Closed Bug 1691 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

Not reading ALT content in Applet tag when Java is off

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P2)

x86
Windows NT
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: cmaximus, Assigned: serhunt)

References

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Details

11-28 XPViewer on WinNT/95: Goto java.sun.com and scroll all the way down. You will see a big ugly gray box that reads 'APPLET'. What you should see is a list of site navigation links. Currently the DevPreview is not java enabled. That's all well and good but the way it's currently done is not the same as 'turning java off'. Most pages with java sniff your browser first and if you aren't java enabled serve up alternate content. With XPViewer you never see the alternate content because it still tries to act like it's java enabled.
Java applets not working is documented in Release Notes.
Yeah we know Java applets are not working, but the browser should read the ALT content within the APPLET TAG, we're not even doing that... You'll have to jump to the URL above to see what we mean....compare to 4.5X.
Assignee: rickg → amusil
Assignee: amusil → av
Component: Viewer App → Plug-ins
Summary: Shouldn't we mimic having the Java pref turned off? → Not reading ALT content in Applet tag when Java is off
Andrei is handling tag specific issues.
actually I wasn't clear. I didn't mean ALT as an attribute. I simply meant embedded HTML within the APPLET tag which is supposed to show up when a browser doesn't support Java like in the case of Raptor right now.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
installing myself as QA Contact for sevaral bugs at once
Setting all current Open/Normal to M4.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
It is showing alt HTML content on my April 5th build. Marking fixed
Okay, Seamonkey now handles this brightly, brightly, and with beauty. Marking VERIFIED for WinNT with 1999040711 build
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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