[thelist] Site now live; Need Quick Mac and IE5x checks;

Austin Harris austin at dotmail.co.uk
Mon Jul 28 06:03:59 CDT 2003


Seems fine to me in IE 5 & NN6, Mac OS 9.2.

on 28/7/03 12:00 pm, thelist-request at lists.evolt.org at
thelist-request at lists.evolt.org wrote:

> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:38:49 -0700
> From: "Pat Meeks" <pmeeks at msn.com>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Subject: [thelist] Site now live; Need Quick Mac and IE5x checks;
> Have one strange NS4x problem (PCI site)
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> Hi...
> 
> The site had to go live this weekend so I did not have time to do a sample
> page for a final Mac and IE 5x check. I think I got rid of the Mac and IE 5x
> main menu problems during the template check, but I can't be certain.
> 
> Mac and IE5x:
> Please mouse over or click on the two top menu rows and see if anything
> strange happens, like jumping text or rows separating. If you happen to see
> anything really strange in the foot section, let me know. BrowserCAM only
> shoots above the fold.
> 
> NS4x Problem:
> In the upper right corner, right under the " GO " search button, there is
> one of those boxes appearing (as if the character is supposed to be there
> but it's not included in your font family). I can't figure out what is
> causing this nor how to get rid of it. It only appears in NS4x, and it puts
> an extra space in the header. If anyone knows how to fix it, I'd appreciate
> it.
> 
> BrowserCAM shows that most browsers show things pretty much the same, so
> it's the menus that I'm concerned about. I know that there is a strange
> problem in NN6.2 and have decided to let it go. It's not real pretty in
> NS4x, but it functions. If you think it looks too bad in NS4x, let me know.
> I used some tables just to support NS4x for another year and tried to move
> as much to CSS as I could (but I'm still learning - I'll be working on
> refining the CSS as an ongoing project).
> 
> Site:
> http://www.practicalcomponents.com/
> CSS
> http://www.practicalcomponents.com/styles/nn4.css
> http://www.practicalcomponents.com/styles/all.css
> 
> I must still go back and add more accessibility, and I need to add the
> active and focus states, etc. but for now, I just need to know if works on
> Mac and IE5x .... and I really, really need some sleep.
> 
> Many, many thanks for all the help. Pat



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