Re: Mac browser problem ("404: page not found")? More info.

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Kat Nagel suggested: <<I've run into web pages that have no normal text 
but are built around fancy ActiveX controls and/or Java applets.  With 
those 'helper' programs deactivated, I get either a blank page or the 
404 error.  If I go into my browser options, turn on ActiveX/Java, and 
re-launch the browser, the pages load correctly.  Could this be your 
problem?>>

Could be. This didn't solve the problem when I changed the settings 
without quitting and tried to reload the URL. Quitting Internet 
Explorer and restarting also didn't solve the problem.

Ed Wurster suggested that providing a sample URL might help. D'uh! <g> 
Sorry about that. One of the URLs relates to a non-Java file downloader 
page for the PunchwebGroups service 
(https://www.punchwebgroups.com/invited.html), which I can't usefully 
point you to because the problem pages require a password and are thus 
confidential.

Another one is a list of journal guidelines, which should be fit for 
public inspection <http://meme.biology.tohoku.ac.jp/POPECOL/RP.htm> The 
error message for this latter page is also slightly different from the 
404 error that I've received with other pages:

Not Found
The requested URL /POPECOL/RP.htm was not found on this server.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apache/1.3.29 Server at meme.biology.tohoku.ac.jp Port 16080

I suppose it's possible that this file is actually missing, but the 
client supposedly copied the URL directly into e-mail, and the last 
time I encountered this particular error, the page was indeed 
there--just wouldn't open on the Mac!

--Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)


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