Thomas Mueller wrote:

> I came across a Web site whose home page appeared to be designed
> purposely to deny access to all but the latest and greatest browsers:
> http://www.3com.com

Assuming you still want to get in there, the page source you included
(so much better than just a URL) indicated that:

http://www.3com.com/index2.html

would be of use... and from there I got to:

http://www.3com.com/en_US/jump_page/downloads.html

<irony alert> Titled: Easy Access to Software Downloads </irony alert>

They allude to having a "3Com University". A shame it doesn't seem to
understand much about document sharing.

I tried a download, which was successful, and gave me some training in
speed-reading as the license agreement flashed by on A's status-bar.

>From the quoted page source:

> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.1">
>    <!-- hide script content from old browsers

Good boys!

> <!-- Redirect to error page for browsers with Javascript turned off
-->
> <noscript>

> </noscript>

Bad boys! Where's our page? And why should it be an error page?

HTH

Jake

Windmill-tilting in the JavaScript swamplands of the Kingdom of Padua.

-- Written by a user of Arachne: the Internet Survival Kit
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