[lug] whole screen (X) flashes

[D. Stimits]

John Karns wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've tried Netscape 4.76, 6.2 and Konqueror and all have the same problem
> when loading the URL www.escrow.com - the entire screen flashes when the
> page is about 75% loaded.  I assumed it was a java related problem, but
> the problem persists even after turning all java off.  It's the 1st time
> I've ever seen that particular problem crop up.  Having the browser die /
> hang and other wierd stuff yes, but seeing the while screen affected like
> that, no.
> 
> Anyone else encountered such a thing before?  No doubt a mishandling of an
> ms extension.

The only times I have seen the screen flash is when color palettes are 
used (versus true color), and different apps use different color 
palettes. Then as you switch from one app to another, the palette has to 
be loaded to match the app request, but the desktop as a whole reflects 
this one current palette. What color depth were you using, was it a true 
color that avoids this, or a lower depth?

If you want to see all the things wrong with the html itself, see this:
http://validator.w3.org
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.escrow.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline

(the html is pretty bad, I recommend you send that inforation on the 
validator to them)

FYI, in Mozilla 1.0 rc3, the page displays just fine. Different browsers 
react differently to errors...some die, some don't care, some act odd, 
and almost nothing made reacts the same as the other guy's browser in 
the particular error. It is hard enough to get consistent browser 
behavior with valid html (and javascript is another wrench in the gears 
of almighty Consistency requirement).

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com