Netscape looks different?

[clarksc3]

I know this is a problem that has been around since the beginning but maybe I am missing some tricks?

My issues between (IE, AOL) and Netscape, any suggestions?
The colors are different
The Rollovers (java) don't work in Netscape 7.0
Text and table look different sometimes.
any other ideas would also be helpful.

Thanks

[moonbiter]

My issues between (IE, AOL) and Netscape, any suggestions?

Which version of Netscape?

The colors are different

Which colors? Backgrounds? Fonts?

The Rollovers (java) don't work in Netscape 7.0

Java [wwws.sun.com]? or javascript [javascript.com]?

Text and table look different sometimes.

Howso?

any other ideas would also be helpful.

You need to be a little more specific. If it is Mozilla-based Netscape 7, you can find more information about that browser at in the documentation [mozilla.org] and at AOLs webmaster information site [webmaster.info.aol.com].

[g1smd]

Run the HTML code through [validator.w3.org...] and the CSS code through [jigsaw.w3.org...] to check for several things:

It could be typos that are causing the differences. For example: color=FFFFFF is understood by IE, but it should be color="#FFFFFF" and the latter is required by some versions of Netscape; the color=FFFFFF would be ignored there. Nesting errors can also cause differences as each program compensates for errors in different ways. Validate the code to remove this problem.

It could be that the code uses specific Netscape or Internet Explorer code extensions; tags such as <blink> and <marquee> only work in IE [as two simple examples (there are many others)].