>Alain: This does seem strange to me, because: (1) I am
>not employing any change recently made to JavaScript.
>(2) Not long ago, several months in fact, I was using
>Netscape 4.0.x with an earlier version of my system.
>(3) Over 4000 students (and a dozen teachers) have
>used my system in the last three years without any
>substantial problems.
Alain,
this is in favor of your page and might mean that Anthony's setup is
somehow buggy. I guess Anthony is running Linux and MacOS both on the same
machine -- maybe that causes an interference?
>Alain: Officially, yes. However, it is still available
>at the following address:
>
>http://giguere.dsc.uqam.ca/FreeCard/index.html
Thank goodness. Alain, would it be possible that you ask some of the
students to look at that page? Maybe it's a glitch that only shows with the
FreeCard page and not with the other one you're using the same tools for
(e.g. some mangled HTML like the "<content>" text Anthony found in the
interpreter docs). It would also be good to know what version of browser
they are using. If anyone uses 4.0.8 and it works, this would prove
Anthony's setup if damaged, and I guess we should rather try to find out
what's causing the problem on his end to be able to help other that might
have the same problem.
>Alain: Rest assured that nothing is being thrown out.
>As I wrote above, approximately 1250 students use my
>system each year. More will follow suit. And we are
>talking newbies, many of which have never touched
>computers before this. They have a zero-tolerance for
>anything that even remotely ressembles a bug. What
>makes my job easier, given that the context is a
>compulsory course and that the teacher can impose any
>restrictions that he deems necessary for the smooth
>operation of his course, is that I know exactly what
>browsers I have to target, I know that everyone is
>using the ones that we suggest, and that they are on
>their own if the attempt it with anything else.
Is it an "optional" system, or does it provide a service they can't do
without? In the latter case it may be possible that they just didn't deem
it important enough to try diagnosing it and instead asked someone else to
get it for them.
>Alain: HyperCard-based CGI programs, as in the past.
>(...)
>Alain: It is pure HyperCard.
I'd really like to know whether we could merge that with Elektra ... Since
Elektra is modular it would be really useful for collaboration if people
could locally test a plug-in and then send it to you to be integrated into
the page. It would be less work for you and it'd be easier for others to
take part.
>Alain: I am currently using Netscape 4.6.1
OK, runs on 4.6.1, 4.7 ... any other successes?
>Alain: My students are predominantly using Netscape
>4.x or the corresponding version of Explorer. Many are
>still using Netscape 3.x, despite our strong
>recommendation to upgrade to 4.x. They have been
>forewarned, however, that they are responsible if
>something anything goes awry, and hence that they must
>upgrade instead of pestering us. None of them have had
>any 3.x problems, though ... so far as I know.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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