[olug] reading charts and grafts question

[Francis Geiger]

Mac,  thanks for the help. I think I will send ibd a note about how
there are folks out here who do not use M$.  Grant 



On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 22:33, Mac Petras wrote:
> Just to "butt in", I took a look at the site. If you're referring
> to using the "IBD Charts", here's a "requirements page:
> 
>     http://www.investors.com/xreq2.asp
> 
> They are using ActiveX controls for the charts. Which pretty much
> means you're screwed for Linux (unless someone more knowledgeable
> than I knows of a way to use them in Linux).  As for using
> Mozilla on a Windows box....perhaps. I seem to recall that there
> used to be a plug-in for Netscape that allowed for the use of
> ActiveX controls - but don't know if one's available for Mozilla.
> 
> Yet more developers that create web sites for a particular
> browser/OS. What are they thinking! (Feel free to insert favorite
> M$ bashing here...LOL)
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> 
> Jacobs, Robert A. said:
> > What's the URL?
> >
> > Are you aware of whether or not they are using some kind of
> > Active X control or other object that would be attempting to
> > raid your machine for .DLLs?
> >
> > Have you tried any other browsers:  Konqueror, Opera?
> >
> > Have you tried to access the site using Mozilla on a Windows
> > machine (to see if they are browser-sniffing and blocking
> > you based on the browser you use)?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Francis Geiger [mailto:hmcsret at cox.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:07 AM
> > To: Omaha linux user group email
> > Subject: [olug] reading charts and grafts question
> >
> >
> > I subscribe to Investors Business Daily and they have stock
> > charts for stock performance. When I try to view a stock
> > chart the web site informs me I need to have "windows".  I
> > only have rh9 on my computer and I use mozilla.  It seems
> > like every time I want to do something I run into this
> > windows problem.  Is there a way for me to open the charts
> > with out windows? Thanks for any help  Grant
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> > Francis Geiger <hmcsret at cox.net>
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