Re: navigation bars-absent on newer version of Netscape

They're not supporting the <.LAYER> tag, which was a Communicator
proprietary tag.  They do continue to support <.DIV> type layers.

Justin H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "H. G. Quinn" <hgquinn(at)attglobal.net>
To: "Noteworthy Web Designs" <webmaster(at)noteworthydesigns.com>
Cc: "HWG Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: navigation bars-absent on newer version of Netscape


> I think I remember it beng said during the Mozilla project that NN 6 would
> not support layers.  Some stuff I did for fun a couple of years ago didn't
> work in NN 6 preview 1, and as a result of the position that Netscape
would
> no longer support layers, I stopped using any DHTML about a year ago.
Check
> http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns6/relnotes/6.0.html, as there may
be
> a description of this issue; if not, the document has a link to Mozilla,
> where you may be able to find out more.
>
> Noteworthy Web Designs wrote:
>
> > I have a navigation bar (DHTML) at http://www.alpsmountaineering.com,
> > which showed up fine on my Netscape 4.7 and my IE. However, my customer
> > told me he got a message from a customer saying that it wasn't showing
> > up on Netscape. I told him to try to check the options settings for java
> > and all that good stuff. He figured out it works on 4.7, but not on
> > 6.01. Any ideas? He's concerned about getting it to show up on a newer
> > version. That seems to be the opposite of what we usually worry about!
> >
> > --
> > Karen Stafford
> > Noteworthy Web Designs
> > "Websites Composed with Jazz"
> > Web Design,Hosting,Search Promotion
> > http://www.noteworthydesigns.com
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Heather Quinn
> info(at)windyhilldesign.com
> http://www.windyhilldesign.com
> hgquinn(at)attglobal.net
> http://pws.prserv.net/windyhill
>
>

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