Re: Table first two rows display oddly
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Scott G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thanks. I'll d/l it and try it on my home machine. What's this about >'nightlies' I see here? Are there new builds released every day? If so, why >aren't they called 'dailies'? A very good question, I think it's traditional, when they first started doing the daily builds they occured at night, now they seem to be built almost continually. > And how bleeding edge must one be to install >each new nightly as it comes out? After all, you know how they recognize >pioneers. They're very bleeding edge, letting you try out the code checked in during the day. The Milestone builds are tested before release, whereas the nightlies are not. So a rogue bug caused by checkins can sometimes wreck havoc with your bookmarks or profile (though they've never had any other harmful effect on my machines - Linux, NT4, Win95). Occasionally they won't run at all. ian. \ / (@_@) http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/ (dark literature) /(&)\ http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/libertycaptions/ (art) | |
Re: Table first two rows display oddly
"Scott G." wrote: > > Thanks. I'll d/l it and try it on my home machine. What's this about > 'nightlies' I see here? Are there new builds released every day? If so, why > aren't they called 'dailies'? And how bleeding edge must one be to install > each new nightly as it comes out? After all, you know how they recognize > pioneers. The nightlies are for bug-testing (and aren't guaranteed to be stable).
Re: Table first two rows display oddly
Thanks. I'll d/l it and try it on my home machine. What's this about 'nightlies' I see here? Are there new builds released every day? If so, why aren't they called 'dailies'? And how bleeding edge must one be to install each new nightly as it comes out? After all, you know how they recognize pioneers. Scott "Ian Davey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Scott G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Interesting. I was not aware that Mozilla/NS6 were complete rewrites. > >Beginning with which version? > > The rewrite started about two years ago, when the idea of trying to build on > the NS4 codebase was dumped. Every version of Mozilla since about October 1998 > has been from the new codebase. It's probably over 90% new code. > > >Also, I have avoided d/l and install of NS6 because (a) our company's > >corporate standard is IE5.01 and (b) of the many problems I have seen with > >it in the various newsletters I subscribe to. Any idea when these will be > >addressed? > > A lot of them are addressed already in Mozilla, which recently released > version 0.8. It'll hit 1.0 sometime in the second quarter of this year all > going well. I use it as my main browser now and have very few problems. > Netscape 6.5 should be based on version 1.0, so it might be worth waiting > until then if you want to try it out (or try Mozilla 0.8 now, as it's a big > step forward from Netscape 6). > > ian. > > > \ / > (@_@) http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/ (dark literature) > /(&)\ http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/libertycaptions/ (art) > | |
Re: Table first two rows display oddly
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Scott G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Interesting. I was not aware that Mozilla/NS6 were complete rewrites. >Beginning with which version? The rewrite started about two years ago, when the idea of trying to build on the NS4 codebase was dumped. Every version of Mozilla since about October 1998 has been from the new codebase. It's probably over 90% new code. >Also, I have avoided d/l and install of NS6 because (a) our company's >corporate standard is IE5.01 and (b) of the many problems I have seen with >it in the various newsletters I subscribe to. Any idea when these will be >addressed? A lot of them are addressed already in Mozilla, which recently released version 0.8. It'll hit 1.0 sometime in the second quarter of this year all going well. I use it as my main browser now and have very few problems. Netscape 6.5 should be based on version 1.0, so it might be worth waiting until then if you want to try it out (or try Mozilla 0.8 now, as it's a big step forward from Netscape 6). ian. \ / (@_@) http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/ (dark literature) /(&)\ http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/libertycaptions/ (art) | |
Re: Table first two rows display oddly
Interesting. I was not aware that Mozilla/NS6 were complete rewrites. Beginning with which version? Also, I have avoided d/l and install of NS6 because (a) our company's corporate standard is IE5.01 and (b) of the many problems I have seen with it in the various newsletters I subscribe to. Any idea when these will be addressed? Scott "Garth Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 97ur5n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:97ur5n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "Scott Glasgow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > I haven't tried any other versions of Netscape, on the reasoning that if > it > > won't work in 4.75 it probably won't in other versions either. > > Since the Mozilla codebase (and therefore Netscape 6) is > not based on previous versions of Netscape, but is in fact > a near-total rewrite, that assumption is not true. > >
Re: Table first two rows display oddly
"Scott Glasgow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I haven't tried any other versions of Netscape, on the reasoning that if it > won't work in 4.75 it probably won't in other versions either. Since the Mozilla codebase (and therefore Netscape 6) is not based on previous versions of Netscape, but is in fact a near-total rewrite, that assumption is not true.
Re: Table first two rows display oddly
Scott Glasgow wrote: > I have a table with 11 rows, five columns, a standard line item table for a > quote request page. Rows 3 -11 display normally, but column 4 and 5 of the > the first two rows are way too wide, with column five running off till it > disappears (no right border) at the page border. I have examined the code > carefully, and all rows are identical. I originally created the table by > creating one row and then copy/pasting the others. The cells hold input > values for the quote form. The table displays perfectly in IE, of course, > but does this weird stuff in NS 4.75. > > I've read around on the Web looking for ideas, and I've already tried > setting the table properties explicitly in pixels (width, height, > cellpadding, etc.) and still no joy (this, BTW, worked on another table with > a similar problem on another page). > > I haven't tried any other versions of Netscape, on the reasoning that if it > won't work in 4.75 it probably won't in other versions either. Has anyone > encountered something like this before? Is it available in any FAQs > anywhere? I would appreciate any pointers you can give me to where I might > find a solution to this. I you're interested in seeing the nature of the > behavior, it's at http://www.extremesportswear.org/quotepage.htm. > > TIA, > Scott Glasgow Your first error was using Frontpage, which is notorious for generating bad HTML code. It's so bad it caused a fatal error in the W3C validator: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extremesportswear.org%2Fquotepage.htm Don't blame the browser for weird displays of bad code. I'm surprised mozilla displayed it reasonably well.
Table first two rows display oddly
I have a table with 11 rows, five columns, a standard line item table for a quote request page. Rows 3 -11 display normally, but column 4 and 5 of the the first two rows are way too wide, with column five running off till it disappears (no right border) at the page border. I have examined the code carefully, and all rows are identical. I originally created the table by creating one row and then copy/pasting the others. The cells hold input values for the quote form. The table displays perfectly in IE, of course, but does this weird stuff in NS 4.75. I've read around on the Web looking for ideas, and I've already tried setting the table properties explicitly in pixels (width, height, cellpadding, etc.) and still no joy (this, BTW, worked on another table with a similar problem on another page). I haven't tried any other versions of Netscape, on the reasoning that if it won't work in 4.75 it probably won't in other versions either. Has anyone encountered something like this before? Is it available in any FAQs anywhere? I would appreciate any pointers you can give me to where I might find a solution to this. I you're interested in seeing the nature of the behavior, it's at http://www.extremesportswear.org/quotepage.htm. TIA, Scott Glasgow
