Seems to open on safari and internet explorer as the page comes up. But if i click on any favorite it gives me the above message. It has been stored for a few years and just thought id get it out and running again to play with. It did go on the internet before. Is it no longer supported? what about firefox or ? and if i cant connect to any website how would i update it.
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.3.x), G3 Bronze Pismo
Well it is true that many a website are not supported on those older web browsers. Flash has been updated many times, and Java on 10.3 or earlier is barely supported on most Java websites. Javascript is less troublesome, That said, if you installed 10.3.9 combo and the Java update for 10.3.9,you can follow the tip for web browsing below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL496
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Java_Update_for_Mac_OS_X_10_3_9
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4781929
And find which web browser has the best 10.3 support.
Any website that does not follow w3.org standards or use server side processing is likely to have trouble with your machine. You can certainly write to the webmaster and inform them of http://www.anybrowser.org accessibility guide if a website needs accessibility to the older machine.
That said I've also written this tip of all the major web browsers for the Mac*:
http://www.macmaps.com/browser.html
If you find the thread above is insufficient.
If you can tell us the website you are trying to connect to, we can test and see if it is not following enough standards for you to connect or you actually have a network connection issue.
* Links ot my pages may give me compensation.
Well it is true that many a website are not supported on those older web browsers. Flash has been updated many times, and Java on 10.3 or earlier is barely supported on most Java websites. Javascript is less troublesome, That said, if you installed 10.3.9 combo and the Java update for 10.3.9,you can follow the tip for web browsing below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL496
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Java_Update_for_Mac_OS_X_10_3_9
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4781929
And find which web browser has the best 10.3 support.
Any website that does not follow w3.org standards or use server side processing is likely to have trouble with your machine. You can certainly write to the webmaster and inform them of http://www.anybrowser.org accessibility guide if a website needs accessibility to the older machine.
That said I've also written this tip of all the major web browsers for the Mac*:
http://www.macmaps.com/browser.html
If you find the thread above is insufficient.
If you can tell us the website you are trying to connect to, we can test and see if it is not following enough standards for you to connect or you actually have a network connection issue.
* Links ot my pages may give me compensation.
Thank you so much for the information. For some reason when i came in the house with the unit i decided to plug it into the router instead of going wifi. When it did that it worked fine. Am using a linksys card as the laptop did not come with an airport card. It has always worked fine on the linksys card so not sure what is going on. but it does go on safari if hardwired to the router. Thanks again for taking the time to discuss an old machine but still a very sweet little machine.
The Linksys card probably needs to support 802.11g, and it probably also needs the right drivers for the old machine and its operating system. Lucent made a series of Orinico cards that are supported by the older machines and their drivers often work with PCMCIA cards from other vendors. Check with Linksys if that's what may be available.
thanks again for the information. in reading other information i see that version 1 and 3 i believe are supported. Mine is version 3. As i said it did work in the past and am thinking that the addresses need to be changed to conform with the new router i had to get since the last time the linksys was in the powerbook. Decided it is not a huge problem that i have to worry about as i can plug into the router if i have to. it was nice to take on vacation and use it at the library where i go camping but since then we have ipads and iphones coming out our ears that meet those needs. thanks again for taking the time to respond.
safari, IE "cant locate server"
