Images and Netscape 4.x

Image not visible in Netscape 4.x

[rocky27]

Hi all,

I am working on my small business site, and all seems well except for the fact that my logo doesn't show up in Netscape 4.x. It's a gif that is fine in all the other browsers, including NS 6 and 7. Does anyone have any suggestions for correcting this?
Thanks!

[tedster]

Wow, that's a strange one. I know lots of NN4 bugs, but I never heard of an image bug with non-display of a gif --- which makes me suspect the surrounding code, because NN4 can be very unforgiving of errors.

Is your logo in a table cell? If so, validate that table. NN4 can abandon whole sections of a table if there's any kind of malformed table code.

If the code is valid, then I'd try bringing the image back into an image editor, change one pixel and do a Save As. Then take the new image, change the pixel back and Save As the original filename.

And welcome to the forum, rocky27.

[jdMorgan]

NN4 can also "lose" an image if it's in a table cell which spans more than two columns AND is set up to stretch to fit that area based on rendered cell width below the image in the code, i.e.

<td colspan="3"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" height="96" width="100%" alt=""></td>

Jim

[hartlandcat]

I shouldn't get too stressed about Netscape 4.x. Although it would be a good idea to try and correct your image problem if you can, don't waste more than a minute trying to do so. Anyone still using Netscape 4.x obviously doesn't care at all about their browsing experience, so they won't care if your logo doesn't show.

[tedster]

...it would be a good idea to try and correct your image problem if you can

Yes, especially if it's due to a coding problem of some kind. The NN4 problem might be a signal that some other browser you haven't tested in could also have a problem -- say a small screen browser for a mobile phone.

Nothing worse than looking bad to an early adopter who knows they have the latest technology. Could cost you a contract.