[C33]

i was originally trying to call in a frameset by using SSI but it wouldn't work; using SSI to bring in an iFrame page did work and my problems were solved until a coworker pointed out that iFrame doesn't work in netscape.

has anyone figured out how to get the iframe tag to work with this browser or is it just an impossibility?

[Simon Mundy]

Originally posted by C33:
<STRONG>i was originally trying to call in a frameset by using SSI but it wouldn't work; using SSI to bring in an iFrame page did work and my problems were solved until a coworker pointed out that iFrame doesn't work in netscape.

has anyone figured out how to get the iframe tag to work with this browser or is it just an impossibility?</STRONG>

It IS impossible with NS 3 and 4, but NS 6 and higher support it. Some browsers like OmniWeb dont support it fully yet. But iFrames are a W3C standard, so you're quite right to utilise it.

What you can do is simulate an iFrame by inserting a &lt;LAYER&gt; within an existing &lt;LAYER&gt; tag. This way, each browser will only interpret the code it understands. Eg:

&lt;iframe src="news.html" width="100" height="50"&gt;&lt;layer src="news.html" width="100" height="50"&gt;Your browser does not support iFrames&lt;/layer&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

Unfortunately, if the page that loads into the frame has anchors, following that link will target the _parent, rather than the layer. You may be able to override this, but from my brief test I found it a bit wanting.

Still, this may be enough for you. You have a lot of control over whether scrollbars appear, borders, etc. See

Netscape Developers Site for more info.

[C33]

thanks for the feedback. i'll also try experimenting with Netscapes ilayer tag and see how that works .