[thelist] weird comment

Ken Snyder kendsnyder at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 17:10:10 CST 2007


Brian Cummiskey wrote:
> I happened to find the following comment in one of my client's source html:
>
>
> any validity to this, or is it an ie2 fix?
>
>
>
> <!-- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx END CONTENT 
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -->
> <!-- THE FOLLOWING COMMENT GARBAGE IS TO MAKE THE PAGE SIZE GREATER THAN 
> 512KB -->
> <!-- SO EXPLORER WILL NOT SERVE UP ITS OWN 404 ERROR PAGE -->
> <!-- IT IS REPORTED THAT MICROSOFT WILL OVERRIDE A CUSTOM ERROR PAGE IF 
> IT IS NOT-->
> <!-- BIG ENOUGH -->
> ...
>   
It looks legit except for the fact that "512KB" should be "512 bytes":

http://www.404-error-page.com/404-error-page-too-short-problem-microsoft-ie.shtml

Apparently all error pages have a minimum size requirement for IE 4 - 6 
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q218155/).

- Ken Snyder





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