mozilla firefox unsupported by EA downloader

2006-03-15 21:33:49

#1

Easy_4TH: Member; +2|6896

anyone else have this problem? the EA downloader apparently requires internet explorer to be able to download anything. i use firefox because my IE doesn't work for some stupid reason. so, naturally, in all EA's wisdom, they choose the shittiest browser on the planet to host their downloader and i get fucked.

any advice? can you get euro force from another place besides the EA downloader?

2006-03-15 21:41:07

#2

Bravo3: Member; +12|6910

no i have firefox and it worked fine and I.E 7 is not supported only I.E 6 is cuz I.E 7 is a beta version so if you have a beta versoin of firefox then it wont work you have to have a full versoin and not a beta one.

2006-03-15 21:52:30

#3

belikeron: Member; +-1|6886

90% of the EA site(s) barely work with Firefox, its not just the downloader.

2006-03-16 05:27:13

#4

mporlier: Member; +42|6893|Montreal, Canada

Ea AND downloader works fine with my Firefox

2006-03-16 05:31:45

#5

Janysc: Member; +59|6937|Norway

Firefox works like a charm for me. Try to reinstall it or what else.

2006-03-16 05:35:42

#6

Legit_Xero: Member; +0|6940

i use Firefox 100% of the way, and i had no problems at all whatsoever.

2006-03-16 05:37:04

#7

Eckzack: The east-german Fuxxer; +37|7098|Germany / Saxony

Legit_Xero wrote:
i use Firefox 100% of the way, and i had no problems at all whatsoever.

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2006-03-16 06:22:57

#8

Vic42: Member; +2|6976|Sacramento, California

Firefox 1.5.0.1 on XP worked fine for me.

2006-03-16 06:27:41

#9

pedigreeuk: I'm English, not British!; +113|7024|Rotherham, England

Vic42 wrote:
Firefox 1.5.0.1 on XP worked fine for me.

2006-03-16 08:38:15

#10

xdarkenx: Member; +0|6972

How can you tell which browser the EA Downloader is using? I have IE on my computer but I have Firefox as the default browser in XP. I know with Steam when I click on things like screen shots, Steam automatically open it in IE even though Firefox is set as my default browser.

2006-03-16 09:08:03

#11

Easy_4TH: Member; +2|6896

xdarkenx wrote:
How can you tell which browser the EA Downloader is using? I have IE on my computer but I have Firefox as the default browser in XP. I know with Steam when I click on things like screen shots, Steam automatically open it in IE even though Firefox is set as my default browser.

i think thats what my problem is. my IE doesnt work, so i use firefox. you guys that use firefox probably use it out of choice, not need. you have firefox set as your default, but the EA downloader uses your IE when it opens. yours works, unlike mine, so you dont see a difference.

2006-03-16 09:11:15

#12

ifixphns2: Member; +3|6968|Evanston, WY

no probs here with MoFox on EA's sites, or the Dloader.

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2006-03-16 15:10:18

#13

BigJoe62: Member; +1|6870

I used FF ver. 1.5.0.1 and had zero problems.

2006-03-16 17:24:29

#14

Vic42: Member; +2|6976|Sacramento, California

xdarkenx wrote:
How can you tell which browser the EA Downloader is using? I have IE on my computer but I have Firefox as the default browser in XP. I know with Steam when I click on things like screen shots, Steam automatically open it in IE even though Firefox is set as my default browser.

Why do you think the EA Downloader uses a browser?

2006-03-16 19:31:19

#15

elmer1082: To The Front; +4|7009|Columbus, Indiana

Easy_4TH wrote:
anyone else have this problem? the EA downloader apparently requires internet explorer to be able to download anything. i use firefox because my IE doesn't work for some stupid reason. so, naturally, in all EA's wisdom, they choose the shittiest browser on the planet to host their downloader and i get fucked.

any advice? can you get euro force from another place besides the EA downloader?

Thats because IE is on 98% of the worlds computers.

2006-03-17 02:41:41

#16

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6890|Wigan. Manchester. England.

worked fine with my firefox dude.

2006-03-17 04:31:34

#17

s4vior6: Save's UR @$$; +1|6999|Somewhere in NYC

what versions of Firefox are you running? 1.5.0.1 worked fine for me

2006-03-17 04:42:09

#18

B.Schuss: I'm back, baby... ( sort of ); +664|7094|Cologne, Germany

Vic42 wrote:
xdarkenx wrote:
How can you tell which browser the EA Downloader is using? I have IE on my computer but I have Firefox as the default browser in XP. I know with Steam when I click on things like screen shots, Steam automatically open it in IE even though Firefox is set as my default browser.
Why do you think the EA Downloader uses a browser?

well, I did have no troubles with FF, but when first installing the EAD, there was an error message saying active scripting / java needs to be enabled for the Downloader to work. I checked in FF and it was enabeld. So I checked IE ( which is not set as default browser ) and changed the settings there, although I wasn't even using IE for the registration stuff. Suddenly, the Downloader worked.

