Comments on: Iberia on-line check-in doesn’t work with free software http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/ a potpourri of mirth and madness Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: flint http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1055 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:30:36 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1055 mdz,

I would like to know what the results of trying IE4Linux:
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page

Just curious… I have had to embrace Active X scripts in the past… it is a calculated risk.

Regards,

Flint

]]> By: Paul Ladouceur http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1037 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:30 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1037 Here in Quebec, Canada we have government sites that requires IE with ActiveX enabled.

I had to run IE for Linux when my girlfriend gave birth to our first baby to get $ support from ou beloved government…

And i experienced same thing with some “photo-developping” sites.

I hate stumbling of sites made by lazy guys that don’t care about people that do not use M$ craps…

]]> By: Carlos http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1036 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:42:55 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1036 In such cases where Linux+Firefox does not work (my particular cases are Linkedin.com or the Spanish lotteries transactional website or several Swedish sites) I always try Konqueror (I am Kubuntu user) and usually that is OK.
Maybe Epiphany is a solution as well…
I suspect some cases to be actually trying to discourage the use of Linux+Firefox or (worse) page developpers not assuming the use of generic code to make them accessible to every browser.
I hope this helps.

]]> By: Eric Pritchett http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1035 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:47 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1035 Try restarting the Internet. That might do the trick. :-P

]]> By: Martin Albisetti http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1033 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:25 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1033 Well, to be honest, their web page reflects how bad everything else works, so at least they’re honest.
After 48 flights in the past year and a half, I can say without a doubt Iberia provided the worst overall experience.
I mean, who leaves TV screens shining at your face with cheap movies from the early 90′s on for a 12 hour flight?

]]> By: mdz http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1032 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:36:21 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1032 I think you misread the article. The problem is that the site won’t give you the PDF if it can’t confirm that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader.

]]> By: GodLikeCreature http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1031 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:10 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1031 Well, to be honest, I think this is knitpicking at its best. I use Ubuntu myself and got around this problem easily by simply saving the PDF file locally and opening with Ubuntu´s standard PDF reader.

Funny how we pick on dummy windows users but we want everything chewed up?!

]]> By: mdz http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1030 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:59:17 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1030 The greasemonkey script at http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/50404.user.js worked for me to get past the form validation. Now I have a different problem, where it instructed me to wait for a popup with the boarding pass, and it never came. Hmm.

]]> By: seele http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/02/iberia-on-line-check-in-doesnt-work-with-free-software/#comment-1029 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:41:03 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=435#comment-1029 Actually, it doesn’t work at all but for different reasons.

To fix the PDF issue I tried Firefox in Windows and the form validation didn’t work (and hence did not let you continue). I gave in and tried IE7 which had the same problem. So it is off to the airport an extra hour early tonight.

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