Netscape 6.2 ?not recognising some hyperlinks

Hi all

the current situation with IE has made me investigate alternative browsers, including Netscape6.2

I don't think I wll end up with it! - needs far more resources that my P1 100MHZ 32MB dinosaur can supply... but:

while trying it out I noticed something very odd - looking at the same web page with Opera, IE6, N6.2:

one of the hyperlinks on the page which worked normally with IE and Opera refused completely with N6.2

it appeared in blue and underlined; but hovering the mouse over it, the pointer didn't even change to a hand.

picture, also showing source for page

best wishes, HJ

 

Hi Hugh,

Netscape 6.2 is obsolete, and quite buggy compared to the newer Versions of Netscape and Mozilla. Netscape is to release a new browser in late Summer, Version 7.2, which will be based on Mozilla 1.7 code. In the meantime I recommend Mozilla 1.7 to all users.

With your system, however, Opera will most likely be your best bet.

Ramona

 

Hi Ramona

many thanks for replying.

Looks like I'll be staying with IE, Opera's got its own vulnerabilities, and without being able to put sites into security zones there's even less I can do about some of them.

I had another reason for trying to get to the bottom of the "missing link" - I make web pages and try to avoid markup likely to cause problems;

As you describe NN6.2 as buggy, can I take it that the "missing link" thing is unlikely to affect other versions of Netscape?

I'm in the process of stripping down the markup of the page with the problematic link, trying to determine what feature it was which caused the trouble.

best wishes, HJ.

 

Hi Hugh,

Not necessarily. Why don't you take a look at the below W3C page for cross browser recommendations:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/list.html

and here is the W3C Validator:
http://validator.w3.org/

Ramona

 

Hi Ramona

thanks for the links... these are places I know very, very well (sigh)!...

very best wishes, HJ.

 

Hugh,

You poor thing, I'm sorry not to be able to give you more help! Have you look here: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/links.html#edef-A

Perhaps this may give you what you need for the problem. My knowledge of HTML is only the very, very, basic tags. That's about it...

Ramona

 

Hi again Ramona

...on a bad day I reckon I just about keep the validator in business! - and the CSS validator, too...

Trouble is, I use Transitional HTML4.01 which W3C see as a language describing page content, not page appearance;

so you could say that I'm always asking too much - but then that's what websetters do, people want their pages to look the same irrespective of browser. Difference between a page element being visible, and being in the correct place on the page. XML's better for this, but won't play with older stuff (IE3)

well that's the best way. Ockham's razor of the internet keep it simple as you can, but get to know the quirks and crankinesses - particularly older browsers - like the NN4.x classic of losing styles below a table where a width has been specified as a percentage (<span>ning 'em back on works a treat)... or IE3 style sheet parser (of sorts!) throwing a wobbly when it hits a comma (font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color:#ffcccc; size:12pt; ) it'll get as far as the comma and then prang, so you'll get Verdana, but not the colour or the size. Can use this to make individual IE3 tweaks! Naughty, but it works, and will get past the validator.

tons of thanks once again - and best wishes as ever, HJ.

Hey - just sussed - HAPPY 4th July (from across the pond, where it's not quite such an occasion)

 

Hi

it seems to be a combination effect, can remove either the "legend" or the "float" and the link will work normally.

minimal test page is the smallest I could get it down to

apart from NN6.2, the only other Netscape I've tried is NN4.08 with which the link works

best wishes, HJ

 

I am using Mozilla Firebird 0.9.2, and the first link gives the w3c page, the second one which you have now, gives me an empty page, except for the title on top. I gave up on NS6.2 long ago. Really, with your puny processor, I would not bother with Netscape. But, even Mozilla Firefox would not do well in your hardware, and, it does not even have mail!

 

Hi Westside

I've given up on trying to use Netscape6.2 as an online browser! - but the way I noticed it misses some hyperlinks does still interests me.

there's very little on the page -

but you should see the words "a link or not a link" over to the RHS;

this is valid markup but, for some anomalous reason, Netscape6.2 doesn't recognise it - hover over it and the pointer doesn't even change to a hand

(If as Ramona says Netscape6.2 is "a bit buggy" it doesn't matter a lot, but I try to avoid using markup which I know upsets anything if I can.)

I wonder what Netscapes immediately before and after 6.2 make of it?

best wishes, HJ.