Website problems

Hi there,

I had similar problems with certain web sites. I found that using the reset safari option worked for me. But remember that this will get rid of any auto fill options you have setup (like previous google searches), oh and i think the keychain loses your passwords for any websites you have a password for (like webmail).

Stan

Wow. This is really strange.

I just tried to get on to the Gap's website ( http://www.gap.com ) and I couldn't, either. It just appears to load and reload forever, without ever properly loading. The screen goes blank, I get a "loading" message, but nothing ever loads and the "loading" message keeps repeating until I force it to stop. I'm using Safari, too, and I could have sworn that I've successfully logged on to that site in the past.

I'm not sure what's up.

The same thing happens when I try to log on to:

http://www.bananarepublic.com and
http://www.oldnavy.com

They're all realted companies.

Wierd. I know that I used to be able to access these sites, and (to my knowledge) I haven't changed any settings on Safari.

Anyone experiencing these problems, and/or have any ideas as to why this happening?

Same thing happening here. I'm running 10.3.9 so I don't think it has to do anything with the lates updates.

I went to oldnavy.com in IE and this came up.
We're sorry, but we do not support the version of the browser you are using. Our site works best with the following browsers:
PC users
Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
Netscape 7 and above
Mozilla (including Firefox) 1.0 and above

Mac users
Netscape 7 and above
Mozilla (including Firefox) 1.0 and above

I went back to it on Netscape, and it seemed to work fine.

Gap.com works fine for me with firefox.

Hangs up as described above when I try with Safari.

bw, you're right.

I just downloaded, installed and tried Firefox for the first time. It worked on Gap.com like a charm. Interestingly, when I clicked on Gap.com's "web browser" help section, it doesn't mention Firefox at all. It states the following:

Gap Online is best viewed with AOL version 5.0 or higher, Netscape Navigator version 4.7 or higher, or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher. You can upgrade your browser at AOL, at Netscape, or at Microsoft for free.

By the way, am I imagining it, or is Firefox a faster browser, with clearer graphics and the same general utility as Safari. It's the first alternative browser I've tried, and I really like it a lot. Everything seems to load faster than Safari.

Must say, though, it's still a pretty lame choice by Gap/Banana Rep./Old Navy to design a web site that prevents access by Safari users, seeing as how Safari comes installed and ready to go on all Macs. Not sure why they'd want to make it difficult for us. Oh, well.....

Thanks for the tip re Firefox.

I really like Firefox. To me, it definitely seems faster than anything else I've tried. Glad you like it.

It doesn't look like it, but I figure it couldn't hurt to ask, is there anyway to import bookmarks from Safari into Firefox?

There might be but not that I'm aware of...I ended up doing it manually.

MyRebelGirl:

As far as I can tell, Firefox imports bookmarks from IE but not from Safari.

Good news about the Gap being aware of the problem and promising to fix it. Thanks for that.

Glad Firefox worked out for you.

Happy shopping! 😉

When wanting to export bookmarks out of Safari I've found Safari Bookmarks Exporter to be really helpful…

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19266

That's great. SBE is just what the doctor ordered. It worked perfectly and wa so simple to use.

I don't know why I didn't think to search versiontracker myself.

Now I have a real viable alternative to Safari. Thanks for the reference.

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