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lynx-dev OBJECT_TYPE (was Re: http://www.quantum.com/)
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Michael Warner |
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lynx-dev OBJECT_TYPE (was Re: http://www.quantum.com/) |
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Sun, 18 Jul 1999 13:23:16 -0700 |
On or about 16 Jul, 1999, Klaus Weide
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Henry Nelson wrote:
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> > Since I can no longer visit their page nor use their customer services
> > I will no longer buy quantum hard disks, nor will I recommend others to
> > buy them. That is what I mean by boycott. If you just have to have
> > a hard disk today, go to http://www.westerndigital.com/ instead.
>
> I agree with the sentiment, but it may not be applicable in this case.
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> I see a completely empty page when I load http://www.quantum.com/.
> But that looks lik Lynx's fault. The contents start with
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> <OBJECT_MAP></OBJECT_MAP>
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> which makes lynx ignore everything after it. According to TRACE it's
> looking for a closing </OBJECT>, not an </OBJECT_MAP>.
[2]W3C HTML Validation Service Results
Document Checked
* [3]URI: [4]http://www.quantum.com/
* Last modified: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:45:32 GMT
* Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.6 SP2
* Content length: 14472
* Character encoding: unknown
* Level of HTML: [5]HTML 4.0 Transitional.
Below are the results of attempting to parse this document with an
SGML parser.
__________________________________________________________________________
Error at line 1:
<OBJECT_MAP></OBJECT_MAP><html>
^ Missing DOCTYPE declaration at start
of document ([6]explanation...)
__________________________________________________________________________
Error at line 1:
<OBJECT_MAP></OBJECT_MAP><html>
^ element "OBJECT_MAP" undefined ([7]explanation...)
__________________________________________________________________________
Error at line 1:
<OBJECT_MAP></OBJECT_MAP><html>
^ document type does not allow
element "HTML" here
__________________________________________________________________________
[...]
So does lynx's error lie in not looking for </OBJECT_MAP>, or in
not ignoring the pair entirely?
What *is* an OBJECT_MAP, anyway? Does it exist in some DTD, or
is it some sort of private extention? Is there a point to having
an empty one, or is it (in this case) just stuck in "for possible
future use"?
This inquiring mind is mildly curious...
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Michael Warner
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