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Subject: Re: (most probably Java support missing) Opera now works

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 22:53:31 03/19/04

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On March 20, 2004 at 01:38:38, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On March 19, 2004 at 18:07:01, Mike S. wrote:
>
>>On March 19, 2004 at 17:21:49, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>I cannot access your site anymore, Sarah.
>>>
>>>It's not that I get an error message. I don't get any.
>>>
>>>It's just that I'm using Mozilla (under Linux) and that the menu at the left
>>>does not seem to be compatible with this brower: when the mouse hovers on the
>>>menu the options are colored with a white background, but clicking on them does
>>>absolutely nothing.
>>
>>I guess the page requires Java support. This was an issue with my new notebook
>>too, where I have WinXP at (for the first time) and discovered, that the Windows
>>installation does not include Java support anymore. I.e., my online PGN viewer
>>didn't work.
>>
>>I downloaded Java support from sun: http://www.java.com/
>>
>>It's not very large and works like before, with control options the previous
>>(win) version didn't offer.
>>
>>When I access Sarah's site, the Java symbol appears in the tool bar, indicating
>>that Java is active. Although, I'm not 100% sure if it cooperates somehow with
>>javascript code too (I don't think so), so it may (?) be a javascript issue
>>rather than a Java issue.
>>
>>I don't think it's  related to the Internet Explorer security settings, because
>>if it was, people who have programs with that site, must have problems with many
>>page's navigation. IMO normal surfing is impossible with javascript deactivated.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Mike Scheidl
>
>
>     Hi Mike
>
>     Correct: It has nothing to do with security settings. I have in the
>     meantime used IE 6.0 with normal settings and it works. But with Opera
>     and Mozilla I can still open no links. It's also no question of
>     javascript deactivated as with Opera and Mozilla I can replay games
>     with all online PGN viewers. As already mentioned, I get the following
>     message from Opera after the start of Sarah's page:
>
>     "The server tried to set an illegal cookie. The combination of
>     the server's hostname and the domain attribute for this cookie is not
>     acceptable, and the cookie has therefore been rejected. You might want to
>     ask the site's Webmaster to set legal cookies."
>
>     No idea what's wrong with this site as I have the browser set to
>     "cookies enabled".
>
>     Kurt

      After setting Opera to "Accept cookies with illegal paths" all
      works fine with Sarah's page.
      Kurt



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