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| | | That's actually a stylesheet problem, not a javascript one. It looks like you're using some version of Netsacape 4 for X. Which I happen to be using at the moment too, so I can tell you exactly what to do: select Preferences under the Edit menu, go (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Chris Gray
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| | | | (...) Hmm. I've always had Stylesheets turned on, since, as far as I know, they are not a security problem. I tried visiting the same page with them turned off and it is indeed different. The main problem that I see is the darkness of the background (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Your snapshot (...) don't see anything like your snapshot. I only see the blue background once on the title bar. The rest of the page has a white background. In your snapshot you can even see where the image ends and a repeat of it starts... I (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Chris Gray
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| | | | | | (...) Could be - I know enough about HTML to do simple stuff, but I've never gone beyond that. I wonder if the "background-repeat" setting is a new extension, and perhaps even an IE-specific one? Some old "intro-to-HTML" stuff I've got lists many (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | RE: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | (...) AFAIK, background-repeat is part of the W3C CSS1 specifications, but I could be wrong. Anyway, it seems to work in NS4.7[1] as long as stylesheets are turned on. The problem lies in the BODY tag. If CSS is turned off, the browser reads: <body (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | I don't have any problems running netscape on the site, everything seemed to come up fine for me. Slower than molasses in sub-zero winter... though it looked ok.. Tamy (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Jacob Arnold
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| | | | There's a known bug, at least in the Mac version of Netscape 4.x where turning off Javascript also turns off stylesheets. You must browse a lot of shady sites if you're that concerned about JavaScript security breeches ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | Jacob Arnold wrote in message ... (...) LOL! Sounds like a kind of chastity belt... Kevin (FUT ot-fun) ---...--- - Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths: (URL) Lego Web page: (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Tomas Clark
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| | | | Protective undergarments notwithstanding, I have just checked on Netscape 4.75 for Linux (pretty darn close to what Chris was using), and the same bug is present. If you turn off Javascript you also turn off stylesheets, even if it looks like (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | (...) I'd vote for a no-javascript fix. Until Lego's website is viewable without it, you're alienating people who don't have Javascript due to platform or security issues. Whatever happened to plain old regular HTML, anyway? Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | | (...) It's dead. Web sites that just use plain HTML without JS or animations or other glitz are just not "cool" enough. I agree with you, don't get me wrong. But the reality is that the vast majority of Web users these days are using M$ Internet (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, www.lego.com has been "too cool" for me since virtually day one anyway, so if its webdesigners can't figure out these issues, it'd be no big loss if I can never access content on it. LUGNET is *much* more friendly (and more human IMO) (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) The only conclusion I've been able to reach is that AFOLs probably aren't part of the target market at www.lego.com. AFOLs are useful for spreading contagious enthusiasm and giving feedback on the website, but we really don't need to be wowed (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Does anyone have any reliable stats on how many people are left out (as a percentage) due to platform issues, due to using obsolete browsers (perhaps for perfectly legitimate reasons) and due to running with restrictions turned on? Where I am (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Tomas Clark
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| | | | | | (...) There are a couple good sources of stats like this. Statmarket.com used to be one of them, but now you have to pay to get access to their stats. After they changed to pay-only, a couple handy pages like these popped up: (URL) links to lots of (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | RE: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | (...) I believe this problem exists for Netscape 4.x on all platforms. Netscape 4.x does a horrible job with CSS positioning anyway, so I don't know if it's a big loss. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section —Chris Gray
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| | | | (...) Much better! Now I'll have to spend a while exploring... :-) Thanks Tomas! (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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