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Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 10 May 2001 17:03:08 GMT
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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 ;-)
In lugnet.lego.direct, Chris Gray writes:
> "Tomas Clark" <tomas.clark@america.lego.com> writes:
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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 to the Advanced tab, turn Stylesheets on. Stylesheets don't
> > get misused very much, Netscape has pretty solid support, and they make
> > LEGO.com look much nicer, so I can recommend that with good conscience.
> >
> > It's generic CSS1, part of the official W3C standard, but it shouldn't break
> > like that if you don't have stylesheets turned on. Thanks for finding that bug,
> > we should be able to fix it some time soon.
>
> 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 (especially the "BUILD" blocks), with
> the small black text on top of it.
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> However, thanks for looking into it. You were right about the Netscape
> version, however - its 4.72 on X on Linux.
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> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Chris Gray writes:
> > > "Tomas Clark" <tomas.clark@america.lego.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > * the history of the 8448 Super Car and many of the Technic cars that it
> > > > evolved from
> > >
> > > Looked like it would be quite interesting. So, I enabled cookies and went
> > > for a look. I gave up after 30 seconds, however - tiny black letters on
> > > a fairly dark background made it extremely difficult to read. Perhaps
> > > your page designers haven't tried the page with Netscape (with Javascript
> > > disabled)?
> > >
> > > For any curious, I took a snapshot:
> > >
> > > http://www.graysage.com/cg/snapshot.gif
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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)
| | | Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section
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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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| (...) 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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