[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape problem

[Andrew Mutch]

Netscape seems to have some problem handling the stylesheets file.  I clicked
back twice and was able to return to a "normal" page [using Communicator
4.7].  IE5 wasn't displaying anything of its own origin - that's the error
page that is used for any browser but IE was apparently able to handle the CSS
file.  In either case, that has to be one of the most confusing error files I
have ever seen.  It not only doesn't provide any useful information but is
very confusing and could lead a visitor to try some rather extreme measures.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

morganj at iupui.edu wrote:

> I just found the same problem in Netscape 4.7 this morning, and it also
> caused a lesser IE problem.  It was created by the FDA site, www.fda.com.
> One of our users was trying to go to
> http://www.fda.gov/opacom/catalog/ots_acne.html,
> but because of a typo (opacom instead of opacam) they should have gotten
> the fda's 404 error.  Instead Netscape couldn't display anything, and
> whatever code it was trying to run inactivated all the hyperlinks the user
> tried until the computer was restarted.  IE5 also had a problem with the
> code, but was able to display the following message:
> "The file you have requested may not have been installed during setup. To
> install this file, please run Setup again and choose the appropriate
> documentation option. This documentation may not be available on some
> operating systems."
> so it did manage to handle the problem better.
>
> Perhaps the FDA's work in bioengineering is includes computer virii :).
>
> Jim Morgan
> morganj at iupui.edu