In addition to mtr.com.hk web browser compatibility problems, we found the same problems in now-tv.com. In the now-tv.com, the problem is that when using Opera / Firefox 3 browser to browse the now-tv.com webpage, some links will become invalid. This compatibility issue is more serious than the issue of mtr.com.hk appear, because this will make the users in now-tv.com cannot use the site properly. We can see the problem in the following URL http://now-tv.netvigator.com/chi/check_profile.html. We hope the staff of now-tv.com staff will fix the problems. We will collect more websites which have web browser compatibility problems in the web browser compatibility problem series.
Web Browser Compatibility Problems Screenshots
- Compatibility Problem
- Opera / Firefox 3 Invalid link inside the red circle that users cannot click.

- Normal Situation
- Links are display normally in IE6 / IE7.

Cause of Web Browser Compatibility Problems
We believed that the problem is caused by embed flash object’s height value is too large.
<script language="javascript">writeflash(’top_menu.swf’,'893′,’380′)</script>
Website Optimization
Change Coding
In this webpage, Opera / Firefox can click the links normally. I believe that it is because the code to output the flash object is different.
<script language="javascript">call_writeflash(’top_menu.swf’)</script>
Valid HREF in Hyperlink
A valid href value can get better SEO , links in now-tv.com can be changed to use the onclick event.
From <a href="JavaScript:popup(’840′,’640′,’checkNetPassProfile_popup.html’)">查詢 NETPass 資料</a>
To <a href="checkNetPassProfile_popup.html" onclick="JavaScript:popup(’840′,’640′,’checkNetPassProfile_popup.html’)">查詢 NETPass 資料</a>
* Note: it is only an onclick event coding example.
Web Accessibility
Please provide a text version of the webpage to the user, for example, this kind of webpage that only contains picture but no text.
Solve the Garbled Problem
This page is garbled when using Firefox3 to browse it.
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