College Student using WebCT

nufamn · 11-20-05, 08:55 PM

I'm a student at the University of Florida, and the majority of my classes use WebCT as a generic, formulated web site for their classes. In purchasing my new X51v, I was hoping to be able to view online material posted while in class without having to carry the laptop to class. Those things are just so huge! :approve:

Unfortunately for me (and possibly others?) IE for WM5 doesn't seem to support the frames required on the website. I'm just curious if anyone knows of a fix or an update in order to get IE to support frames. I once got an error saying that IE doesn't support +10 frames... don't know if there's anything I can do.

On a side note, WebCT is such a piece of crap and does not have a frameless version. I'm more mad at WebCT than my Axim, but anger doesn't help much. Any advice would be awesome, thanks in advance.

Taylor

biohzrd · 11-20-05, 08:58 PM

Have you tried netfront? Not sure what it supports, but it appears pretty advanced in the 3.2 version

notenufsleep · 11-20-05, 09:42 PM

i must say i am in a similar boat, with the issue of webct, i found that running in default display with no images to be the best, also hiding the navagation bar helps alot, although i haven't been able to get it to consistently work, but the few times it actually did work was nice, so its possible, but i dunno how exactly

Patrick Y. · 11-20-05, 10:22 PM

Try netfront. It's a very advanced browser that's capable of viewing almost everything with problems. Though, I'm not sure whether it works with WM 5 yet.

11-20-05, 10:34 PM

forget netfront use Minimo. Only full support browser out there. Just remmber its still young but its moving quickly.

**Rishad** · 11-20-05, 10:42 PM

Yah I faced the same problem when I was in Simon Fraser University and some of the courses used WebCT. PIE cannot handle the frames and the javascripts needed to log in and view pages. Then I tried Netfront 3.2 and it worked! while not perfect I'm sure you'll find that Netfront works a lot better than PIE. :approve:

Patrick Y. · 11-20-05, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by tange1

forget netfront use Minimo. Only full support browser out there. Just remmber its still young but its moving quickly.

currently, however, Minimo performs badly on x51v.

nufamn · 11-21-05, 12:03 AM

Any reported problems with NetFront v3.2 not working with a X51v w/ROM A01? PIE will visit websites, but NF won't go anywhere from its startup page. I'll keep trying, thanks for the help!

MCMANNUS · 11-21-05, 12:07 AM

Netfront 3.2 does not work... The new Netfront 3.3 works pretty well...crash every now and then...its is a beta. Find it on their site.

Jogga · 11-21-05, 04:28 AM

Webct can be a pain on a normal pc! Javascrip must be running, etc....

I use it as a portal to my University: it ain't much fun and it certainly ain't dynamic.

11-21-05, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Patrick Y.

currently, however, Minimo performs badly on x51v.

Badly?? I'll agree its slow (hey who else has full support?) but badly? Such harsh words

nufamn · 11-21-05, 04:08 PM

I'll look for NetFront 3.3 when I get home this evening, thanks!
3.2 doesn't work at all.
Minimo is very attractive and seems to work, but for some reason my browser screen is...the best term I can say is "squished" up at the top of the screen right beneath the address bar. Any ideas?

Another rant about WebCT: It's a piece of useless excrement. I don't expect my teachers to be able to construct beautiful websites by any stretch, but a simple generated HTML site works a lot better than WebCT. Granted, assignment submittal may be a bit trickier for those who decide not to use WebCT, but then there's the archaic idea of "e-mail me your homework!" Simpler is better.

akcoent · 12-19-05, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by akheron

Yah I faced the same problem when I was in Simon Fraser University and some of the courses used WebCT. PIE cannot handle the frames and the javascripts needed to log in and view pages. Then I tried Netfront 3.2 and it worked! while not perfect I'm sure you'll find that Netfront works a lot better than PIE. :approve:

Hi, I am a student too and have to deal with webct. You mentioned it worked on your Netfront 3.2. I download technical review version of 3.3 yesterday and it does not work, like usinf IE, I cannot even login to my account on webct. I wonder how you made it to work. May be b/c of the review version? Thanks a lot for your help.

hazz · 12-20-05, 12:25 PM

I use NetFront v3.3 on my X50v to access my WebCT on a daily basis it works great no problems at all just installed and it worked.