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Some web pages don't work on a Mac?

Some of it works, some of it doesn't. I'm guessing that the JAVA parts were written with Microsoft's version of JAVA. That means it'll never work right on a Mac. Either that, or it's poorly written..

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: fprotate.class
 
When I looked at the page source, I found it hard to believe that things like </html> hadn't been coded. It's a wonder that it can be viewed, even in part.
 
AliensAreFuzzy said:
For some reason my school sports website doesn't seem to work on Macs, neither Safari or IE display it when I try to link to any of the sports pages.. www.xavierhawks.com
Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Yup, put a DOCTYPE on each page, validate each page on the W3 webpage, remove all legacy and proprietary code, and correct all errors the validator pops up.

Incorrect web page viewing has nothing to do with the machine it is being viewed on, but everything to do with the page not being coded properly.

Tell the person who developed the page to learn the web standards and specifications for HTML, or better yet XHTML. Next up, learn about DOCTYPES, and how to validate pages. Finally, when a page is written it should ALWAYS be validated, then all errors in the code corrected.

When pages have no DOCTYPES, or are throwing up errors, the browsers can't view them properly so they go into something called quirks mode. Quirks mode basically means the browser guesses how to display the page, so it should always be avoided. You avoid it with error free code. Finally, as someone above mentioned, do not use anything that is browser, platform, or language specific.

Cheers!
 
I remember reading somewhere that the problem is that IE for the PC allows sloppy web pages. As 90%+ of the web browsers out there are IE, why should they bother. It's a sad state of affairs, but that is the way that most site coders think. :(
 
FuzzyBallz said:
I wonder how much the dude got paid for the poorly coded page.
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It was probably a student, so it's unlikely that the person was paid at all. Having a look at the school's site, the various areas have different personalities so it's not as if they were really planned--they just happened.
 
Ohh my.. give up on word pad.. use a WYSIWYG!

I thought my web page was the Abhorrent Prion of the HTML world.. NAY!


/edit I also felt like a dirty old man looking at the cheerleaders.. Wich werent very attractive.. so I was more like a Dirty old man Failuire!!!
 
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