[thelist] Need a browser "crash" test

Benjer futureweb at macmail.com
Tue Oct 29 10:23:00 CST 2002


tested following - no crashes, running OSX.

IE 5.2.

NN4.7 - under CLASSIC

Mozilla 1.0

Chimera, Navigator 0.5.

Opera 5.0

netscape 6.1

IE 4.5 - under CLASSIC

On 29/10/02 5:11 pm, "sasha" <spam at bittersweet2.com> wrote:

> I've been developing a stand-alone portfolio site for
> myself, and decided to go purely with CSS for layout
> (believe me, I had no idea how many headaches I was
> going to get over this).  After the whole thing was as
> done as I figured it was going to be, I downloaded a few
> earlier versions of Netscape 4, and discovered that 4.08
> and older were crashing when used to view my site.  So I
> added a "bail out" warning, with the option to continue
> for the brave.
>
> What I'd like is some help determining if there are any
> other browsers that will crash while visiting my new
> site so that I can add them to the list.  I'm
> particularly interested in what Macs see.
>
> http://www.sketchdiary.com
>
> Browsers I've checked:
> Opera 6.05 (win), 6.1 preview 5 (linux) - ok
> Internet Explorer 5.0, 6.0 (win) - ok
> Netscape 4.51, 4.79, 6.0, 7.0 (win) - ok
> Netscape 4.07, 4.08 (win) - both crash, assuming
> previous versions also do
> Konqueror (unix) - ok
> Mozilla (unix) - ok
>
> Yes, I am aware of exactly which piece of code causes
> the crash, but removing it makes the sub-navigation to
> the left look like complete crap in the Netscape 4's
> that don't crash.
>
> sasha
>





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