[Ham-Mac] Re: Ham-Mac Digest, Vol 20, Issue 7

[Tom Norris]

I simply removed the background image tag and the page loaded fine in  
everything.
MSExplorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, iCab, Opera, Shiira,  
Safari Lite widget.

Of course if Tim wants his background that's no solution. :-<

Tom NU4G

On Sep 11, 2005, at 12:19 PM, ham-mac-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 06:35:07 -0700
> From: K6LMP <k6lmp at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] Re: Safari Bug
> To: Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications
>     <ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <8390EE5F-0E76-4D13-A995-7DE6B238BFD9 at mac.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
>
> 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
>