Re: Page won't load Netscape 4

I stand corrected on my post that will show up eventually.  Why this list is
so slow sometimes.  Anyways, I see that the </tr> and </td> tags _are_
optional.  Is that practical though?  I'd be curious of a poll of coders
here that DON'T use the closing tags.

Have you had any Mac users check your site?  I'm curious if IE (doubt it) or
NN any version has a problem with the missing closing tag.  Other browsers?

GK

> At 21:16 11/08/02 -0500, Gary Krockover wrote:
> >You've got some unclosed/overlapping <tr>'s.  Double check all of your
> >tables.  Netscape 4 is notorious for not showing anything if the tables
> >aren't laid out properly.  Or, for all the Netscape 4 fans, I should say,
> >it's much more strict in the requirements for proper table layouts.  :)
>
> In HTML 4.01, the closing tags for td and tr are optional. If Netscape 4
> chokes on this, then Netscape 4 is at fault :)
>
> ON a more practical note, missing </tr> and </td> tags are probably what
is
> causing the problem. In addition, I would make sure that the page
> validates. Debugging problems with Netscape 4 is hard enough with valid
> code, let alone invalid. Remember that _everywhere_ an & appears, you must
> use &amp; instead, even if it is in an href attribute.
>
> Andrew
>

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