[OZAPRS] aprs.fi not working ubuntu

[Michael Brown VK2ZEN]

yes I just installed firefox 2  from the ubuntu add/remove utility and 
it installed it next to the firefox 3.  all works no problems.



David wrote:
> David wrote:
>> Tim Ahpee wrote:
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 05:01:14PM +1000, Michael Brown VK2ZEN wrote:
>>>  
>>>> does anyone else have a problem with getting stations to show up 
>>>> using  firefox in the latest ubuntu, or any linux ? any ideas at 
>>>> all why it  might not work.  What exactly renders those gogle maps 
>>>> and the stations  plots.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Ubuntu 8.04 includes Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 which does not play nice with
>>> aprs.fi. OH7LZB commented about it on his blog
>>>
>>> http://oh7lzb.blogspot.com/2008/04/firefox-3-beta-not-working-with-aprsfi.html 
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a bug logged against Firefox 3.0 regarding this problem 
>>> because
>>> the site works fine in 2.x. So until it gets fixed go and find a 
>>> copy of
>>> Firefox 2.x and install it alongside 3.0.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tim
>>> VK3TZA
>>>
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>> Hi All...using Ubuntu 8.04 here.....you can load Firefox 2 from the 
>> APT list and have both 2 and 3 beta ....just have to remember which 
>> one you want....on my other machine i had to do a complete new 
>> install of 8.04....had backed up my home drive and so i got a fairly 
>> clean install...3 beta had been bad on that machine sometimes 
>> producing garbage when loading some pages.....no problems 
>> now.....this machine was upgraded from 7.10 and found that 3 beta 
>> sometimes was bad.....there is a upgrade that seems to have fixed 
>> it.....ive set up my machines so that i can get the latest upgrades 
>> when i want them....
>>
>> 73 David VK4BDJ
>>
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> Hi again.....just checked with both firefox 2 and the upgraded 3 beta 
> with aprs.fi and had no problems......
>
> 73 David VK4BDJ
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