Browser support

Internet Explorer 4 Internet Explorer 5 Internet Explorer 6 Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 (beta) Netscape 4 Netscape 6 Netscape 7 Mozilla 0.6 + Konqueror 2.2 + Safari 1.0 (beta)

The script has been tested and confirmed to work in all these browsers and platforms. It will also function in third-party browsers, such as K-Meleon (a gecko browser for Windows), Chimera (a gecko browser for OS X), Galeon (a gecko browser for Linux Gnome) and NeoPlanet (IE for Windows); not to mention the dreaded AOL ...

Three of the browsers in that chart have paler checkboxes - these are supported, but with potential issues:

• For Linux/Opera 6 the performance varies according to the build you're using. From my tests I can confirm it works perfectly with Opera 6.1 in RedHat 8.0, but that it's pretty messed-up with Opera 6.01 in Mandrake 8.1.

• For Linux/Opera 5 I've been told, but not confirmed, that it works in version 5.05 Technology Preview 1.either be completely honest about this, once and for all, or check it out with *new* installations of both mandrake and redhat*/?>

• For Mac/IE4 the script does not always finish compiling; sometimes it abandons with the error "out of memory"; I've got it working okay on a G3, but it fails on a PPC 6100 (OS 9.1 in both cases).

The gaps in the chart are where that particular browser/OS combination doesn't exist.

Other browsers are excluded and should display nothing, but generate no script errors either. These are browsers for which full, stable support is impossible; there are undoubtedly others, but I've tested and specifically excluded (where necessary) - Netscape 2, Netscape 3, Internet Explorer 3, Opera 3, Opera 4, iCab 2.9, HotJava 3, Espial Escape 4.85, WebTV 2.6.1 and OmniWeb 4.1.1.

For the benefit of unsupported and non-javascript browsers, there's a number of techniques for integrating the menus with a static navigation bar. A good place to start is the tutorial Making an image-based navbar, which is written with images in mind, but equally applies to simple text navigation.

Windows tests were on WinXP (home), Win2K (pro), Win98 (sp2) and Win95 (osr2); Macintosh tests were on MacOS 9.1 and MacOS X (10.2); Linux (x86) tests were on Mandrake 8.1 (KDE2.2 and Gnome), RedHat 8.0 (KDE3.0.3 and Gnome) and Debian. I personally test every new version in each supported browser. If you run any unconfirmed or unlisted browser/platform combinations, please be kind enough to let me know if it works, via the feedback form.