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Can't post to ActiveRain from Safari anymore. Is the problem Safari, Leopard, or ActiveRain?

By David Stewart

Real Estate Agent with On Top of the World Communities, Inc.

February 06, 2008 01:14 PM

Are any other Mac users having difficulty posting to ActiveRain from Safari?

Since upgrading to Leopard, or since my long hiatus of about three months from reading and posting to AR, I am unable to post from the Safari web browser. First, I was getting an error message about a Java script that was running too long, and being asked if I wanted to stop it--but it would often just lock up Safari. What??? So I disabled, through some Terminal trickery that got me a Safari Debug menu, Java script timing. So now I don't get that anymore.

The question is, is that Java script thing something new from the new version of Safari with Leopard, or some new programming in ActiveRain that conflicts with Safari? (Anyone actually working and possibly coding for AR, please feel free to chime in here.)

Anyway, when I try to comment or post in Safari, nothing happens. Nothing. Page just sits there.

So does anyone else here use Safari and Leopard, and are you having this problem? or is it just me?

Right now, I'm using FireFox to do this posting. It seems to work. But I don't like it.

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Taryn Merrick

Merrick Management And Media Virtual Assistant Services - Dandridge, TN

Virtual Assistant

David,

I have always had to use FFox to post, and was never able to use Safari. I don't know the techie explanation as to why though. I hope someone else out there does.

Feb 07, 2008 04:09 AM

Jon Boyd

Home Buyer's Agent of Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor Real Estate Buyers Agent

I have the problem also.

The error message I see on my OSX 10.5.1 is about a script running too slowly.

I'm now on Firefox but I also have an iphone and I won't be able to use that at all.

Feb 17, 2008 02:29 AM

Sam Miller

RE/MAX Stars Realty - Howard, OH

Knox County Ohio Real Estate Specialist

Not being able to post from Safari and from an iPhone is not cool. I wonder if there will be an update on Safari that will make it more web friendly because I have had a few other sites with similar issues.

Feb 18, 2008 11:07 AM

Eric Egeland

RE/MAX SUBURBAN - Libertyville, IL

SFR, e-PRO, CDPE

I use Firefox for my Mac, works perfect

Apr 23, 2008 12:13 AM

Michael Cole

CPG Tours - Corona, CA

I switched to FireFox a couple of years ago. It's seems to be the most compatible. I still keep Safari and Explorer active in my dock. But that's only as a backup option to sites that don't support FireFox on Macs -- which is typically just lazy programming.

Apr 23, 2008 09:56 AM

Brian Dapice

Keller Williams Realty - Danvers, MA

Bostonnulls North Shore

I use Firefox too. I use Safari for everything else except for the MLS and ActiveRain. The .Mac sync capabilities from the iMac to the MacBook Pro are awesome!

I think everybody has problems with this. It's not exclusive to this website either. I cannot use Top Producer and virtually every real estate investment software package out there!

I also will use Firefox every once and a while I'll visit a "questionable website" I don't want my wife seeing in the browsing history... ;)

May 08, 2008 10:33 AM

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