Re: Netscape 5 (was: validation error)

From: Shelley Watson <shelleyw(at)home.com>
>  ... ="Ichange('default1')"><IMG SRC="navar1.gif" NAME="image1"
>border="0"  ...
>                                                        ^
>Error: there is no attribute "NAME"
>----------------
>I'm wondering how important that is

Cindy Stanley,  SSS WebWorks wrote:
>>the "name attribute" works w/ nn3+, ie4+, and opera. From my research,
>>if you want to use the "name attribute", then you'll have to specify
the
>>HTML 4.01 DTD in order for it to validate. The "name attribute" will
not
>>validate using the HTML 4.0 DTD, for it doesn't include the "name
>>attribute". If you'd like to validate for HTML 4.0 DTD, then you will
>>have to use *arrays*.  But, keep in mind, you will be losing viewers
>>from the older versions of browsers by using the array method.


Christopher Higgs wrote:
>Actually, from the older versions of IE only - Netscape handled the
arrays
>long before IE was aware of them.

The name attribute validates w/ "the older versions of IE only"? And
Netscape and arrays validate w/ using HTML 4.0 or lower DTD? The point I
was trying to convey was a validation issue. Sorry for the confusion.
--
Cindy K. Stanley, SSS
Stanley Support Service

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