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NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR FOR WINDOWS
VERSION 3.01b1


*** Netscape Navigator 3.01 Beta 1 ***
*** expires after November 15, 1996 ***

This 3.01 beta version of Netscape Navigator and Netscape Navigator Gold fixes reported problems related to some Java applet functionality, HTML calls to device drivers, and a few Macintosh-specific issues. A final version will be available from Netscape in the coming weeks.

This version addresses the following:


These release notes cover:

Other Information:


WHAT'S NEW SINCE 2.0?

General Features
Layout Features
Message Composition and Viewing Improvements
MIME Parser Improvements
Macintosh-only Changes
Windows-only Changes
UNIX-only Changes
LiveConnect
JavaScript
Java
Security
International Character Encodings
LiveAudio
Live3D
LiveVideo
QuickTime
CoolTalk

General Features

Layout Features

Message Composition and Viewing Improvements

MIME Parser Improvements

The MIME message display engine has been significantly improved. A number of new features have been added and a number of bugs have been fixed.

Macintosh-only Changes

Windows-only Changes

UNIX-only Changes

LiveConnect

JavaScript

Java

Security

International Character Encodings

LiveAudio

Live3D

LiveVideo

QuickTime

CoolTalk


CONFIGURATION AND MIGRATION


KNOWN PROBLEMS

  • CoolTalk:

  • Live3D:

  • Navigator Problems:
  • Java Bugs:

  • JavaScript Bugs:

  • New document.write() behavior: A document.write() call from an event handler no longer keeps JavaScript variables and objects functioning in a page. This could be a security problem. Instead, use a separate window, or do a large write, or use frames.

  • LiveConnect Bugs:

  • Putting percent signs (%) into URLs: Netscape now assumes URL encoding on mailto: URLs and other types of URLs. If you want to put a percent sign (%) into a URL, you need to represent it as its hex code. Substitute "%25" for the percent sign. For example,
    <A HREF="mailto:user%25uucp-host@somewhere.com">mail</A> to send mail to:    user%uucp-host@somewhere.com

  • Broken CGI scripts: HTML character entities are being evaluated in URLs. For example,
    http://sample-cgi/program.pl?topic=man&section=all
    is turned into
    http://sample-cgi/program.pl?topic=man§ion=all

  • Known bugs in International Support.



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