Things get stranger all the time.

I wanted to join Hertz rentacar Tin Rewards Program.

https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/member/enrollment/skinnyGold/fast

(They call it gold rewards but I think that's puffing.)

I filled out all the fields, except the day of my birth. It gave a good
drop-down menu for year and month, but the cursor changed to circle with
a slash when I put it in that field.

But I submitted it anyhow and it showed, in red, errors for almost every
field. First name, last name, phone number, year, month, and day of
birth (even though the first two came from their own drop-down menu),
drivers license # and state, home address, city, country, zipcode.
But NOT for email, password and credit card info.

I couldn't get past thsi so I went to Chrome. No big deal that the
page does not work, but in Chrome, for driver's license, it wanted
month, day, year of expiration, even though those boxes were not even
there in FF. How strange.

Is there some easy way to report pages that don't work to FF-central?

And then when they enrolled me, Hertz sent me an email with a member
number, but the web page showed an entirely different number, also
called "member number". Both of them 8 digits, one starts with 21 and
the other with 16.

The enrollment email aslo said that now I can just choose whichever car
I want. This is supposed to be quicker, but will they really have the
cars parked, sorted by price, or will I have to check how big the car is
and how much it will cost me.

(It does have an advantage in that once, by Hertz but not in the US, I
was given a car that couldn't even hold in the hatch 1 fairly large and
one medium suitcase, only the first one. Actually it took him very
little time to give me another car, and I wouldn't have more than one
bag in the USA in the first place. So it's not an advantage.)

In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:04:50 -0500, micky
<NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

>Things get stranger all the time.
>
>I wanted to join Hertz rentacar Tin Rewards Program.
>
>https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/member/enrollment/skinnyGold/fast
>
> (They call it gold rewards but I think that's puffing.)
>
>I filled out all the fields, except the day of my birth. It gave a good
>drop-down menu for year and month, but the cursor changed to circle with
>a slash when I put it in that field.
>
>But I submitted it anyhow and it showed, in red, errors for almost every
>field. First name, last name, phone number, year, month, and day of
>birth (even though the first two came from their own drop-down menu),
>drivers license # and state, home address, city, country, zipcode.
> But NOT for email, password and credit card info.
>
>I couldn't get past thsi so I went to Chrome. No big deal that the
>page does not work, but in Chrome, for driver's license, it wanted
>month, day, year of expiration, even though those boxes were not even
>there in FF. How strange.
>
>
>Is there some easy way to report pages that don't work to FF-central?

On 3/6/24 10:04 AM, micky wrote:
> Things get stranger all the time.
>
> I wanted to join Hertz rentacar Tin Rewards Program.
>
> https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/member/enrollment/skinnyGold/fast
>
> (They call it gold rewards but I think that's puffing.)
>
> I filled out all the fields, except the day of my birth. It gave a good
> drop-down menu for year and month, but the cursor changed to circle with
> a slash when I put it in that field.
>
> But I submitted it anyhow and it showed, in red, errors for almost every
> field. First name, last name, phone number, year, month, and day of
> birth (even though the first two came from their own drop-down menu),
> drivers license # and state, home address, city, country, zipcode.
> But NOT for email, password and credit card info.
>
> I couldn't get past thsi so I went to Chrome. No big deal that the
> page does not work, but in Chrome, for driver's license, it wanted
> month, day, year of expiration, even though those boxes were not even
> there in FF. How strange.

Firefox 82/linux can't see many of the reCAPTCHAs, although some
actually appear. I put this down to programmer incompetence. There are
various other things that FF chokes on but Chrome has no trouble with.
Nightly FFs will SOMETIMES see things that FF82 (my preference) doesn't.
OTOH, Chrome refuses to allow some sites for 'security' reasons that
FF has no trouble with; these aren't sketchy sites, honest.

So we just have to use several different browsers. Nuisance.

> Is there some easy way to report pages that don't work to FF-central?

And does anybody even care?

--
Cheers, Bev
"I wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces
and join their hellish crusade." -- Clarice

On 3/6/24 01:04 PM, micky wrote:
> Things get stranger all the time.
>
> I wanted to join Hertz rentacar Tin Rewards Program.
>
> https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/member/enrollment/skinnyGold/fast
>
> (They call it gold rewards but I think that's puffing.)
>
> I filled out all the fields, except the day of my birth. It gave a good
> drop-down menu for year and month, but the cursor changed to circle with
> a slash when I put it in that field.
>
> But I submitted it anyhow and it showed, in red, errors for almost every
> field. First name, last name, phone number, year, month, and day of
> birth (even though the first two came from their own drop-down menu),
> drivers license # and state, home address, city, country, zipcode.
> But NOT for email, password and credit card info.
>
> I couldn't get past thsi so I went to Chrome. No big deal that the
> page does not work, but in Chrome, for driver's license, it wanted
> month, day, year of expiration, even though those boxes were not even
> there in FF. How strange.
>
>
> Is there some easy way to report pages that don't work to FF-central?
The is a person that posts 'release notes' for every new version.
I read them recently and one of the past updates, like within 8 or so, had a new feature built into
FF that allowed you to report pages. Or some such wording.

