On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:38:39 -0400 Ruzya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "HTML is supposed to be a standard for cross platform communication - > unless your microsoft." > > It is supposed to be a standard cross platform communication, but > sometimes you have to write different HTML coding for IE and Netscape > to get the same function. It's very frustrating to figure out.
We can thank the great browser wars for this one, as each camp implemented things just enough differently to break the spec and render pages differently. > "This is a user preference set in your browser preferences." > > Exactly where in my browser preferences? In Netscape you can go edit>preferences>appearance and set your default background/fonts/font size etc. > "What if your potential viewer is using Netscape or Opera or ICab or > Safari or Konqueror or Mozilla? > Do you turn them away because they are not microsoft?" > > The website school that I attended, said that most people use IE > and Netscape. If a JavaScript University teacher can't figure out > why the HTML coding works in IE and not completely in Netscape, > then what hope do I have? All the hope in the world. That is learning. If you always accept what your told and don't put the effort into understanding, then you will always be at the mercy of those doing the telling (such as those at your isp telling you what software you *have* to use). The different browsers have each implemented portions of the spec differently. Netscape 4.xx is notorious for its poor support of javascript. If you code your pages to the html standard, then it is the implementator of the software who is responsible for the poor rendering. If the demographic you're trying to reach uses IE exclusively, then it is acceptable to code to the browser. In the real world, this excludes those folks who use non-microsoft products. This compatibility question is something to be aware of as a web designer. > "the more information you > can give us, the easier it is to remotely diagnose your problem." > > I don't know what else to tell you. It acts like it's going to open > up, and when the IE browser window opens up, before any images > come up on the screen, it freezes, and a grinding sound is heard > through the land. I'm assuming that the grinding noise is heavy hard drive access. IE writes a cache file to your hard drive of several MB in size. I believe it is in your System Folder>Preferences Folder. You had mentioned before of deleting all of your IE files using Sherlock. Is it possible that you missed this cache file? This might cause a freeze as the new IE is unable to understand the previous cache. Have you had any other apps (especially ones accessing the Hard Drive) having problems? There might be some bad sectors on the disk that are causing an OS error as IE initializes - but that should affect more apps than just IE. Do you have any free disk space for IE to create this file? Is there an uninstaller for IE on the CD? With most Mac applications, you can use the installer to uninstall the application and thus start from a known good state. Your isp provided this software as the *supported* software to use their service. In reality, you can use any software that you want, as you seem to have a functional internet connection. As a last resort, you can hold them to their word and call their tech support desk and have them actually provide the support. I actually go out of my way to avoid calling my isp's support desk, because they only seem to be able to raise my blood pressure... ;) A router is a device on your network that you use between you modem and your network(or computer). It can handle the connection between your system and your isp's, by running a built in PPPOE (point-to-point-protocolOverEthernet) client and giving your machine an ip address (which is handled right now on your system by the Enternet software, I believe). The real benefit to having a router is when you have two or more computers that want to share the same internet connection. The router handles this automagically - taking the computer ip addresses and translating them to share the same address on the provider side of the router, yet separating the incoming packets and sending them to the correct computer on your network. tom -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
