Its probably a browser compatability problem. The web-designer was probably stupid and made his page(S) only good for one or two browsers and forgot to check on all.
-Andrew Litt On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:28:17 -0400, MikeRF/A2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>If only Apple would get off its high horse and fix the bookmark > >>>import gizmo. > >> > >>Yeah, that is cumbersome. Also, can anyone tell me what needs to be > >>changed in order to stop getting broken Quicktime icons on lot's of > >>sites in Safari 1.0.3? > > Dan: > >Broken icons usually mean that the web site failed to send the image > >or that the file received was corrupted (cannot be decoded). > > Every time I get a broken QT icon in Safari and reloaded the page in > IE it is fine. An image or graphic appears where the broken icon > appeared in Safari. > > > > >Try running a traceroute to the site. Make sure you're not having > >packet loss or time-out issues etc. > > I have no idea what a traceroute is but why would a packet loss or > time out issue (not the case here since it is immediate upon page > load) only occur in Safari and not IE. > > > > >>I have copied the URL and checked in IE to see what is supposed to > >>be there on the page a few times. Usually it is just a stupid ad or > >>something else, often with motion. > > > >hum. IE and IIS (MS' web server software) use a non-standard method > >to communicate. If the IIS server is badly configured, it can > >sometimes have problems talking to non-IE browsers. That would > >manifest itself as the broken icons... > > > >>http://www.weather.com/index.html > > > >Loads fine for me on Panther. > > > > As I said, loads fine for me too in IE but not in Safari in 10.2.8., > that's why I think it's a settings issue with either Quicktime or > Safari. Problem is, Safari seems to offer very little in the way of > user settings. The preferences choices are minimalistic and the > installed plug-ins window isn't a whole lot of help either. > > A setting to allow pages to be refreshed each time you visit would be > a nice option instead of having to manually refresh or clear the > cache each time. This is really annoying on eBay. > > Mike > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- -Andrew Litt http://skinXP.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