You'd have to go through release notes to find it, but I made a reply post at the time that it
seemed like a nice feature, but as Bev states... is it smoke and mirrors or does someone really look?
--
Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon 6.0.4
Al

On 2024-03-06 19:48, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 3/6/24 10:04 AM, micky wrote:
>> Things get stranger all the time.
>>
>> I wanted to join Hertz rentacar Tin Rewards Program.
>>
>> https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/member/enrollment/skinnyGold/fast
>>
>>   (They call it gold rewards but I think that's puffing.)
>>
>> I filled out all the fields, except the day of my birth.  It gave a good
>> drop-down menu for year and month, but the cursor changed to circle with
>> a slash when I put it in that field.
>>
>> But I submitted it anyhow and it showed, in red, errors for almost every
>> field.  First name, last name, phone number, year, month, and day of
>> birth (even though the first two came from their own drop-down menu),
>> drivers license # and state, home address, city, country, zipcode.
>>     But NOT for email, password and credit card info.
>>
>> I couldn't get past thsi so I went to Chrome.   No big deal that the
>> page does not work, but in Chrome, for driver's license, it wanted
>> month, day, year of expiration, even though those boxes were not even
>> there in FF.   How strange.
>
> Firefox 82/linux can't see many of the reCAPTCHAs, although some
> actually appear.  I put this down to programmer incompetence.  There are
> various other things that FF chokes on but Chrome has no trouble with.
> Nightly FFs will SOMETIMES see things that FF82 (my preference) doesn't.
>  OTOH, Chrome refuses to allow some sites for 'security' reasons that
> FF has no trouble with;  these aren't sketchy sites, honest.

That's because you are using an obsolete browser that has not been
updated to know why those sites are bad :-)

>
> So we just have to use several different browsers.  Nuisance.
>
>> Is there some easy way to report pages that don't work to FF-central?
>
> And does anybody even care?

Yes, there is a click somewhere. In help, report deceptive site. Mmm...
what about non working site?

--
Cheers, Carlos.

On 06.03.24 19:48, The Real Bev wrote:
> Firefox 82/linux can't see many of the reCAPTCHAs, although some
> actually appear. I put this down to programmer incompetence.

I hope you will still love me: That claim is based not on programmer
incompetence rather on user ignorance.

FF currently stands at 123.0.1 (64-Bit). There are years of rapid
development in between.

--
"Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant!"

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:11:04 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

>And then when they enrolled me, Hertz sent me an email with a member
>number, but the web page showed an entirely different number, also
>called "member number". Both of them 8 digits, one starts with 21 and
>the other with 16.

Mine is a single 8-digit number that begins with 60. You shouldn't have two
member numbers. Perhaps you enrolled twice?

>The enrollment email aslo said that now I can just choose whichever car
>I want. This is supposed to be quicker, but will they really have the
>cars parked, sorted by price, or will I have to check how big the car is
>and how much it will cost me.

They typically park the Gold cars in a section by themselves, usually right up
front for quick access. You're important now, so you'll have to adjust a bit.
You should be able to skip the visit to the Hertz counter and just proceed out
the door. Look around for a big sign/board that has your first initial, last
name, and parking spot number. Go to that spot, load up, and proceed to the exit
(the keys are in it, somewhere). They'll check a few things there and you'll be
on your way. Meanwhile, the ordinary schmucks are still inside, waiting in line.

You select your rental just like you did before, usually by size and type of
vehicle, and they'll do their best to accommodate you. As I'm approaching my
spot and I see what they've selected for me, if I see something in that row that
I like better, I take the better choice. They adjust the paperwork when I'm
exiting the area. They've never asked me to go back and take the other car and
they've never adjusted the rental cost, but I suppose there are limits to that
so don't get too crazy.

(I know that *my* response has nothing to do with Firefox, but your post did.)

On 3/6/24 1:12 PM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> On 06.03.24 19:48, The Real Bev wrote:
>> Firefox 82/linux can't see many of the reCAPTCHAs, although some
>> actually appear. I put this down to programmer incompetence.
>
> I hope you will still love me: That claim is based not on programmer
> incompetence rather on user ignorance.
>
> FF currently stands at 123.0.1 (64-Bit). There are years of rapid
> development in between.

I know that. Whatever happened to the "standards" thing? A chrome of
uncertain age sees things that are invisible to the Nightly FFs.

--
Cheers, Bev
"If God had wanted us to use the metric system,
Jesus would have had 10 apostles."
- Jesse Helms

In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:47:59 -0600, Char
Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:11:04 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>
>>And then when they enrolled me, Hertz sent me an email with a member
>>number, but the web page showed an entirely different number, also
>>called "member number". Both of them 8 digits, one starts with 21 and
>>the other with 16.
>
>Mine is a single 8-digit number that begins with 60. You shouldn't have two
>member numbers. Perhaps you enrolled twice?

