On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 09:28:10AM -0500, Doug Mitton wrote: > On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:31:16 +0100, you wrote: > > >Hi All; > > > >I'm looking to see if anyone can confirm a change on the Walmart Photo web > >site. It appears it has gone "Internet Explorer" only as I can't get > >Konqueror or Mozilla on Linux (or WinXP) to work. The clerk at the store > >says she is processing online orders. It was working fine for the last > >couple of years and up to 1 month ago. The "look" is now different also. > > > >I submit photos regularly online then go to the store and pick them up. > >My main use of this though is to send pictures to my parents in another > >province who do not have a computer. > > > >Sometime in the last month it appears they have started using a new > >"shopping cart" vendor. Regardless, the new system allows uploading, > >editting and the like BUT as soon as you select photos to send to the > >"Shopping Cart" the list is empty and the message states "you must select > >size, finish and quantity prior to submitting your order". > > > >As you might expect there is no "Contact Us" link on the photo site or the > >shopping-cart software. I have sent a message via the main Walmart page > >but it is a Mon-Fri only system. > > > >Regardless, do any other Linux using Canadians use this service, is it > >working for you and if so, what browser are you using? > > > >TIA! > > Well, I haven't really heard from Walmart BUT I have found a solution. > > I have been using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x since my original > installation. It seems that Walmart has now made this version > obsolete. If I upgrade to (interim) 2.0.0.17 or the current 3.0.3 all > is working again. > > I guess I'm a little at fault BUT I do wish they would provide > meaningful error messages in situations like this. My poor-ole 1.5.x > version was working so well. > > Any way, it seems to be resolved ... for now! > > Thanks for all the feedback and comments! Heh. This is why you should always keep your programs updated to the most recent version, especially for something as commonly used as Firefox. In case you have more problems you could try the User Agent Switch plugin for Firefox, I've had very good success setting my Firefox to show up as Netscape on Vista. -- AIM: BlockMeHarder MSN: pobega@gmail.com JIM: pobega@jaim.at Follow my Tweets; http://twitter.com/pobega
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