Database friendly to old browsers

Hiya - So I have time at work to browse ffxiv sites and unfortunately, the best I've found (xivdb) isnt friendly to my workplaces IE8 - does anyone happen to know of a site where I can look up basic item info, etc using an older browser?

Download Google Chrome

its completely free

you can't install what you want in workplace...

Ask your boss to update the browsers to the newest IE. Keeping them outdated is a huge security risk.

i work for a behemoth of an entity and the IT is controlled by another entity entirely so unfortunately I'm stuck with what I've got

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Originally Posted by Fayo

you can't install what you want in workplace...

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Actually Google Chrome installs itself fine without Admin rights. All you have to do is download the .exe

You just can't set him as default browser without admin rights.

Try booting an alt browser from a USB :p

Whether it is or isn't physically possible to install google chrome is irrelevant. Most workplaces monitor downloads and record which station and ID downloaded it. So just going ahead without permission is a bad idea.

However, there are a LOT of different wiki's out there for FFXIV, maybe you can find what you need on one of those?

Give ffxiv.gamerescape.com a try and see how that works on your browser. I don't believe it needs any complicated flash or such to display the pages. The ads might, but not the pages themselves.

I'd just be careful with what you read on gamerescape as a LOT of those pages haven't been updated for ARR.

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Originally Posted by Animation

Try booting an alt browser from a USB :p

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^ This: http://download.chip.eu/en/Google-Ch...106196194.html

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Originally Posted by Freyar

I'd just be careful with what you read on gamerescape as a LOT of those pages haven't been updated for ARR.

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All of our pages should mention if they use 1.0 data we've yet to update (Often the case with old guides...) in a banner at the top. However, I will admit there's an issue with data from the earlier beta (They made a LOT of minor changes to items and recipes between phase 3 and release.) We're working to fix that where possible.

. thanks!

Some pretty major changes between IE8 and moving forward. I have to maintain support back to IE7 in the websites I make at my work, and its painful in how this limits what we can do. But those pain points don't really start to go away until IE9... and when it comes to HTML5, I'd love it if we could cut support at IE10... It'd reduce a LOT of trouble spots we have.

If I were running a fansite, I'd gladly toss older browser support out the window. Especially as most of the holdouts for old browsers are those large IT departments at companies - and cutting fansite engagement for people at work... not as hard a calculation to make (though it can be significant).