Netscape Navigator Technical Notes

NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR TECHNICAL NOTES

These technical notes cover issues regarding Netscape Navigator and Netscape Navigator Personal Edition. Our support staff will continue to revise and expand this collection of notes as we find new information that will be of use to our users.

CROSS-PLATFORM ISSUES

FTP issues:
- 10002 - FTP'ing a file with Netscape Navigator results in corrupted download
- 10004 - Error -57 when using the Netscape Navigator to ftp
- 10016 - FTP'ing through a firewall with the Netscape Navigator
- 10023 - FTP'ing with a username/password: "ftp://username@ftp.whatever.com/"
Proxy/firewall issues:
- 10001 - Netscape Navigator doesn't remember ANS Interlock firewall password
- 10011 - What do I put in the "No Proxy On" field?
- 10021 - SOCKS support in the Netscape Navigator
Networking issues:
- 10007 - Browsing web pages without a live TCP/IP network connection
- 10009 - Why does the Navigator try to connect to "home4.netscape.com"?
- 10013 - "The server does not have a DNS entry" errors
- 10017 - How to deal with consistent "404 Not Found" errors
Miscellaneous problems, errors, and crashes:
- 10003 - Problems printing with Netscape and HP DeskJets
- 10008 - Forms in tables crash Netscape Navigator 1.1
- 10018 - Navigator won't let you read news articles
Helpful information:
- 10005 - How to put comments into an.html file
- 10006 - Does the Netscape Navigator let web servers see my email address?
- 10010 - Determining the security level of an HTTPS connection
- 10012 - Displaying compressed files (such as "foo.html.Z")
- 10014 - Format of timestamps and the "Global History" file
- 10015 - Gopher types supported by the Netscape Navigator
- 10019 - "POST" is used when reloading POSTed data
- 10020 - The "Reload" button doesn't necessarily reload
- 10022 - How to use custom colors for text and backgrounds on your pages

MICROSOFT WINDOWS-SPECIFIC ISSUES

Miscellaneous problems, errors, and crashes:
- 10101 - Can't connect when using Navigator with Spry's "Internet in a Box"
- 10102 - "Can't find WINSOCK.DLL" error in Windows
- 10103 - PC/NFS gives GPF's and other problems with Netscape Navigator
- 10104 - Troubleshooting "General Protection Fault" (GPF) problems
- 10105 - Bookmarks menu list jumps off the left edge of the screen
- 10106 - "Cannot write xxxxxxxx.DLL" when installing Navigator
- 10108 - Patch for problems between Netscape Navigator and Frontier SuperTCP
- 10110 - FTP transfers stop after a specific number of bytes on a SLIP connection
- 10113 - GPF in module "256_1024.DRV"
Helpful information:
- 10107 - Using Cyrillic fonts with the Netscape Navigator on Windows
- 10109 - How the Navigator finds NETSCAPE.INI
- 10111 - A list of the files that the Netscape Navigator 1.1 (16-bit) uses
- 10112 - A list of the files that the Netscape Navigator 1.1 (32-bit) uses
- 10114 - The Netscape Navigator Personal Edition Hat (tm)
- 10115 - 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the Navigator, and when NOT to use Win32s
- 10116 - "Windows Accelerator Modems" don't work with Personal Edition dialer

APPLE MACINTOSH-SPECIFIC ISSUES

Miscellaneous problems, errors, and crashes:
- 10202 - Conflicts between RamDoubler and MacTCP
- 10204 - Patch to fix crashes/hangs with Netscape Navigator on SLIP
Helpful information:
- 10201 - Acquiring MacTCP, MacPPP, InterSLIP, and other Mac networking software
- 10203 - Converting Mosaic and MacWeb hotlists to Netscape bookmark files
- 10205 - How the Navigator finds the "Netscape Preferences" file

UNIX-SPECIFIC ISSUES

Miscellaneous problems, errors, and crashes
- 10302 - Unix Navigator may display pictures with wrong colors
- 10308 - "Translation table syntax errors" when starting up Unix Navigator
Helpful information:
- 10301 - Sound/video helper applications and the "mailcap" file
- 10303 - Using Cyrillic fonts with the Netscape Navigator on Unix
- 10304 - Don't use X "app-defaults" files with the Netscape Navigator
- 10305 - Making Netscape Navigator's default fonts bigger in Xwindows
- 10306 - Changing default font to Helvetica
- 10307 - Converting Mosaic hotlists to Netscape bookmarks in Unix