Is there a way to check out a web page in Netscape without having to install it on my computer?<br />
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I am maintaining a website for a friend and have IE6. He wants to make the webpage accessible to the widest number of people possible. What is your advice on how far i should make this webpage IE and Netscape backward compatible?<br />
<br />
And where could I get older versions of IE and Netscape?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
<br />
Dom..<!--content-->If you want your web site accessible to the "widest number of people possible" then do the following:<br />
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1) Start with a page that is properly marked up in HTML 4.01 Strict and that works. This means no using of TABLEs for layout. <br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/</a><!-- m --><br />
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2) Follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/">http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/</a><!-- m --><br />
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3) Add presentation and layout using CSS.<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/</a><!-- m --><br />
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Netscape 4 will get wrong CSS positioning but it doesn't understand the @import rule. You can use this to create a Netscape 4 specific style.<!--content-->Thanks for your help Charles,<br />
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I have also found a Netscape emulator <br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://home.earthlink.net/~woogieoogieboogie/navemulator/nnemupre.html#">http://home.earthlink.net/~woogieoogieb ... upre.html#</a><!-- m --><br />
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however i want to check out the website in IE4 and Netscape 4.<br />
<br />
Is there a true emulator or do I have to install these versions on my pc? If I have to install then where do I get the older versions of IE and Netscape?<br />
<br />
I do not want to install and would much prefer to visit a site as above link.<br />
<br />
Any help will be very much appreciated,<br />
<br />
Thanks again,<br />
<br />
Dom..<!--content-->I don't know of any online emulators, but you can Download <!--more--> most browsers from the evolt browser archive (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://browsers.evolt.org/">http://browsers.evolt.org/</a><!-- m -->).<br />
<br />
Adam<!--content-->thanks Adam,<br />
<br />
will try that....
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I am maintaining a website for a friend and have IE6. He wants to make the webpage accessible to the widest number of people possible. What is your advice on how far i should make this webpage IE and Netscape backward compatible?<br />
<br />
And where could I get older versions of IE and Netscape?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
<br />
Dom..<!--content-->If you want your web site accessible to the "widest number of people possible" then do the following:<br />
<br />
1) Start with a page that is properly marked up in HTML 4.01 Strict and that works. This means no using of TABLEs for layout. <br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
2) Follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/">http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
3) Add presentation and layout using CSS.<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
Netscape 4 will get wrong CSS positioning but it doesn't understand the @import rule. You can use this to create a Netscape 4 specific style.<!--content-->Thanks for your help Charles,<br />
<br />
I have also found a Netscape emulator <br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://home.earthlink.net/~woogieoogieboogie/navemulator/nnemupre.html#">http://home.earthlink.net/~woogieoogieb ... upre.html#</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
however i want to check out the website in IE4 and Netscape 4.<br />
<br />
Is there a true emulator or do I have to install these versions on my pc? If I have to install then where do I get the older versions of IE and Netscape?<br />
<br />
I do not want to install and would much prefer to visit a site as above link.<br />
<br />
Any help will be very much appreciated,<br />
<br />
Thanks again,<br />
<br />
Dom..<!--content-->I don't know of any online emulators, but you can Download <!--more--> most browsers from the evolt browser archive (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://browsers.evolt.org/">http://browsers.evolt.org/</a><!-- m -->).<br />
<br />
Adam<!--content-->thanks Adam,<br />
<br />
will try that....
<!--content-->