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IFRAME Alternative

I have the following code, which uses an iframe to display various html pages. All other pages when calling another page send the html page to the target that being "if1". Is it possible to convert the iframe to something else a layer or ilayer so it will work under netscape 4.8?

            <IFRAME SRC="range-rover-wall.html" name="if1" valign="middle" align="center"
                  width="100%" height="100%" FRAMEBORDER="1" SCROLLING="yes">
            This browser does not support iframes
            </IFRAME>

Zyloch

Hi

For something as ancient as Netscape 4.8..... you'd have to use a server-side language like PHP or you can go back to using normal frames.

Regards,
Zyloch

Cyart

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What brosers would you use for testing pages? I have used ie 5 and netscape 4.8, are you saying that 4.8 is a little two old to be testing on. Could the iframe be replicated with a frame

Diablo84

Netscape is not being developed any more and there are very few internet browsers who use it today (i have personally never come across anyone who uses netscape).

Most people use IE (version 5 or 6), Mozilla or Firefox all of which support iframes.

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Zyloch

You may also want to focus on Netscape 7 as many people still have that. I've heard (not sure if it's true) that Microsoft has to include another browser in with its next Windows. If it is true, we should take a poll on how many think it's Mozilla and how many think it's something like Hotjava.

Diablo84

If that is so, in my opinion it seems more likely that they would choose to include a lesser known browser rather then their next biggest competitor (browser wise - ie. Moz).

Does "another browser" imply rather then IE or as well as IE? If it’s the latter then i would have thought M$ would be even more likely to include a less known browser in hope that users would still use the browser they are most familiar with.

Joakim_

The following code gives a area that is 500px in height, and contains a scrollbar. It doesn't "call" any pages:

<div style="height: 500px; overflow: auto">
Type content here.
</div>

It is possible to use JavaScript for including pages, but don't ask me how. For testing pages, I recommend you to use Mozilla. It's not a big matter what, but don't use Internet Explorer. We all know that Microsoft doesn't like to follow W3C's standards, and they try to accommodate the Internet to their own browser, IE. Mozilla follows the standards. And it is also recommended that you check if your site is valid, width the W3C Markup Validation Service: http://validator.w3.org/

Zyloch

It's just that if your page works in Mozilla, there's a 90% chance that it'll look good or decent enough in IE whereas the opposite does not apply.

Cyart

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Thanks for all your help its much appreciated COBOL the browser stats were very usefull

Cheers