Mark Manning
2004-01-26 17:01:17 UTC
Problems:
1. If the ending ">" is left off of a "</title>" tag, IE will not
display the entire document as in this example:
<html>
<head><title>Test</title</head>
<body>Hi</body>
</html>
What happens is that the ending "</head>" is gobbled up and the whole
thing becomes a part of the header. This error happens on both IBM PCs
and Macs under the latest versions available for IE running under
Windows98se and MacOS v9.2.
2. IE:Mac seems to be having problems in other areas. When attempting
to create menus under IE on the Macintosh a strange thing occurred.
Various numerical information was lost and replaced by IE:Mac with zeros
(0) or ones (1). Unknown why. IE:PC worked correctly, NN:Mac worked
correctly, Mozilla:Mac worked correctly. Only IE:Mac did something
strange. An example follows:
On all other browsers:
<div id='div_3' left=38 top=18 style='position:absolute; left:38; top:18;'>
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr><td><a href='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgMenu(2,1)'><img
src='Images/white.gif' name='menu_2_1' width=198 height=18
onMouseOver='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,false)'
onMouseOut='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,true)'
border=0></a></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
#########################################################################
Under IE:Mac I get:
<div id='div_3' left=1 top=0 style='position:absolute; left:1; top:0;'>
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr><td><a href='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgMenu(2,1)'><img
src='Images/white.gif' name='menu_2_1' width=1 height=0
onMouseOver='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,false)'
onMouseOut='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,true)'
border=0></a></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
Notice the following:
1. The "left" option is incorrect.
2. The "top" option is incorrect.
3. The "width" option is incorrect.
4. The "height" option is incorrect.
There is only one routine which sends this information across the
internet. Everyone else receives the top information. Only IE:Mac
receives the bottom. I have looked at this and looked at this and I can
not figure out what is going on. I only know that I am sending the top
information across the line but IE:Mac is getting the bottom. NN and
Mozilla v1.1 for the Mac both receive the top information also. So
there is something going on with IE:Mac for MacOS v9.2.
So let me reiterate this: I have tried my program on IBM PCs as well as
Linux boxes and Macintoshes. Everyone else, including IE:PC works just
fine but IE:Mac does something very weird to everything.
I just had a thought. I'm going to try putting everything in single
quotes. All of the stuff sent across in single quotes is ok. If this
is the answer - there is still a problem with IE:Mac. Because it should
be able to handle numeric information coming across the internet.
Mark
1. If the ending ">" is left off of a "</title>" tag, IE will not
display the entire document as in this example:
<html>
<head><title>Test</title</head>
<body>Hi</body>
</html>
What happens is that the ending "</head>" is gobbled up and the whole
thing becomes a part of the header. This error happens on both IBM PCs
and Macs under the latest versions available for IE running under
Windows98se and MacOS v9.2.
2. IE:Mac seems to be having problems in other areas. When attempting
to create menus under IE on the Macintosh a strange thing occurred.
Various numerical information was lost and replaced by IE:Mac with zeros
(0) or ones (1). Unknown why. IE:PC worked correctly, NN:Mac worked
correctly, Mozilla:Mac worked correctly. Only IE:Mac did something
strange. An example follows:
On all other browsers:
<div id='div_3' left=38 top=18 style='position:absolute; left:38; top:18;'>
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr><td><a href='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgMenu(2,1)'><img
src='Images/white.gif' name='menu_2_1' width=198 height=18
onMouseOver='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,false)'
onMouseOut='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,true)'
border=0></a></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
#########################################################################
Under IE:Mac I get:
<div id='div_3' left=1 top=0 style='position:absolute; left:1; top:0;'>
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr><td><a href='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgMenu(2,1)'><img
src='Images/white.gif' name='menu_2_1' width=1 height=0
onMouseOver='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,false)'
onMouseOut='JavaScript:top.frames[5].chgImg(2,1,true)'
border=0></a></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
Notice the following:
1. The "left" option is incorrect.
2. The "top" option is incorrect.
3. The "width" option is incorrect.
4. The "height" option is incorrect.
There is only one routine which sends this information across the
internet. Everyone else receives the top information. Only IE:Mac
receives the bottom. I have looked at this and looked at this and I can
not figure out what is going on. I only know that I am sending the top
information across the line but IE:Mac is getting the bottom. NN and
Mozilla v1.1 for the Mac both receive the top information also. So
there is something going on with IE:Mac for MacOS v9.2.
So let me reiterate this: I have tried my program on IBM PCs as well as
Linux boxes and Macintoshes. Everyone else, including IE:PC works just
fine but IE:Mac does something very weird to everything.
I just had a thought. I'm going to try putting everything in single
quotes. All of the stuff sent across in single quotes is ok. If this
is the answer - there is still a problem with IE:Mac. Because it should
be able to handle numeric information coming across the internet.
Mark