So although the downloader itself doesn't use a browser, there is obviously some connection between the two.

Still, I believe EA has some strange and dangerous affiliation with Microsoft...

2006-03-17 05:32:14

#19

mattstar74: Member; +0|6892

you do need ie6 no other way round it you can get to installing ea downloader through firefox but ea downloader needs a browser to open it and only ie will let it

ok souloution i had a bugged ie6 so used firefox for ages now

i installed ie7beta (available for free download from microsft) i then uninstalled it you need to check show updates in add remove software then you can remove ie7 beta

this will overwrite your bad files in ie6 and then removed the added ie7 beta files that dissallow ead to work

my m8 also had to uninstall ie7 to get ead to work for him

2006-03-17 06:53:11

#20

Easy_4TH: Member; +2|6896

mattstar74 wrote:
you do need ie6 no other way round it you can get to installing ea downloader through firefox but ea downloader needs a browser to open it and only ie will let it

ok souloution i had a bugged ie6 so used firefox for ages now

i installed ie7beta (available for free download from microsft) i then uninstalled it you need to check show updates in add remove software then you can remove ie7 beta

this will overwrite your bad files in ie6 and then removed the added ie7 beta files that dissallow ead to work

my m8 also had to uninstall ie7 to get ead to work for him

thanks a bunch. i'll definitely try this when i get home later.

2006-03-17 09:01:02

#21

Easy_4TH: Member; +2|6896

Vic42 wrote:
xdarkenx wrote:
How can you tell which browser the EA Downloader is using? I have IE on my computer but I have Firefox as the default browser in XP. I know with Steam when I click on things like screen shots, Steam automatically open it in IE even though Firefox is set as my default browser.
Why do you think the EA Downloader uses a browser?

because when the EA downloader DOESN'T work, it showes the internet explorer error message in the download window. that's how i know.

2006-03-17 10:17:27

#22

-=88.dNk.88=-: Member; +3|7002|UK

Yep. EA downloader uses IE. It doesn't show that it does, and may link to firefox when you actually access the Internet/webpages, but it does use IE as far as I can see. I don't use IE generally, and the gamespy edit nick I copy and paste straight out of IE into firefox and keep going with that. Although ef. doesn't work for another reason according to ea its a GameSpy db problem, esp. if you have "-", "=", and "." in it, probably for other special characters too. So be warned if you have special characters ef may not work with your nick, i'm waiting to hear back from ea to see if gamespy will fix mine somehow. But EA UK support told me not too hold my breath.

2006-03-18 20:05:20

#23

Vic42: Member; +2|6976|Sacramento, California

Easy_4TH wrote:
Vic42 wrote:
xdarkenx wrote:
How can you tell which browser the EA Downloader is using? I have IE on my computer but I have Firefox as the default browser in XP. I know with Steam when I click on things like screen shots, Steam automatically open it in IE even though Firefox is set as my default browser.
Why do you think the EA Downloader uses a browser?
because when the EA downloader DOESN'T work, it showes the internet explorer error message in the download window. that's how i know.

Thanks. I hate when they do that.

I would have uninstalled IE but for two things:

1. You can't.
2. Microsoft Update requires it.

elmer1082 wrote:
Thats because IE is on 98% of the worlds computers.

Hardly.
But IE is on virtually 100% of the computers used to play BF2.

2006-03-19 04:13:44

#24

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6970|Riva, MD

It's because EA is rascist against everything. lol

2006-03-19 11:43:12

#25

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6869|do not disturb

Vic42 wrote:
Easy_4TH wrote:
Vic42 wrote:

Why do you think the EA Downloader uses a browser?
because when the EA downloader DOESN'T work, it showes the internet explorer error message in the download window. that's how i know.
Thanks. I hate when they do that.

I would have uninstalled IE but for two things:

1. You can't.
2. Microsoft Update requires it.

elmer1082 wrote:
Thats because IE is on 98% of the worlds computers.
Hardly.
But IE is on virtually 100% of the computers used to play BF2.

Yea, it's on mine, but I don't use it. Only when Firefox fails.

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