[Ham-Mac] Re: Safari Bug

[kb9gpn at mac.com]

Does it seem that HTML 4.01 command calls are used when the document  
type is declared as HTML 3.2?

Safari must be more strict in limiting HTML code to the level  
document the header calls for.

73

Steve
KB9GPN




On Sep 11, 2005, at 8:35 AM, K6LMP wrote:

> I copied the source code for this page and ran it through BBEdit.   
> It appears to be hand-coded HTML, since it does not have all the  
> formatting garbage that Front Page throws into every page of HTML.   
> BBEdit identified 5 formatting errors (including two places where  
> bgcolor was set within table cells, which is not permitted), I  
> removed all the offending code, and the page then passes BBEdit's  
> syntax check.
>
>  Even before making those fixes, it will display properly in  
> Firefox, Explorer, and BBEdit's own previewer.  However, when  
> attempting to preview the file in Safari, I get a Mac OS Error Code  
> -10827, and it won't load.  Also, if I copy the entire page of HTML  
> and paste it into a blank document in BBEdit, when I try to save  
> the untitled page, I get the same error code, although the document  
> will save. I can't find that error code in any of the OS error code  
> listings available on the Internet.
>
> The only thing I can figure is that there is an invisible character  
> somewhere in the file that BBEdit doesn't see but the OS doesn't like.
>
> The page will display in Firefox, and in Internet Explorer, but IE  
> crashed shortly after loading the page. BBEdit crashed several  
> times while I was manipulating the text in the HTML.  So it appears  
> that there is something improper embedded in the page itself --  
> this is not a Safari error.
>
> Lew Phelps
> K6LMP
>
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