Does the AOL browser break any standards?

I am having problems with one of the web sites I have -- AOL users are
reporting they can't view it. Does AOL break any major standards it
shouldn't?

p.s. the page is at
http://www.mathjunkies.com/jtlinks/j..._interface.php if you feel
like taking a look. :-D

Thanks in advance,

Dan

--- Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> wrote:
> I am having problems with one of the web sites I have -- AOL users
> are reporting they can't view it. Does AOL break any major standards
> it shouldn't?

AOL uses IE libraries, so yes, it breaks as many standards as it can. What
specific symptoms are users reporting?

Chris

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> AOL uses IE libraries, so yes, it breaks as many standards as it can. What
> specific symptoms are users reporting?

Users can't access the web page at all. They are getting some kind of
error.

-Dan

--On Monday, September 29, 2003 12:43:06 -0400 Dan Anderson
<dan@mathjunkies.com> wrote:

>> AOL uses IE libraries, so yes, it breaks as many standards as it can.
>> What specific symptoms are users reporting?
>
> Users can't access the web page at all. They are getting some kind of
> error.
and that error would be?


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> -Dan
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I'm not sure. They left angry messages on my machine this morning and
didn't leave a core dump or error. They just said the page couldn't
load. So I was wondering if there was something I should have paid
attention to -- i.e. IE hates Style Sheets or something else I
overlooked.

-Dan

On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 12:47, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> --On Monday, September 29, 2003 12:43:06 -0400 Dan Anderson
> <dan@mathjunkies.com> wrote:
>
> >> AOL uses IE libraries, so yes, it breaks as many standards as it can.
> >> What specific symptoms are users reporting?
> >
> > Users can't access the web page at all. They are getting some kind of
> > error.
> and that error would be?
>
>
> >
> > -Dan
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On Tuesday 30 September 2003 00:50, Dan Anderson wrote:
> I'm not sure. They left angry messages on my machine this morning and
> didn't leave a core dump or error. They just said the page couldn't
> load. So I was wondering if there was something I should have paid
> attention to -- i.e. IE hates Style Sheets or something else I
> overlooked.

Aside from it being OT, how can you expect anyone to help, if even you don't
know (can't describe) what the problem is?

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> Aside from it being OT, how can you expect anyone to help, if even you don't
> know (can't describe) what the problem is?

Well I was mostly looking for known issues. For instance IE has some
problems if you try and do certain things, so I figured AOL's browser
might do the same. For instance, a problem with CSS, HTML 4, XHTML, or
something like that.

-Dan

Well, I'm not sure about any particular standards, but I do know that it
views web pages with CSS wrong. I have a client that uses AOHELL and the
font sizes blow up to about 5 +50. REALLY annoying. I hope that helps a
little:P

>> Aside from it being OT, how can you expect anyone to help, if even you don't
>> know (can't describe) what the problem is?
>
> Well I was mostly looking for known issues. For instance IE has some
> problems if you try and do certain things, so I figured AOL's browser
> might do the same. For instance, a problem with CSS, HTML 4, XHTML, or
> something like that.
>
> -Dan

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On Tuesday 30 September 2003 01:33, Dan Anderson wrote:
> > Aside from it being OT, how can you expect anyone to help, if even you
> > don't know (can't describe) what the problem is?
>
> Well I was mostly looking for known issues. For instance IE has some
> problems if you try and do certain things, so I figured AOL's browser
> might do the same. For instance, a problem with CSS, HTML 4, XHTML, or
> something like that.

Seems like you're going about this the wrong way.

What's the point in indulging in idle speculation about what *could* go wrong,
when you should be asking your users what really *is* going wrong.

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Fyi, I can read the site fine in ie 6

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On Tuesday 30 September 2003 01:33, Dan Anderson wrote:
> > Aside from it being OT, how can you expect anyone to help, if even
you
> > don't know (can't describe) what the problem is?
>
> Well I was mostly looking for known issues. For instance IE has some
> problems if you try and do certain things, so I figured AOL's browser
> might do the same. For instance, a problem with CSS, HTML 4, XHTML,
or
> something like that.

Seems like you're going about this the wrong way.

What's the point in indulging in idle speculation about what *could* go
wrong,
when you should be asking your users what really *is* going wrong.

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