Wow, what a difference! I tried IE & Safari on both Windows & Mac, and the difference is amazing (we have an iMac with an Intel processor that runs windows and mac at the same time). I'd never even given thought to the color the browsers can display. I'd always thought more about the monitor than the browserÂas well as the OS, affecting color, and knew the Mac OS paid more attention to color. Very illuminating about the browsers! It's such a weird feeling running Safari on Windows now. I haven't figured out how to get it to sync the bookmarks like you can on Safari and all the Mac stations. --Ron

UPDATE: I was okay for a day or two - but it's back to "400 Bad Request". mary4b's message prompted me to contact them again. I was willing to change browsers in order to access the site - not ideal, tho. It's a pain to claer cache (w safari) everytime I want access. What's most frustrating is when I follow a link from google and can't get in. if anyone else is having this issue, here's the email I received you can send the requested info to: Tamara.Amey@nbcuni.com "Hi there, You are receiving this email because you have reported problems accessing GardenWeb. We are still trying to isolate and solve this issue, but need more information from you. Please provide the following: 1. A screenshot of the page you receive when accessing the site. 2. The type of computer you are using. 3. The type and version of the browser you are using. 4. Anything else you feel might be helpful. If you wrote in to report this for a friend, please forward this email to them. Any questions, please feel free to contact me! Best wishes, Tamara Amey GardenWeb Community Manager" hopefully this will be rectified.

firefox is on a very fast track in new versions blazing fast in fact. Just read a good article on it. So we can all get used to the new versions coming in very quickly. Firefox 7 is already in alpha and is expected to go to public beta on August 16 around which time Firefox 8 will go to alpha and Version 6 will be officially released. doing these quick updates really mess with the add-ons authors as they try to keep up with the speed of the changes in the new versions. So that leaves us with some of our fave add-ons not working while their authors scramble to keep up. I tend to stick with the version that all my add-ons work with till I am sure which ever new version also has working add ons then I move on.

Hi samtom, If you are being redirected to sites that you are not intentionally clicking on, that is a strong possibility that it is due to the Redirect virus. Please follow the advice of zep516 above and have a professional that is trained to remove malware help you. This virus changes registry values and DOES NOT specifically target Google. Google just happens to be the Search Engine of choice by more people than any other search engine, though it does target Firefox. You can join LandzDown and the trained team of experts will be more then happy to help you. I have provided the link below. Once you are infection free, you really need to think about updating IE6 to at least IE8. IE6 is so very outdated and is prone to infection. Here is a link that might be useful: LandzDown Forum