work and from a relatives PC, but whenever I try to connect at home I get a timeout error. I've tried connecting on both PC and Mac using Safari, Firefox and IE.

There is nothing in any firewalls/browser preferences that should be preventing acces to this site, both on the computers and on the ADSL router.

I'm at a total loss. Can anyone offer any helpful hints?

Web browser market share reference

Joleta — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:29:58 -0800

What is the definitive online reference for web browser market share? I've found this site which looks nice, but I don't know if it's the most authoritative site for stating browser statistics. Our company needs to convince a vendor to program a partner site to work in non-IE browsers (Firefox, etc.) and I want to make sure the statistics I'm quoting are reasonably valid.

Help me filter the porn!

dance — Sun, 28 May 2006 15:35:55 -0800

For my work, I've been asked to prevent a client's son from browsing porn on the family computer without spending money on NetNanny style products. I confess to encountering some difficulty. I have set Win XP to use the MVPS hosts file and tried a couple of free porn filters but have come up against a brick wall. Help me! Further info:

The free porn filter I tried was useless. It was poorly engineered and though it promised operation at the TCP/IP layer, it was only able to (poorly) filter Internet Explorer traffic. I need FireFox filtering, too.

One idea I had was routing all requests through a Squid proxy running on a dedicated server? Would that work?

This stupid website doesn't like my operating system, help me trick it

Mijo Bijo — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:05:36 -0800

I'm currently using a computer with Windows x64 as its operating system and I need to log into a tax website to file my taxes, but the website does not support my operating system. I've tried Firefox, IE, and Opera, so it is definitely the operating system. Is there a plugin for any of the above mentioned browsers that will identify my operating system as plain ol' vanilla Windows XP?

IE doesn't display gifs, but FireFox and Safari have no problem.

Wild_Eep — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:35:07 -0800

WebDevFilter: Why do some gifs GIFs *not* appear in Windows/IE, but do appear in Win/FireFox Mac/Safari and Mac/FireFox? Specific example inside. The site I'm working on seems to appear just fine in 3 browsers, but not in IE for Windows. I get white boxes with red x's in them instead of the gifs I expect.

This output was given to me from an export from Quark XPress, which produced the CSS. I'm a CSS newbie (but I understand the concepts).

Google returns a boatload of results, mostly relating to making changes to the registry and deleting temporary files. Before I do anything that drastic, could I have another set of eyes look over my code?

Firefox Annoyance

KRS — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:45:45 -0800

I'm forced to use IE at work. Of course I use Firefox at home. My fingers automatically type Alt-A to get my IE fAvorites dropdown list, but Firefox uses Alt-B for Bookmarks. Is there a simple way to add Alt-A to Firefox, as an alternative way to invoke Alt-B?

What alternatives are there to Outlook for email?

NekulturnY — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:16:04 -0800

Reborn Firefox user looking for e-mail advice. (mi) I have gone off MS IE, switching to Firefox. It's now time to do the same for Microsoft Outlook, methinks, so I'm looking for a free mail program with tasks, calendar, contacts, etc. (basically, MS Outlook done good). Only one problem: I need to be able to migrate my almost 1000 contacts, more than 6000 e-mails etc. to the new program (with attachments, date stamps and everything). Hope me?

Firefox opening twice in two identical windows

nylon — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:24:44 -0800

Eudora + Firefox + XP: every time I launch a link from within an email, Firefox opens it twice in two identical windows, and I also get a blank IE window. Needless to say, I just want one version of the link. In Firefox.
Spybot, Adaware, Hijackthis and AVG show nothing untoward on my system. Anyone else get this?

Firefox at Work

Tin Man — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:16:32 -0800

I really love using Firefox instead of IE as my browser, but I'm having problems with Firefox at work. About half the time I try to use it at work, it won't load anything. It tells me that the page timed out. Whenever this happens, I have to browse with IE instead until Firefox starts working again, several minutes later. I have no problems with Firefox at home. I've heard this is a firewall-related issue, but I don't really understand. Is there a way to fix this?