# Web design question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 15, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492 "2000-06-15T16:00:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/1 "2000-06-15T16:00:29Z")

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Okay, in answering someone else’s question I have discovered a problem with my own site. It shows up fine in IE5, but not at all in NN4.7 - it just hangs.

If any code experts could take a look at [http://www.fervent.co.uk/weblog.htm](http://www.fervent.co.uk/weblog.htm) and let me know what bit of code I’ve missed/messed I’d appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/2 "2000-06-15T16:42:07Z")

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Shows up fine in my Netscape 4.73.

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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/3 "2000-06-15T16:53:17Z")

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I’m using 4.6 - everything shows up.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/4 "2000-06-15T16:59:09Z")

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Curiouser and curiouser. Maybe it’s my version of Netscape 4.7 then - it finds the page and then just hangs while loading.

It loads happily when I deselect “Enable Java” and “Enable JavaScript” as preferences. When they’re activated, pfft, it sits there in a huff.

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**Author:** ![winky99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@winky99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winky99)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/5 "2000-06-15T16:59:54Z")

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mattk, this is the problem i was having AFTER trying to load my page. NOTHING would load in NS. Try clearing your cache and then restarting NS.

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**Author:** ![winky99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@winky99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winky99)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/6 "2000-06-15T17:01:31Z")

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btw, NS 4.08 loads it like a champ.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-design-question/22492/7 "2000-06-15T17:06:17Z")

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Okay, problem solved. It wasn’t a problem with my design. For some bizarre, inexplicable reason, it was in my NN preferences.

It loads fine and looks right when I enable Java and JavaScript, but _disable_ “JavaScript for Mail and News”. God knows why, but there you go.

Thanks for the assistance all.