Latest version of Mosiac for Windows -Reply

[Thomas Dowling]

>I also have problems loading some of my HTML pages into Mosaic 2.0, but I 

>use pretty standard HTML tags, not incorporating any of the Netscape 

>extensions or HTML 3.0 tags. So, why don't they load? Actually, I failed 

>to load them in Netcruiser (Chameleon), but have never had a problem in 

>Netscape. Any ideas?

Validate, validate, validate.  The main problem I've seen with reports like  
this is that there's a not-quite-legit HTML tag lurking in the document.  I  
don't know what version of Netscape you're using, but a lot of people have  
crashed and burned moving from NS 1.x to 2.x because the 2.x versions are  
more stringent in certain aspects.  Malformed HTML comments, in particular,  
will break some browsers.  Validating your code is a big help.

I use a couple different HTML validaters.  I have a command-line program  
called htmlchek (an archie or lycos search will turn it up); when that isn't  
convenient, I go to weblint (http://www.unipress.com/web-lint/) or the  
HALSoft HTML validation service (I always find it through the www.w3.org  
server).  I believe all three of those will check for HTML 2.0, HTML 3.0, or  
Netscape HTML.


Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu