Netscape

[NSX Prime]

Several people over the last few weeks have reported that the message forums no longer load using Netscape -- it just shows a blank white page. The only changes I've made in the past few weeks are in the header - the current ad for hpfreaks.com and the navigation bar change. Can any HTML propellerheads point out what in the code may be causing Netscape to choke?

 

[POWERED by HONDA]

I'm having zero problems with Mozilla 1.6 Alpha (which is the core of the Netscape 7.x series).

Is there anyway you can find out what version of Netscape is causing this?

 

[NSX Prime]

One person reported that NS 4.78 started giving them a blank screen but IE on the same machine worked fine.

 

[FuryNSX]

I will occassionally load NSXPrime using Netscape 7.02. I have not been experiencing any sort of problem with that browser.

 

[MarkB]

There are some browser versions in which you may need to empty the cache to get around the problem. It has to do with feature mixing and incompatibilities.

BTW, why do some people have older versions of the browser platforms? They are free and easy to install. The newer versions have fewer compatibility issues.

 

[milz50]

Hi Lud,

I believe you need a tr preceding the first of your menu links. I'm dumb and can't figure out how to make HTML appear as clear text, so I will PM you.

I don't have netscape 4.X installed at home, so I can't guarantee that this will fix the issue. I will try to find a box at work with netscape to see if I can reproduce and fix the error.

 

[nsx1]

I noticed the page was trying to load. 1st I looked for a javascript error... very fast and easy... no luck there. Then I looked for mismatched table tags (a simple count)... it is missing 4 closing table tags (i.e </table> ). (Netscape is horrible about that.) If you put 4 closing tags at the end of the page (before </body> ), it satisfies Netscape 4.7x... but that's not the right place for them (obviously). I can find the right places for them, but it can take a little time.

Also, milz50 is correct, a "tr" is missing... after the nsxplogousa.gif and image map row.

There are also some nesting errors.