In my experience using IE usually bridges the gap between proper computers (Macs) and popular desktop toys (PCs). I haven't used IE for a while because it is slow, memory hogging and unreliable like most Micro$oft offerings but occasionaly I will fire it up to get around PC oriented sites.
I don't think I tried uploading GIFS or JPGs via IE but can confirm that legitimate files with correct suffixes saved via Quicktime, Photoshop or any industry standard are not recognised here through other browsers. The workaround I used was to save my image as a bitmap file (.BMP) and that works fine.
No problems saving 'Myself in four words' on Mac. I use Mozilla as my browser of choice (older pre OSX version of Firefox) and Opera is not bad either.
Just to say that using BMP is still hit and miss. I just unsuccessfully tried changing my pic but seem to remember that last time it changed about a day later, despite appearing not to have been recognised. Give it a try anyway, you have nothing to lose. Personally it is going to be too much hassle to take part in the avatar contests whose site also fails to recognise JPGs on a Mac.
Just to say that using BMP is still hit and miss. I just unsuccessfully tried changing my pic but seem to remember that last time it changed about a day later, despite appearing not to have been recognised.
This sounds like an ISP caching issue. I've no idea how to do a full refresh (i.e., a refresh from host server, not the nearest cache) on a Mac, but with a real computer (a PC ) it's ctrl-F5. It will have been changed at source (at fwfr) but someone somewhere else on the planet will be caching and giving you the older version to save bandwidth.
quote:Personally it is going to be too much hassle to take part in the avatar contests whose site also fails to recognise JPGs on a Mac.
This is easy to fix. Take a sledgehammer. And a Mac. There, fixed!
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Posted - 05/13/2006 : 13:00:03
) it's ctrl-F5. It will have been changed at source (at fwfr) but someone somewhere else on the planet will be caching and giving you the older version to save bandwidth.