On 16 Sep 2002, at 20:36, Karin Christensen wrote:

> My recent question on a website not working in early
> versions of Netscape leads me to this question.
> 
> What methods do you all use to check your web sites in
> different browsers? Do you have all these browsers on your
> computer at once.

With Netscape, yes, you can. I have NS2 and NS4, 
along with as many as three different versions of Mozilla 
(current release version, prior release version, then a 
weekly version, depending on testing needs). I could 
add NS6.x to the collection to. Unlike IE, which insists on 
there being only one installed version.

Another way to check sites is to cultivate friends who 
use earlier versions or different platforms than you do. I 
have friends who use Macs, so I often as them to check 
sites for me. I have friends who use Opera.

Another way is to keep an old computer around after 
you get a new one. Install some older browsers on it, 
plug it into your Internet connection via a router box or a 
switch, and use it for testing. Or just keep a lot of 
computers around - I have three (running OS/2, Linux, 
and Windows9x) at home that I use, two here at the 
office (W9x and WindowsXP).

> I used to check my sites in Netscape 4 but when I got
> DSL I have not been able to figure out how to open that
> browser.  Because I am always on and my DSL software
> isn't compatible with older browsers early versions of
> Netscape go berserk if I try to open it and test a site
> locally. All I can figure out to do is unplug my
> ethernet cord from the computer to open this browser. 

Strange, all my various versions of Netscape work just 
fine with the cable modem connection. You don't define 
what "going berserk" means, but I suspect your problem 
is that the proxy settings of your older versions haven't 
been updated to reflect the DSL service's proxies. Web 
browsers haven't the vaguest idea how the TCP/IP 
(network) connection is made - for all they know, you're 
connecting it up using coconut wireless. ;-)

Contact your DSL provider, ask them what proxy 
settings to use, and see what happens with NS when 
you get them set right.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu
 

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