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Re: RoboSchool, a MoonBase Module
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:06:54 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Frank Filz writes:
In lugnet.space, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
In lugnet.space, Frank Filz writes:
Are all the thumbnails supposed to point to larger pictures? A few of
them don't, for example the picture beside "recess reading" (the Technic
figure).
Lemme guess -- you're using a Netscape browser?  What version is it?
Yea, 4.75.
It's just bizarre that most of the pictures work fine, just a few don't.
Usually, when I see a Netscape incompatibility, it barfs on the whole page.

I'm seeing some table goofiness in Netscape 3, and I'm guessing it's still
broken in 4.x.  (Doesn't NS4.x grok html 3.2?)  Basically, I have this kind
of html structure:

<table align="center"><tr, td, etc.> <-- contains a bunch of images
  <table align="left"><tr, td, etc.> <-- contains a black-border and img
    <img etc.>
  </td, tr, etc.></table>
  <table align="left"><tr, td, etc.> <-- contains a black-border and img
    <img etc.>
  </td, tr, etc.></table>
</td, tr, etc.></table>

The table align tags are implemented according to the html 3.2 references
(not kosher for NS3, I know, I know).

So, when NS renders this nested table structure, it throws away the outer
align="center" attribute, and truncates the outer table bounds so that it
surrounds just the first image.  Any <a> tags outside these new bounds are
disregarded.  But -- get this -- all the nested images with their
1-pixel-wide black borders (implemented using sub-tables with a black
bgcolor and cellpadding=1) are rendered prefectly -- even when OUTSIDE the
bounds of the outer table.

The really funny part is when I add <center> tags, NS stops rendering the
</table> tags (yes, just the table end tag), and the whole page craps out.

And then the punchline:  it's not consistent.  On a page with many of these
table groups, some groups are rendered perfectly while others are rendered
the way I just described.  As far as I can tell, the only difference is in
the jpegs.

Any ideas on how I can accomplish what I want so that (a) I use ONE html
source for most browsers, HTML 3.2 preferred, and (b) I can have a centered
collection of images, each image with a 1-pixel black border?

Naturally, any suggestions that people upgrade or change their browsers will
be disregarded.  :-,

Cheers,
- jsproat



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(...) The ones that work for me also have a <br clear=all> just before the last </td>. (...) It could also help if you specify the width for each outermost table, (the table width info is whats confusing Netscape), but the <br clear=all> might be (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.publish)

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(...) Yea, 4.75. It's just bizarre that most of the pictures work fine, just a few don't. Usually, when I see a Netscape incompatibility, it barfs on the whole page. Frank (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.publish)

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