Re: Netscape6, JS, Frames, and Anything you Do not want Fancy!

Lisa:

Point out to your client that Netscape 6 is still an "alpha" release. Not
even a "beta" yet. I can't for the life of me, understand why Netscape would
release such a unfinished, buggy, crash-y, miss-mash in which half of the
stuff does not work--but they did.

Every web magazine that I have seen so far has advised their readers to wait
for a more complete version before downloading it.

My buddy just "had" to try it and it destroyed his current version of
Netscape, filled his IE-5 full of "funnies" and then proceeded to crash
every time he tried to surf with it. The final insult, was the trouble he
had trying to uninstall the thing.

Fortunately, we had both IE-5 and NN-4.7 on CD's, so he is back up and
running.

I know that many tout NN-6 as the answer to "valid" html but it is going to
have to put performance where the hype is before it is of any use--no matter
how valid its code might be.

I tried your sites and they all worked in IE-5 as would be expected. The
only problems were the file size of some of the images that we have
discussed and I know you are already working on. OH, yes--The frame-set site
offered to install a program in my browser and of course, like so many, I
passed as I had never heard of the program. (There are so many--who can keep
track??)

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/
www.newsredding.com/


>       Yes, I am going off today. I have worked and worked on my frames
pages,
> and my JS on each one. As a matter of fact, I went to frames to preserve
the
> scripting and feel of the pages, and put much time and effort into them,
have
> not done a lot with the graphical content, thank the lord!
>         Last night, I loaded NS 6 onto the hard drive, and powered it up,
as
> my associate told me he was not seeing the frames, not the scripting, and
the
> graphics are messed up. Not to say I did not expect some probs, but when I
> went in, and saw none of the scripting, and no frames, and the JAva
Console
> was not even working,  yet no JS error at bottom,  I was floored! NS4.7
did
> not do this, and IE5 is doing great with it.
>         All scripts are written for bot NS4+and IE4+ and worked on both
until
> now.
>         Netscape6 also has longer load time on pages, 18.7 sec for a page
> that on NS4.7 and IE 5 was 8 secs.
>         It also breaks up ANY seamed graphics you may have,  loading them
> slowly.
>         HOwever, since I am having to work with this nightmare, any
helpful
> suggestions appreciated. Just do not get me going on Gates, Microsoft and
> Netscape. I have had my tirade.  Sorry.   Lisa
>        the pages are at:
>            www.truckinlife.com/main.html
>             www.truckinlife.com/index.html
>            www.truckinlife.com/frametest4.html
>

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