Re: OS and/or browser problems?

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 42339
interpreted = N
texte = No, none of that. My web sites are usually very cross-platform and cross-browser compatible. I avoid anything that breaks any browser whenever possible, which is usually all the time ... :)I think it must have been a transient error or a browser error. The visitor finally explained that she got a DNS Error with IE6 on XP, so it wasn't a web site error at all. And when she switched to Opera, the site worked fine.Thanks for the suggestions. :) >WindowsXP &/or early versions of IE6 didn't come with Java Virtual Machine. >Do you have a java applet (not javascript) running on the page(s)? > >You can have her download JVM here: >ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/win95/fixes/VM/msjavx86.exe > >GK > >> Has anyone here experienced any problems with visitors getting error >> messages they shouldn't get when visiting webcat sites using Internet >> Explorer 6 on Windows XP? >> >> I have a visitor who claims that she receives an error message and >> cannot browse one of my webcat sites properly when using the above >> software, and for the life of me I cannot figure out why she is the >> only one who seems to be having a problem. >> >> There's no javascript in the pages, she is simply clicking links with >> random numbers in them (to force the pages to be served from the >> server instead of from the browser cache) or she's clicking form >> buttons (which presumably always force the page to load from the >> server). >> >> I've used IE5 and IE 6 on Windows, and I've used IE and Netscape and >> Opera on MacOS9 with no problem whatsoever. >> >> Is there something screwed up about IE6 on WinXP that I have to try >> to work around in order to make sure those software users can browser >> my webcat sites properly? >> >> Or is this person having some kind of transient problem that doesn't >> occur when other people use the same software? >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Kenneth Grome >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OS and/or browser problems? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  2. Re: OS and/or browser problems? (Gary Krockover 2002)
  3. OS and/or browser problems? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
No, none of that. My web sites are usually very cross-platform and cross-browser compatible. I avoid anything that breaks any browser whenever possible, which is usually all the time ... :)I think it must have been a transient error or a browser error. The visitor finally explained that she got a DNS Error with IE6 on XP, so it wasn't a web site error at all. And when she switched to Opera, the site worked fine.Thanks for the suggestions. :) >WindowsXP &/or early versions of IE6 didn't come with Java Virtual Machine. >Do you have a java applet (not javascript) running on the page(s)? > >You can have her download JVM here: >ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/win95/fixes/VM/msjavx86.exe > >GK > >> Has anyone here experienced any problems with visitors getting error >> messages they shouldn't get when visiting webcat sites using Internet >> Explorer 6 on Windows XP? >> >> I have a visitor who claims that she receives an error message and >> cannot browse one of my webcat sites properly when using the above >> software, and for the life of me I cannot figure out why she is the >> only one who seems to be having a problem. >> >> There's no javascript in the pages, she is simply clicking links with >> random numbers in them (to force the pages to be served from the >> server instead of from the browser cache) or she's clicking form >> buttons (which presumably always force the page to load from the >> server). >> >> I've used IE5 and IE 6 on Windows, and I've used IE and Netscape and >> Opera on MacOS9 with no problem whatsoever. >> >> Is there something screwed up about IE6 on WinXP that I have to try >> to work around in order to make sure those software users can browser >> my webcat sites properly? >> >> Or is this person having some kind of transient problem that doesn't >> occur when other people use the same software? >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Kenneth Grome >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Kenneth Grome

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