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    External JS file works in IE but not NS7.1

    I surfed this afternoon, and eventually found out how to make my (originally internal) script work from an external library. Or so I thought - I've checked since, and it doesn't show up in NS. It used to work in NS4.6 (it's the DD fade-in slideshow) so it's not an issue with the code.

    Could you please have a look at this slideshow (ignoring the fact that the header image is WAY too big, and other small things) and tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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    Which version of NS does it not work in?

    A quick look at the code tells me it shouldn't work in any Netscape v4.x browser, you may have previously had a version of the code which would work with that obsolete antique but the code you're using now definitely doesn't.
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      I'm using NS7.1 and can't see it.

      I use NS7.1 and I get the (huge) header, background, and text. The slideshow is not behind the header, as it's supposed to be located under the text.

      The slideshow is accessed perfectly by Opera 7 (7.11) and by IE 6.

      I cut-and-pasted the code from the sourcecode of this page, which is viewed correctly by Opera 7, IE 6, NS7.1, and even NN4.

      And even though I know NN4* is obsolete and a hunk of trash, my line is that if one of my customers has an elderly relative (I'm selling to the family market) who only has an antique browser, then all I can do is suggest they pay for a design around that slideshow, and add an @import: 'get a new browser' .

      I've just checked the code, and it's identical to the code integral on the url listed above - so why doesn't it work on .../slideshow.htm, where it's external? NS7.1 can reference external js, even if NN4* can't!

      Thanks for your patience if you read all that through!
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      • #4
        I was incorrect about the script not working with NS4, I see it doesn't check for it explicitly but it does handle NS4 ok. In fact, if you change the script slightly so that "var dom = false; var ie4 = false" the script works fine in NS6 so the problem is more likely to do with the way the script does it's transitions from one slide to another.
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        • #5
          <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

          Remove that line and it will work in NS7.1

          (Don't ask me why. DOCTYPE's in documents create the biggest headache for scripting that I have ever had. Not only do you now have to code cross browser, you have to code for different DOCTYPE's thus doubling/tripling the amount of testing required)
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          • #6
            There is no box!

            Yup, you're right. I'd never have thought of that! Need to get bilingual in JS!
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