Gotchas -- Don't Say You Weren't Warned -- and Hints:
350:465 Writing HTML for the Web, Fall 2001

1. Why the cursors at the login, Unix prompt, and within the applications work slightly differently
2. Why networked and local software may have different configurations
3. What to do when you save work on a network machine that your microcomputer can't read
4. Don't assume that network printer output will match your home printer output
5. Just because it was there on the network in the spring don't assume it's there now
6. What works in Internet Explorer may not work in Netscape
7. What works in Netscape 6 may not work in Netscape 4.7
8. When you upgrade your browser please don't assume your plugins will still be there
9. What is acceptable on a high speed connection may not be so on a dial-up
10. Why PCs and Macs don't represent type in exactly the same way
11. The same software program and release number for PC and Mac may not have identical features
12. The family and level your browser reports to a probe may not be what you expect
13. You want to keep file names lower case -- so where do those upper case names come from?
14. Why does your browser persist in loading the older cached version of the file?
15. What to do when the page you're looking for isn't there
16. In which directory (folder) did it go?
17. What happens when the network crashes -- the electric company cuts you off -- the janitor changes a fuse
18. How spelling checkers can make things worse
19. Recovering from an unintended global search and replace
20. Software to prevent others from stealing your code
21. Why some pages may stay blank a minute or so while loading
22. What to do when you realize you left your diskette in the drive in the lab
23. What to do when there are no Windows machines free in the lab
24. Why you should always save before answering the phone, taking a break. or printing
25. What to do when your computer just won't start
26. What do you save on a $400 rebate in buying a computer?
27. Is the Rutgers computer store a good place to buy computers and software
28. What are the best and the worst computer stores in the vicinity?
29. Why despite the name "Scarlet Knights" and the 1766 Colonial logo does Rutgers represent ityself with a blue web page illustrated with an arizona-style sunburst?
30. In software, do you get what you pay for?
31. How to deal with nagware and expiring trial shareware
32. Digital photography vs digital print scanning for web images
33. Improving text scan quality