RE: [PHP] Re: poor HTML syntax crashing (!) netscape

I completely agree, Dave... I use IE 6 for browsing, but when I develop sites, I always test them for backwards compatibility all the way down to Netscape 3.0. If your site renders properly in NS 3.0, then you can rest assured it will render correctly for the majority of web users out there. -----Original Message----- From: DAve Goodrich [mailto:daveg@rblc.com] Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 9:00 PM To: Christian Calloway; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: poor HTML syntax crashing (!) netscape Yes Netscape will be a problem for poor code and MSIE will not. HTML is very straightforward like any other language, learn to write it properly and it will do nothing that surprises you. A requirement for proper syntax is a good thing in your delivery method (the browser). PHP will roll over and die if you leave a ';' off the end of a line, but no one claims it sucks. Don't shoot the messenger.... View the offending page in MSIE, save to file, send to me directly, and I'll be happy to take a look at it for you. We are a cross platform shop and test everything on MSIE/Netscape 4+ on Mac, Windows, and Unix/Linux every day. DAve on 7/8/01 2:52 PM, Christian Calloway at dcmind@hotmail.com wrote: > I've had the same problem with Netscape, where it would crash/choke on > any platform. I never figured it out, but it has something to do with > Netscape choking on your HTML, it has nothing to do with CSS or > Javascript or PHP for that matter. I'm not an IE fan, but lets face > it, Netscape sucks. > > > "Tom Carter" <subs@roundcorners.com> wrote in message > news:02bb01c103fe$c51d1ac0$0a00a8c0@bjorn... >> Hi guys, >> >> I have an interesting situation at the moment... my (slightly sloppy) >> HTML is obviously missing a closing tag here or there but displays >> fine in > opera, >> ie etc however when I try and view it netscape (4.x, windows, linux, >> any >> platform) netscape just nice and cleanly crashes!! If anyone knows of a > bug >> which would cause netscape to do this then please let me know. The >> code in question is very dynamic (what I mean is that it can vary by >> quite a lot depending upon many many different things). Its qutie >> hard to debug, especially seeing as the page returned is browser >> specific.. the one thing > I >> have ruled out is that it is JavaScript.. I removed all of that and >> no change. >> >> Any tips will be helpful... in the meanwhile I'm going to go thru all >> my functions to attempt to work out what is doing it.... *yawn* >> >> TIA >> Tom. >> > > -- Dave Goodrich Director of Interface Development Reality Based Learning Company 9521 NE Willows Road, Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052 Toll Free 1-877-869-6603 ext. 237 Fax (425) 558-5655 daveg@rblc.com http://www.rblc.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net