On Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:58 pm, Justin Denick wrote: > Hey, I hate to point out the obvious........ but......... um......... > Why not just use firefox? > It's open source and actually quite skinable, which (as I depart) > someting konq just can't do. At least for now. :-) And never will be. KDE isn't about skinning and such. It's about creating a uniform, well integrated desktop experiance. While skins may be cool, they do not portray a well integrated professional looking desktop. Normally with Firefox I tend to force it to have as close of a theme to KDE as I can get to make it look less the sore thumb on the desktop. > On 4/20/05, John <john_82@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've only tried it with one tab open in firefox (just) but it works > > perfectly. Hate to say it but for some reason firfox loaded up the ebay > > home page a lot quicker than konq does. > > If anybody wants to try this there is no need to actually place a bid. > > Hit bid now. This takes you to either a login window or a bid entry > > window. Hit bid in the bid now window and the next window asks > > for the bid to be confirmed. Just close the window at that point. > > Unless you want to bid! > > On download speed when I use firfox I get 524 kbps and 494 kbps > > when I use Konq!!!!! That's using the tiscali speed test page that can > > be easily found via google. Tiscali's connections are allways generous. > > > > Regards > > John > > > > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 14:16, you wrote: > > > Can this bug be repeated in Firefox? > > > If so it would elimate the probability that the issue is specific to > > > Konq. > > > > > > On 4/19/05, John <john_82@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > No need to be sorry Justin. Further thought. When the bid button is > > > > hit one of 2 things happens. Either the window navigates to a log in > > > > window, which is secure, or goes to a window which is used to enter > > > > the bid which I do not think is secure. There is also another root > > > > where the bid can be entered on an items page. That also causes ebay > > > > to generate an input error page if it's a tabbed window. The main > > > > point here is that a tab window in focus does not behave in the same > > > > manner as an ordinary window. Also that closing down the background > > > > tabs causes Konq to revert to correct operation. Me thinks this must > > > > be a bug. > > > > > > > > The tabs are a wonderfull way of cruising ebay. I usually scan from > > > > the shortest time to the end of an items auction. These finish up > > > > going left to right across the window. Very handy but I wonder if it > > > > would be nicer if the tabs themselves shrunk as the number built up. > > > > They aren't big enough to show much of the title in anycase - that > > > > could be taken care of with a hover. > > > > Regards > > > > John > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 19 April 2005 23:25, you wrote: > > > > > I evidently do not poof read my posts. Sorry. :-( > > > > > > > > > > On 4/19/05, Justin Denick <justin.denick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Though to be sure I'ver never bought anything from ebay so I have > > > > > > posted you prob to another thread, but it has just came to > > > > > > me........ Is there any jave running or any other sort of applet > > > > > > that causes the orginal "new window" to pop up? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/19/05, John <john_82@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > I don't think that's the problem. Ebay only goes secure when a > > > > > > > bid is placed. The error happens immediately place bid is hit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 19 April 2005 22:46, you wrote: > > > > > > > > Ebay uses some sort of ssl or certificate. Could it be that > > > > > > > > your tab may not be honoring that cert. or perhaps a cert. > > > > > > > > that has been issued as a separate instance? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/19/05, John <john_82@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > I use ebay from time to time and often finish with lot's of > > > > > > > > > windows up. Thought I would make thing easier by using > > > > > > > > > tabbed windows on items I may bid on. I tried to bid from > > > > > > > > > the tabbed window but ebay came up with "input error". Alls > > > > > > > > > ok if I bid from a normal window also ok if I open a > > > > > > > > > duplicate window and close all of the tabs I'm not entering > > > > > > > > > a bid on. Come on guys I missed a very good rare book! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > REgards > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > Account management: > > > > > > > > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. 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