Browser ID Support Test
Most modern browsers support the "id" attribute on
any element as an equivalent to "name" on "a" elements. All recent
versions of the HTML and XHTML specifications require this behavior,
and the XHTML 1.1
specification removes the "name" attribute from the "a" and "map"
elements. (For www.python.org and the Python documentation, we only
care about the "a" element.)
This page contains a test for your browsers support for the "id"
attribute on an element which never supported the "name" attribute.
If the test fails, please send me an
email and let me know; be sure to tell me what browser you're
using, including the version of the browser software and the host
operating system. (If your browser isn't listed in the results, but
passes, I'd appreciate an email as well; I'll update the list of
results as I hear from people.)
There is a very short paragraph at the end of this document which
contains a link to the first paragraph of this document.
Test Your Browser
- Make sure your browser window does not show the short
paragraph at the end. (There's a long blank area below these
instructions, so it shouldn't be difficult to achieve this.)
- Scroll down to the end of the page so you do see the last
paragraph. It's quite short.
- Click on the link in that paragraph.
- If the browser scrolls the text back up so the first paragraph
is near the top of the display area, your browser passed the
test.
The Results
Browser |
Version |
O/S |
Results |
Linux |
ELinks |
0.3 |
Linux |
passed |
ELinks |
0.4.2 |
RedHat 9.0 |
passed |
Emacs/W3 |
4.0pre.46 |
RedHat 9.0 |
passed |
Epiphany |
0.8.9 |
RedHat 9.0 |
passed |
Konqueror |
3.1.3 |
Linux |
passed |
Links |
unknown |
Linux |
passed |
Lynx |
2.8.4rel.1 |
Linux |
passed |
Lynx |
2.8.5dev.7 |
RedHat 9.0 |
passed |
Mozilla |
1.4 |
Linux |
passed |
Netscape |
4.79 |
RedHat 7.3 |
passed |
w3m |
unknown |
Linux |
passed |
w3m |
0.3.1 |
Linux 2.4 |
passed |
w3m |
0.3.2.2 |
RedHat 9.0 |
passed |
Windows |
Internet Explorer |
6.0 |
Windows 2000 |
passed |
Internet Explorer |
6.0 |
Windows XP |
passed |
Mozilla |
1.3 |
Windows 2000 |
passed |
Mozilla Firefox |
0.8 |
Windows 2000 |
passed |
Opera |
7.03 |
Windows 2000 |
passed |
Opera |
7.11 |
Windows XP |
passed |
Mac OS |
Safari |
1.0 |
Mac OS X 10.2.6 |
passed |
OmniWeb |
4.1.1 |
Mac OS X 10.2.6 |
passed |
Netscape Communicator |
4.51 |
Mac OS X 10.2.6 |
failed |
Internet Explorer |
5.2.2 |
Mac OS X 10.2.6 |
passed |
Other |
Konqueror |
3.1.2 |
FreeBSD 4.8 |
passed |
Links |
2.1pre11 |
NetBSD 1.5.4 |
passes |
Links |
unknown |
Solaris |
failed |
Lynx |
2.8.3 |
FreeBSD 4.8 |
passed |
Lynx |
2.8.2rel.1 |
Solaris (SunOS 5.8) |
passed |
Lynx |
2.8.4 |
NetBSD 1.5.4 |
passed |
Netscape |
4.8 |
FreeBSD 4.8 |
passed |
Opera |
6.1 |
FreeBSD 4.8 |
passed |
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This is the short paragraph. Click on this
link.
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