I hate to keep doing this

[ponyfool]

Two quick questions.

On my web page there are dramatic differences when viewing via IE and Firefox. I know this is normal because they behave differently depending on the code, but I can't figure this out. Now, that's not a stretch because I don't know what the hell I'm doing.

Anyhow, on this particular page, www.ponyfool.com/gas.html when viewed through FF, the pictures expand across to the size of the screen and then stack on top of each other, filling the screen. But in IE, even though the column is set to 90%, the pictures don't stack, they just keep going wide and off the screen.

The second problem is, when you view it in FF through the frame from the main page https://www.ponyfool.com then click on pictures, then click on gas prices, the scroll bar is prematurely cut off. The scroll bar doesn't go to the bottom of the screen. Why not?? In fact, in IE when looking at it through, the horizontal scroll bar is mid screen, not at the bottom. How do I fix this??

Any insight would be helpful.

Yes, I know, it's ugly code. Sorry, I'm new at this.

 

[GunMD]

I'm not sure if I mentioned it to you before (or someone else) but have you tried FireBug?

It's a "real time debugger" (perhaps I just made up that term). It allows you to load your page in FF and then check for compatibility issues. You can change the code right there on your page and instantly see what the results are. If you like the changes you can then go over to your page in your development environment and make the changes that you just tested w/ FireBug.

That'll only help you resolve FF issues, but it may be a start.

EDIT: Pony, you might also try adding the "max-width" property to your <div>.

 

[ponyfool]

I'm not sure if I mentioned it to you before (or someone else) but have you tried FireBug?

I have Firebug installed. I have a little green check mark in the lower right panel of my FF display showing no errors.

I'll try the max/min height thing.

 

[Ed_Grant]

I'm not sure if I mentioned it to you before (or someone else) but have you tried FireBug?

I have Firebug installed. I have a little green check mark in the lower right panel of my FF display showing no errors.

I'll try the max/min height thing.

Works fine in Safari. :yahoo:

 

[Bounce]

Blame M$ and their plethora of proprietary extensions for an environment dependant on standards.

 

[ponyfool]

Fixed the premature scroll bar thingee by changing the dynamic of the table.

Temporarily fixed the pictures running across the screen by putting in a few <br> commands. It's weird, on my family page, which is password protected, I have several pages with dozens of pictures, and they display properly in IE and FF. I copied the entire page, and just changed the links, and the problem surfaces again in IE.

Weird.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Stephen]

I'll tell you what every developer has told me.

Design your website for Explorer.

All the other browsers combined are less than 5% or less of the viewing public.

Many developers put the words "Best viewed by ?????"

 

[RadioHowie]

I'll tell you what every developer has told me.
Design your website for Explorer.

All the other browsers combined are less than 5% or less of the viewing public.

Many developers put the words "Best viewed by ?????"

Gunny!

 

[uctofeej]

Design your website for Explorer.
All the other browsers combined are less than 5% or less of the viewing public.

Sorry, that's old data. Any developer touting those numbers needs to spend a little time coming up to date. Take a look at this chart.

MS browser market share is 80-85%, but only if you include all the old versions. If you just count versions 6 & 7, it's more like 50-60 percent. It's definitely worth considering FF when you design a site. It's 36%. Don't think I'd want to isolate a third of my viewing audience.