I know this is off topic but we're all using computers and on the web -
I've found that pages were you have to cycle through browsers (Yes, five is
about a normal number of browsers for people seriously into web design) to
find one that works invariably means the page in question has bad code. MSIE
is the most forgiving of bad code. NSN 4+ less so, Opera shows every flaw.
NSN 6 is a cludge - breaks at good code.
Theoretically, if a page validates (meaning it conforms 100% with the rules
set down for the version of HTML being used) it should be accessible to any
browser out there - it's not guaranteed to look good, but it should show up.
Several people have complained they can't get into the Library even though
the code validates. Unfortunately, the people who can't get in can't tell me
what was broken. It could be a server problem, but there's no indication
from the hosting service of the servers being down at the problem times.
When the first complaints came in, I contacted the host to see if there was
something wrong, their investigation showed nothing - the site was there and
the server-side programming was working properly.
There is also the possibility (for those who kept coming up with the 'DNS
not found' error) that their own ISP was having problems accessing services
out of certain Internet nodes. (About two years ago the entire east coast of
the US was unavailable to the west coast due to a major node being down for
about 6 hours.)
As I cannot replicate the various problems reported at the Library, I can't
fix them.
Deborah R. SHADO Librarian
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Martin [mailto:
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Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 8:31 AM
To:
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Subject: RE: [SHADO] dead links
At 07:59 AM 9/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Rob - I just rechecked the validation on the page and it shows no errors
>online through W3C.
>Only the background showing would normally indicate a tables issue in NSN,
>but if so, it's not showing as an error. Knowing how the page is conformed,
>turning Javascript OFF might be a better test. (Page looks ugly in NSN that
>way, though - the CSS turns off.)
On my UFO website, I've specifically avoided things like java, javascript,
and CSS, just because I've noted that they cause a lot of trouble
with various browsers. I must have 5 different browsers on my computer,
and with some sites, I have to cycle through several of them to find
one which works! Of course, I'm using a Mac, which makes things more
difficult for me, since most people design their sites to only work
on Windows machines...
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Marc Martin,
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