That makes sense, although I thought I had decided it wasn't worth it
since I never rented a car in the US. And now it wanted my credit card
and drivers license and I think I wouldn't have given all that info for
so little gain. But you must be right. I'll see if I can find a record.
>
>>The enrollment email aslo said that now I can just choose whichever car
>>I want. This is supposed to be quicker, but will they really have the
>>cars parked, sorted by price, or will I have to check how big the car is
>>and how much it will cost me.
>
>They typically park the Gold cars in a section by themselves, usually right up
>front for quick access. You're important now, so you'll have to adjust a bit.
>You should be able to skip the visit to the Hertz counter and just proceed out
>the door. Look around for a big sign/board that has your first initial, last
>name, and parking spot number. Go to that spot, load up, and proceed to the exit
>(the keys are in it, somewhere). They'll check a few things there and you'll be
>on your way. Meanwhile, the ordinary schmucks are still inside, waiting in line.
>
>You select your rental just like you did before, usually by size and type of
>vehicle, and they'll do their best to accommodate you. As I'm approaching my
>spot and I see what they've selected for me, if I see something in that row that
>I like better, I take the better choice. They adjust the paperwork when I'm
>exiting the area. They've never asked me to go back and take the other car and
>they've never adjusted the rental cost, but I suppose there are limits to that
>so don't get too crazy.

Thanks for all this. Nothing I found went even close to such detail. It
sounds little bit like rushing for a window seat on Southwest. I hoee I
don't get into any fights.
>(I know that *my* response has nothing to do with Firefox, but your post did.)

On 07.03.24 04:37, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 3/6/24 1:12 PM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>> On 06.03.24 19:48, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> Firefox 82/linux can't see many of the reCAPTCHAs, although some
>>> actually appear. I put this down to programmer incompetence.
>>
>> I hope you will still love me: That claim is based not on programmer
>> incompetence rather on user ignorance.
>>
>> FF currently stands at 123.0.1 (64-Bit). There are years of rapid
>> development in between.
>
> I know that. Whatever happened to the "standards" thing? A chrome of
> uncertain age sees things that are invisible to the Nightly FFs.

Because it prints money for Google or a materially different config.

--
"Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant!"

In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Wed, 6 Mar 2024 19:37:39 -0800, The
Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 3/6/24 1:12 PM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>> On 06.03.24 19:48, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> Firefox 82/linux can't see many of the reCAPTCHAs, although some
>>> actually appear. I put this down to programmer incompetence.
>>
>> I hope you will still love me: That claim is based not on programmer
>> incompetence rather on user ignorance.
>>
>> FF currently stands at 123.0.1 (64-Bit). There are years of rapid
>> development in between.
>
>I know that. Whatever happened to the "standards" thing? A chrome of
>uncertain age sees things that are invisible to the Nightly FFs.

Are you saying you get a new version off FF every night, and none of
them do capchas right? Isn't it to be expected that nightlys will have
errors?

On 07/03/2024 03:37, The Real Bev wrote:
>
> I know that.� Whatever happened to the "standards" thing?� A chrome of
> uncertain age sees things that are invisible to the Nightly FFs.
>
>

Standards move over time. standards made in the 20th century may not
necessarily be standards in the 21st century. People have to keep moving
as well.

At one time the word "gay" meant "happy" but now if you say somebody is
gay then you are likely to be called xenophobe.

People should stop talking about standards when technology is moving
very fast at the speed of human thinking power.

On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:08:53 -0600, Jim Joyce <none@none.invalid>
wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:07:59 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>
>>In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:00:44 -0600, Char
>>Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:53:48 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:47:59 -0600, Char
>>>>Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:11:04 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>And then when they enrolled me, Hertz sent me an email with a member
>>>>>>number, but the web page showed an entirely different number, also
>>>>>>called "member number". Both of them 8 digits, one starts with 21 and
>>>>>>the other with 16.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mine is a single 8-digit number that begins with 60. You shouldn't have two
>>>>>member numbers. Perhaps you enrolled twice?
>>>>
>>>>Yes, I found an earlier one. Got to take those memory pills again.
>>>>
>>>>I would guess that when picking out one of the other cars, you can only
>>>>choose from those that have no assigned renter?
>>>
>>>That's not my problem, it's theirs, and they've never said anything to me about
>>>it. I guess they're flexible enough to give my car to someone else if I've taken
>>>someone else's car. But yes, since I'm Gold, if I'm stealing someone else's car
>>>I stay in the Gold section to do it. I really like the Hyundai Sonata.
>>>
>>>>And on a really busy
>>>>weekend all the cars may be reserved and there are no other cars to pick
>>>>from, right? Or do they let you pick any of the Gold section cars and
>>>>just assign the renter who isn't scheduled to show up for an hour to
>>>>some other car?
>>
>>BTW JCB is a Japanese credit card, similar to Mastercard, able to be
>>used in many countries in Asia and elswhere.
>
>I thought I recognized it. JC Benney, right? Weren't they in malls at one time?
>I was wondering what happened to them. Good to see that they moved to Jp.

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