brynn wrote:Well, I can't get the file opened at all from MediaFire. I'm getting an error message saying something like 'connection to database failed - please try again later'

Maybe EarlyBlake can open it? Otherwise, I'll wait for awhile and try again.

Blames this on IE You know FF isn't just for power users anymore. It's been ready for prime time for nearly a decade now. And it make you less susceptible to infections form malicious sites. And it has the ad blocking plug in. I think FF passed 30% usage a while ago. Although I have to say 3.0 is glitchier than 2.0 was.

brynn wrote:Thanks Early. Yeah, I still can't open it

I went to http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nwl1igeryzj

with IE 8. I had to wade through waist high pop-ups to get to the file. They made me look at a Family Guy quiz. I hate Family Guy! But I did eventually download the file with IE. I had IE's pop-up blocker on, still pop-ups >< After I closed all the pop-up, this is what the site looked like:

Does IE display the download button when you view the page, brynn?

noobscumer wrote:Sorry about the pop ups, i thought mediafire was ok.

I use firefox with the ad blocker extension, I haven't seen a pop up for so long I forget that stuff still goes on.

I don't blame you. I blame brynn for using IE! J/K I use FF too. I did not notice either in FF. I just wonder why brynn can't see that down load link, and I didn't want to miss a chance to knock IE

and I didn't want to miss a chance to knock IE

Very funny. If FF usage is at 30%, I wonder what IE is?

I don't see the download link because apparently clicking on the link provided starts the download. When I click on the link, I get the exact same page that you show in your screen shot, except in the place where it says "Click here to start download", instead I see....I don't remember the exact text, but it was something to the effect of 'download in progress, please wait'.

I did not get ANY popups, nor do I see the World WarCraft ad (or any ads) as I have my IE well defended! (You might want to look into getting the MVPS Host file for your IE.) It took a long time, maybe 2 or 3 minutes (on DSL!), then I got the error message about not being able to connect to the database. Now that I think about it, it may be that the Renesis IE Plug-in isn't compatible with Mediafire, somehow. Or it may be because I don't have file-sharing enabled. I don't really know, but as I've said, I can open SVGs from other sources.

brynn wrote:

and I didn't want to miss a chance to knock IE

Very funny. If FF usage is at 30%, I wonder what IE is?

According to the statistics on our company website, our visitors have the following browser:

ErikTiePie wrote:
According to the statistics on our company website, our visitors have the following browser:

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IE       : 59.3 %
Firefox  : 32.0 %
Safari   :  3.4 %
Opera    :  2.7 %
The rest :  2.6 %


That's interesting, what do %s look like for IE versions (there's 3 to track now)?

So far in June 2009 it's:

IE 5 and 3

I haven't seen those in quite a while

I think it's great your company site has hits from obscure clients, like Netscape 4 and wget Although, judging from this forum, the Inkscape community strongly favors Firefox. 62% of people here use Firefox as opposed to 19% for IE.