Now with Netscape using ???'s.. where are you talking about.. I'm not sure
we're talking about the same thing.. you're talking about Word files and
crap which shouldn't be used in the same sentence as UNIX, etc.
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Rob Hardowa wrote:
> Really, it's Netscape? That's funny, cause I still have that problem in
> Lynx and Amaya as well. Not QUITE the same problem, but rather than
> displaying the ? it displays nothing at all, not even a space. I've come
> across that in my editor as well where it will display a space instead of
> the ' or " char (can't remember which).
>
> I receive Word files regularly (mostly from Macs), which I sometimes
> convert with staroffice on linux and sometimes I switch to MS and save
> them to HTML using the genuine article (Word on Windows). No kidding,
> I'll load it up in my editor and find space in place of '. The space I
> just cut, and click replace with a ' in Blusfish HTML editor on Linux. So
> it is a misplaced ASCII code, what code I'm not sure, I never bothered to
> look.
>
> So I'm afraid the problem is only partially with Netscape. MS is partly
> to blame. I just converted a site that was generated with Frontpage and
> what a mess of code that was...but it bore the same problem. It looks
> like both Netscape and MS have some work to do...naw, just MS :) If they
> wrote the code correctly then Netscape would display it correctly!
>
> Rob
>
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > Microsoft? How does MS come into all of this? It's Nutscrape
> > (Netscape).. which, btw, has other very annoying chronic problems with
> > it's mail/news area... and what genius at NS ever decided to put
> > EVERYTHING (including that POS Composer which is still rated the worst
> > wysiwyg editor for HTML) into one binary. They aren't exactly all with it,
> > I take.
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > > Others may know better, but I've been told that this is not really a Netscape
> > > > or a *n*x problem, but a (wait for it...) MicroSoft problem.
> > >
> > > Riiight. I shall adopt a different tactic: Badgering web site operators.
> > >
> > > Vik :v)
> > --
> > -Statux
> >
>
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-Statux
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