What are the browser options necessary so that a web page will display?

sassora · 7 Apr 2007 at 12:31

Hi,

I recently made a web page for my students to practice some maths with. It uses Javascript to generate random questions.

Since it uses javascript, unless you have the right settings it doesn't work. In internet explorer and firefox what are the browser options necessary so that the page will display?

Do you have to install the latest version of Java also? or are they not related?

Thanks

marc2003 · 7 Apr 2007 at 12:37

javascript is not related to java as such so you don't need java installed. both browsers allow javascript by default.

what you can do in your html is wrap a warning message in <noscript> tags which will only show if javascript is disabled. eg

<noscript>sorry, this page will not function correctly unless javascript is enabled.</noscript>

sassora · 7 Apr 2007 at 12:55

Given that it works on my PC with IE will it definitely work on another person's PC with the same version of IE if the javascript is enabled?

(I assume you mean Enable active scripting)

Augmented · 7 Apr 2007 at 12:57

In Firefox, if Javascript isn't working:

Go to Tools>Options (or Edit>Preferences on Linux)
Click the 'Content' tab.
Tick the 'Enable Javascript' button

Also Firefox users need to ensure they're not using an extension which disables Javascript automatically, like the 'NoScript' extension.