Cannot view QuickTime file in Safari; works in Firefox

This has stumped me for a while. If you go to the website http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/options/tours.htm#open in Safari and click on any of the links on the left side of the page, a blank popup screen opens, and nothing happens. These are supposed to be QuickTime VR files, and they display fine when opened in Firefox. Any ideas why Safari can't display them?

It's probably a JavaScript problem, since those pop-up windows are controlled by JavaScript code. That's not uncommon with Safari. It's likely the JavaScript coding is suspect; Safari seems to be especially sensitive to that.

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