Re: FN-FORUM Netscape 6 & Flash & HTML errors

date posted 14th July 2001 18:38

Very true Alison, but most of those are used by people like 'us' for
testing, or just out of interest - or by those running 'unusual' platforms.
Joe/Joanne public, who we are designing and testing for, are using IE4/5 and
NN4.x almost without exception - they didn't use Opera even when it was
free........
Now frankly I don't care what they use, I'd just like some consistency -
wouldn't we all - but the much vaunted compliance of NN6 with HTML standards
just hasn't happened.
I'm concerned, however, if Bill G gets it all to himself, we will get IE7 or
8 which does all sorts of stupid things in the name of 'ease of use' or
'enhancing the web experience' or somesuch bollox and renders our best
efforts as a dogs dinner - see the multimedia toolbar which pops up on IE6
leaving only about 600 pixels width as a worrying trend, plus someone
mentioned the MSN browser the other day presenting similar problems......
......anyway, mustn't ramble, Ema's expecting lasagne when she gets in ;-)

Paul

P J White
www.BW3.co.uk
Digital Media Stuff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison M Wheeler" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 5:56 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Netscape 6 & Flash & HTML errors


> of course part of the problem here is that many of the 'other' browsers
can
> fake their ID, often from a user-selected range of options, thus skewing
the
> platform/browser/version info.
>
> Alison
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Paul J White
> Sent: 13 July 2001 18:00
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Netscape 6 & Flash & HTML errors
>
>
> Worry about NN6!? I don't think so, looking at my user stats (%) over the
> last couple of Months....
> Explorer 5.0 - 77.49
> Netscape 4.0 - 8.86
> Explorer 4.0 - 8.12
> AOL 5 - 1.85
> Explorer 2.0 - 1.48
> Netscape 3.0 - 1.48
> Netscape 6.0 - 0.74
>
> Don't want to start a browser war, but it is a) so crap b) so little used
> I've given up testing in it already. Making NN4.x work is bad enough IMHO
>
> Paul.
>
> P J White
> www.BW3.co.uk
> Digital Media Stuff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Prideaux" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 5:04 PM
> Subject: FN-FORUM Netscape 6 & Flash & HTML errors
>
>
> Hi All,
> Ok, I have waited a while before I said this as I wanted to be sure of my
> facts and Macromedia have been looking into the errors but so far MM and
NN
> have not solved them.
>
> I work with many different programs and platforms and also write about new
> program releases, whilst testing some new Flash principles I noticed
> inconsistent results when testing on Netscape 6. This should not be so as
> the Flash plugin should embed the Flash movie (swf) into the page and the
> swf should play the same on IE and NN (I am talking about a basic movie
here
> with no external commands).
>
> I was chatting with one of the developers at MM and they said they are
fully
> aware of these errors and are working with NN to get around them, last
night
> I installed the most recent versions of NN and Flash plugin and the errors
> still exist. I advise installing NN 6 and checking your sites to see if
you
> need to make any minor tweaks or adjustments - irrespective of the usual
NN
> alterations that are required ;-)
>
> I have not had the time to check all HTML sites with NN 6 and I guess
there
> are no new problems there but it does not hurt to try.
>
> I could type for hours about this but I won't bore you ;-) this is just
> meant as a 'heads up' to those who are not aware of the new conflicts.
>
> If you want to know more or have any questions feel free to email me
rather
> than clogging up the list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rog.
>
>
>
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