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join:2000-07-06
Los Gatos, CA | Doesn't work with Firefox The new Comcast start page doesn't work well with the Firefox browser.
Pretty typical from Comcast... | |
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sweintz
Premium
join:2002-03-01
Hamden, CT
| Re: Doesn't work with Firefox Someone should shoot their whole marketing dept.
Perhaps if someone started a www.whycomcastsucks.com page and got some publicity about it Comcast would start paying attention to what matters vs. what looks sexy to hype on the dumbed down TV commercials they run. | |
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Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28
| Seems to work fine with Mozilla 1.7. I'm not a ComCast subscriber though.
With the Flash Click To View extension installed, the page comes up pretty quickly, since the bloated Flash interfaces don't load until I choose to load them.
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| What doesn't work. Just spending a few minutes there I didn't find anything that looked wrong. Not like Verizon's site which throws fits when Firefox tries to log you in. I'm not a Comcast sub though so I can't go everywhere on the site.
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
 ·AT&T DSL Service
 ·Comcast
| Re: Doesn't work with Firefox Thanks for the link. I didn't know that a non-flash link existed. I hate flash!!! | |
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rodoke
join:2003-10-28
Carbondale, IL
| Exactly what happens when you try to visit the site? From my browser: (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0) the thing goes into redirect hell unless I let comcast.com drop cookies on my machine.
Incidentally, does anyone know what causes that to happen? | |
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·AT&T DSL Service
·Comcast
| Re: Questionsaid by rodoke  :Exactly what happens when you try to visit the site? From my browser: (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0) the thing goes into redirect hell unless I let comcast.com drop cookies on my machine. Incidentally, does anyone know what causes that to happen? I know exactly what's happening. Here's how to work around it:
1. Set your browser to prompt for cookies.
2. Accept the first cookie Comcast offers.
3. Decline all others.
4. Reset your cookie blocking settings to the way they were previously.
This should leave one persistent cookie from Comcast and the problem should go away. | |
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Greg_Z
Premium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | I saw no problem with Firefox loading the page, maybe it is just your version.
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golfer22
| Works fine for me using Firefox. Logged in and tried everything with no problems | |
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| internetbum
join:2004-03-10
Madison, CT | Works fine with me.... | |
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Denjin
join:2001-01-18
Schaumburg, IL
1 edit | Works in firefox here...version 1.01. I even have adblock and flashblock installed (just have to tell it to play the flash). I can even log in just fine.
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Ken
Premium,MVM
join:2003-06-16
Brownsburg, IN
| Portal What? I had Comcast for two and a half years, and I don't think I ever once had reason to visit their portal. Portals are for people that are being weaned of AOL and don't know where to find anything.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | They will never learn...... When will they get it through their thick heads? 
We, the consumers, decide what we want not what corporations THINK we want. | |
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| Cyron
join:2002-09-24
Charlotte, NC
| Re: They will never learn...... I'm not sure I agree. Corporations have been telling us what we want and what to buy for years, and the majority of people are susceptible to their marketing. Marketing is the number one money-making field in the US (at least is 1999), so it must be working pretty well. | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | Re: They will never learn...... Most people also accept it and do nothing to change it.
What needs to happen is people actually taking the time to tell Comcast (or whomever) that we do not want content. We want better pricing, customer service, speed, etc. | |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
Premium
join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs:
·Comcast
| portal - smortal well it's just as bad as the old one .. wait worse - it doesn't fit in an 800 x 600 browser window.. and it's 100% flash (!?!) so sad.
I haven't yet tested it for FF usability, i'm sure it won't work well in it.
suggestion: Comcast, give up on the portal idea. Use the resourses for network enhancements.
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| kpatz
MY HEAD A SPLODE
Premium
join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH
| Re: portal - smortal Just fix it so I can go directly to mailcenter.comcast.net without it redirecting back to the portal. Please!? The attbi site worked this way, why can't yours? I only want to check email.
And don't forget the KISS principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid.
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA | Not that I'm a big portal fan But IMO it's a definate improvement over the previous one. | |
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linksyonline
join:2005-02-22
Hampton, NJ
| Comcast.net Firefox No NO To bad their site doesn't work with firefox, you would think with the growing popularity that they would at least have CHECKED to see if it worked in firefox. Looks like I won't be heading to their site at all anytime soon.
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
| Re: Comcast.net Firefox No NO said by linksyonline :To bad their site doesn't work with firefox You should take a look at your computer. It works fine with FireFox, both 1.0 and 1.0.1. Look above and see that I am not the only one who can get to the new site without any issues. | |
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| Ron302
join:2001-08-23
Goodlettsville, TN | Works and looks just fine on FF 1.0.1 No problems what so ever.......
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jansm38
Vn800-B
Premium
join:2003-05-19
Blackwood, NJ | Re: Comcast.net Firefox No NO Works fine with Firefox on my computer.
Looks like a case of PEBKAC. | |
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xpkranger
RIP Georgia Theater
Premium
join:2000-10-27
Atlanta, GA
clubs: | Hey - Thanks DanHo!
