What's the best Browser for Flash Cards?

[mojosmitty]

I started using the Flash Cards with Fire Fox. I'm getting a bunch of weird symbols that look like question marks. This is in the College Mathematics flash cards.

Because of this I can't even really tell what the questions are, what is the best browser to use? Is this a browser issue?

[burbuja0512]

I just use Internet Explorer and don't have issues. I also have looked at the IC cards on Safari via my iPhone and it seems to work just fine there too.

[bllyshrs]

For those using Mac OSX, I would recommend Firefox. It has a great full screen mode, and if you zoom in a notch or two, it’s like your whole screen is one big flash card. Same applies for Internet Explorer; they have similar functionality for the Windows faithful.

With regards to reading large amounts of text, it is worth mentioning a best practice of mine. For those who use Safari (available for Windows as well), there is a great “readability” function which makes reading articles, ebooks and other large amounts of text a breeze. Your personal taste might vary, but reading anything of substance gets very taxing on the eyes in a normal web browser.

If you don’t use Safari, or prefer to stick it out with Explorer or Firefox, I would highly recommend adding the Readability link to your browser. It acts the same way as Safari’s built in feature and displays articles in large font, softened background color, and eliminates graphics and unnecessary text from the content. Piece of cake to use since you just customize your readability settings on the website, then add the link they provide as a bookmark to your browser; select it anytime you are reading a lengthy article or portion of text and it auto converts it to your settings.

Again, not recommended for flashcards, but for many of us who have used additional study materials (i.e. wikipedia, ebooks, etc..) this is a great option to reduce eye strain and help you read in longer bursts.