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DWood
03-09-2002, 10:42 PM
In Netscape, my page keeps loading even when it is done. I checked all <p>, <td>, <tr>, <table>, and page tags (html, body, etc.)......and they all open and close. Is there anything else that could cause this?

JustLurkin77
03-09-2002, 11:22 PM
You might want to post a link to the page in question. I was able to open the page listed in your profile with Netscrape 4.04 and 6.2 without any problems. If you are using FrontPage to build, Netscape sometimes has trouble loading improperly nested elements. You might want to run your page through one of the validators located at http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/ or http://www.hitbox.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?tools/doc.

Tim Greer
03-10-2002, 12:58 AM
Yeah, Netscape is a very "thence-tha-tive" product. I don't like IE and I notice how Netscape doesn't do well at all sometimes when dealing with certain Javascript and table issues -- but they almost are always badly done is why -- but it'd be nice if it didn't lock up Netscape and consume 100% of my CPU until I kill the Netscape process(es).

DWood
03-10-2002, 11:15 AM
thanks....that first page showed 10 million errors lol.....should i fix them all? or are they overly nitpicky?

Aralanthir
03-10-2002, 01:28 PM
I've found that many HTML validators are very useful, but some details are overly nitpicky. For example, the beginning declarations <!doctype...> etc etc, usually generate the most errors for me, but unless your user is surfing with a really old browser, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Try to fix whatever errors you can, but keep in mind that most HTML validators generate errors based on ALL browser incompatibilities (including almost obsolete ones).

Change
03-10-2002, 02:12 PM
I've noticed that Netscape (sometimes?) shows the page as 'loading' when there is an animated GIF in the page. Maybe it's that? (Which would mean it's nothings serious)