(I've always hated that crappy portal with "the fan". Maxthon hates it too.) | |
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Sarah
Premium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2001-01-09
Cambridge, MA
clubs: | Re: Flash based portal is S L O W No kidding. It takes 8 full seconds to load over a T1 line. And that's with the "express" option chosen! | |
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pcscdma
Chocobo Chocobo Random Battle
Premium
join:2004-01-14
Winterset, IA
clubs:
| Re: Flash based portal is S L O W That's what I get too. I'm using the MOOX M2 20050226 trunk of Firefox. In the XP Windows Task manager firefox.exe uses 280MB of RAM before it automatically clears out the cache and goes back to 22MB. And it still does that error message. The error message even 'works' in Microsoft's Internet Exploder.
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD | Flash based portal is S L O W Yep, it's crashing Mozilla with the same error message.
But it was working fine a short time ago.
They must be tweaking it to the point of non-usability again.
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Wildcards2000
@washdctt.d | Lower Prices Why not do away with the thing customers don't want and lower the prices. Cable prices are out of control!! | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Works fine... ...in Opera.  | |
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iceman2012
Premium
join:2001-09-30
united state | Re: Works fine... www.comcast.net not loading at all for me! And thats with IE6. Is something wrong? | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Re: Works fine... My bookmark failed as well. I had to delete it, clear cache, and make a new bookmark(for IE based browser). | |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | They try to plant a cookie. Since I don't have them in my "approved" list, all I get is a blank screen with error messages flashing quickly in the status bar. IE6 | |
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Phoenix__1
join:2003-07-17
Holyoke, MA
1 edit | Price drop, please Prices ran up about 1 month ago. I'm almost paying a full 50.00 for cable internet & that's with the TV discount. With basic cable + internet, my bill is about 109.00 before tax.
Could care less if their page had a good look to it or not. Think I'll pay the fee and have Verizon jack up my house for DSL (give me 2 months, I'll maybe moving to DSL) | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Re: Price drop, please I have still to see any increase in my HSI(aside from the $10.00 Extra for speed I'm paying).
If your market is upping their prices, I feel your pain.  | |
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Mega DETH
It's All About The Ping
join:2003-08-20
Watertown, WI
·AT&T Midwest
| loads here ok »www.comcast.net/comcast.html loaded fine here with
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050228 Firefox/1.0+ (bangbang023)
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ricep5
Premium
join:2000-08-07
Jacksonville, FL
·AT&T Southeast
 ·AT&T CallVantage
·VoicePulse
| Increase Web based Services Comcast needs to improve online services and then I will use the portal.
Right now I can only check and pay my bill. I don't want just another news/fluff feed. I want value add. Comcast is trying to be a content company, they are a delivery company and should stick to delivery.
How about....
- Add or remove channels/packages online
- Order pay-per-views online (avoid NetFlix completely)
- For those w/o a PVR, have an online channel guide for your service area
- Online ratings (here is a revenue source!...rate a show!)
If they really want to think out of the (cable) box...
- Offer an online PVR that I can schedule and view remotely
- Check the status of my broadband account (how much Gb did I upload this month) To help people avoid the dreaded violation letter.
- Customer Service Quality Surveys, let them know if the service they provide is cutting it
That's for starts anyway. | |
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| seriousfun
join:2003-02-27
Los Angeles, CA | Re: Increase Web based Services ricep5, grasshopper, why should they suddenly start thinking logically??? | |
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fegul
Premium
join:2004-08-23
united state
| Ads I see they still have the ads on the left side. Why should we be forced to see ads for a service we pay more than enough for?
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sitrix
join:2002-04-15
Tacoma, WA
| Re: Ads Totally agree... Having adds on a customer portal site, is out of line. It's like, we aren't paying enough to Comcast and they absolutely depend on income generated by those adds. Pretty soon Comcast will start selling email address listings to spamers as well (a sad joke, that could very well be true)... Then again, Comcast is one of those companies that will gladly stick a banner on your digital cable box even if it absolutely cripples efficiency of it... | |
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Tijiri
@navy.mil
| Disable Firewall? Looks like Comcast wants users to 'uninstall' all firewalls before installing their Security Manager program.
Link here: »comcast.net/security/manager/
Doesn't sound like good practice to be 'uninstalling' anything (especially one's firewall) just to load more software. Is this an error on Comcast's part, or just bad software coding? I don't know about you...but I can't imagine giving up my firewall for Comcast (not to mention that it's not possible to uninstall Windoze's firewall).
Shameful... | |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
Premium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| Re: Disable Firewall? Because their security manager program includes a firewall, and it seems to me to be a good idea to not have 2 software firewalls fighting each other. How Shameful of them to tell the end user to uninstall redundant software; we could all use more concerned about security but computer illiterate users running NAV, AVG, PandaAV, McAfee, Spybot, Adaware, and MS Anti-spy, ZoneAlarm and Comcast Security manager all at the same time in realtime scanning mode, trying to track down that spyware that's slowing their system to a crawl.
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