what's netscapes problem?

[havik]

Take a look at the following URL:

http://www.e-bsc.ca/Temp/NewFolder/example.html

I know this scroller is compatible with any netscape less that the version 6, but I'm trying to get it to work in netscape 6 and 7.


Explorer has no problems running the scroller without creating havik :) on the page.

any ideas to work around this?

Havik

[Vladdy]

Write compliant code!!!

[havik]

Yeah good idea, what do you think I'm trying to do in the first place?

Havik

[Vladdy]

For example:
document.images['ttus'].src is not compliant
document.getElementById('ttus').src is

[havik]

Well that was code that I removed so I could show just the minimum of what was going on. Guess what, that code works perfectly on the page. Don't believe me? Go to:

http://www.cbsc.org/manitoba/index.html

and look at the 'Talk to us' button right below the side menu.

So look, if you don't know how to solve my problem then don't bother saying something very vague and general like, 'Write compliant code!!!'.

Havik

[Vladdy]

If you code works in IE and does not in Gecko, the problem is in its compliancy with DOM standard. Go through it and make sure there are no document.all, node.attachEvent and other IE only and old stuff. Use Gecko's javascript console and see on which object it errors.
You want me to rewrite it for you so it works in Gecko - that will be $75/hour.

[havik]

I'll get back to you on that since Gecko isn't my priority right now.

[boojum]

havik, wheres your sig from?

[havik]

The first one is something I read on Dilbert and the second is similiar to something someone told me.

But regarding the subject of the thread, nevermind I got it to work.

Havik

[Dan Drillich]

HTML4 N6 and IE4 support onmouseover, onmouseout, etc. for most elements. So, you can use just the img element without wrapping it with the a tag.
If you do use the a tags, you have to be careful with javascript in URLs as in -
<a href="javascript:scrollTextUpFast()….”

As “JavaScript The Definitive Guide” says –


Often, we want to use a javascript: URL to execute some JavaScript code without altering the currently displayed document. To do this, you must be sure that the last statement in the URL has no return value. One way to ensure this is to use the void operator to explicitly specify an undefined return value. Simply use the statement void 0; at the end of the javascript: URL.



Cheers,
Dan

[havik]

Well, I'm happy with the way the scroller works in NS6+ and IE, but it doesn't want to work to well with NS4. Do div layers show up in NS4 at all, or should I work with <ilayer> and <layer>?

Havik