On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 02:23:32 +0000 Bastiaan wrote: <snip>
> In practise I encounter 3 problems: > 1- Java Script > 2- HTTPS Security > 3- No frames... that is what some webpages tell me. > "Sorry your browser does not support frames: entry denied" > IIRC Arachne does support frames and i am using just one frame on my > own > homepage and Arachne is showing this correctly. Is this one of Bill > Gates tricks? Yes, this is one of Bill Gates' tricks. Many webmasters use Micro$oft Front Page as their web page editor. This web page development program writes code especially designed to lock out many browsers which would otherwise be perfectly capable of displaying the page. Upon entering the web site the browser ID string is read. If your browser isn't among those listed at the site then you will be referred to a page having an error message saying that your browser doesn't support frames or one saying that your browser either doesn't support cookies or you have turned cookies off. If you would examine the source found at such web sites I think you would get the general gist of the code and understand how this trick is played on you. You can trick them too. In using the Opera browser for Windows or when using the DOS text browsers Bobcat or Lynx386 you can set up your browser so that it will send the server a fake browser ID string so that the server will think it is being accessed by MSIE or NetScape. Then you won't get locked out. I wish Michael would implement such a feature in Arachne so that we could trick the web sites that try to lock us out by referring us to false error messages. Sam Heywood --This message sent by BasicLinux
