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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Morris" data-source="post: 744215" data-attributes="member: 87">Re: Re: Re: Re: Adding a topbar. (So can we do this or not Pirate Kitty / Morrus)??I was joking Horacio - or did you miss the smiley.I have several computers at the house.&nbsp; I test my pages using my old Pent III 366 Celeron, which is just as bad as what your using.I understand that not everyone has a high end system.&nbsp; Why do you think I spent the last 4 hours writing a blocker script to prevent the topbar macro from displaying on older browsers that tend to mess up javascript programs?&nbsp; (And for the record, I've never used JAVA applets - those things aren't even reliable or trustworthy on high end systems).The solution I settled on was to search for MSIE or Gecko in the $HTTP_USER_AGENT string.&nbsp; This weeds out Netscape 4.x&nbsp; (Sorry, but no one should use that piece of crap.&nbsp; I'd go back to NS 3.0 before I'd use NS 4.x) and most earlier browsers.&nbsp; It does not weed out MSIE 2.0 and 1.0 - but I think it unlikely any sane person would use either of those in preference to the NS versions out at the same time and in any event, they can't handle the UUB board code itself anyway, so it's a bit of a moot point.&nbsp; Another possible hole is a browser known as Opera.&nbsp; Opera claims to be MSIE in it's user agent string, but it is not.&nbsp; I've heard that it's earlier versions have rather flaky JAVAscript support.Doce and I tested the script out pretty thoroughly last night and I think it will work.The point of all this testing is to insure that the thing will function on the browsers that support it without damaging the functionality of pages on the browsers that do not support it.As a footnote Horacio, a Pent 350 should run IE 5.x.&nbsp; When I refer to &quot;real computers&quot; I mean anything made in the last 5 years - pretty much Pent II or better.&nbsp; Even with slower machines - it's the MODEM that kills computer speeds, not the processor.&nbsp; Still, I have a relative that constantly irks me because she has problems browsing web pages using a 486 that she put Win 95 on (BIG mistake).&nbsp; That's the kind of system I was thinking of when I was &quot;being snooty.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Morris, post: 744215, member: 87"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: Adding a topbar. (So can we do this or not Pirate Kitty / Morrus)??[/b] I was joking Horacio - or did you miss the smiley. I have several computers at the house. I test my pages using my old Pent III 366 Celeron, which is just as bad as what your using. I understand that not everyone has a high end system. Why do you think I spent the last 4 hours writing a blocker script to prevent the topbar macro from displaying on older browsers that tend to mess up javascript programs? (And for the record, I've never used JAVA applets - those things aren't even reliable or trustworthy on high end systems). The solution I settled on was to search for MSIE or Gecko in the $HTTP_USER_AGENT string. This weeds out Netscape 4.x (Sorry, but no one should use that piece of crap. I'd go back to NS 3.0 before I'd use NS 4.x) and most earlier browsers. It does not weed out MSIE 2.0 and 1.0 - but I think it unlikely any sane person would use either of those in preference to the NS versions out at the same time and in any event, they can't handle the UUB board code itself anyway, so it's a bit of a moot point. Another possible hole is a browser known as Opera. Opera claims to be MSIE in it's user agent string, but it is not. I've heard that it's earlier versions have rather flaky JAVAscript support. Doce and I tested the script out pretty thoroughly last night and I think it will work. The point of all this testing is to insure that the thing will function on the browsers that support it without damaging the functionality of pages on the browsers that do not support it. As a footnote Horacio, a Pent 350 should run IE 5.x. When I refer to "real computers" I mean anything made in the last 5 years - pretty much Pent II or better. Even with slower machines - it's the MODEM that kills computer speeds, not the processor. Still, I have a relative that constantly irks me because she has problems browsing web pages using a 486 that she put Win 95 on (BIG mistake). That's the kind of system I was thinking of when I was "being snooty." [/QUOTE]

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