From: Ian Hobson on
Hi all,

Please take a look at http://www.ianhobson.co.uk/test.htm

It validates and works in Firefox exactly as required...

.... but IE6 makes a complete mess of it.

Does anyone have any ideas about how I can make IE play? I'm already
torn out at least least half of my remaining hair with this. Nothing I
have tried has convinced IE to do anything better.

Many thanks

Ian




From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on
Ian Hobson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Please take a look at http://www.ianhobson.co.uk/test.htm

Don't you mean, http://www.ianhobson.co.uk/bottom.php ?

> It validates and works in Firefox exactly as required...
>
> ... but IE6 makes a complete mess of it.

Your conception of "mess" would have helped.

If you are referring to the one-row height in IE6, it is because that is
what you are telling it to do.

<textarea rows="1" cols="1"></textarea>

Why the frames?

~10% of your visitors will not be able to use your Send button - those
with JavaScript disabled or stripped by a firewall.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck
From: Alexander Huber on
I don't think you need to bother about IE6 any more, it is an old and
very broken piece of software - it should no longer be used. Try IE7,
or if you can, IE8beta.

Alexander.


Ian Hobson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please take a look at http://www.ianhobson.co.uk/test.htm
>
> It validates and works in Firefox exactly as required...
>
> ... but IE6 makes a complete mess of it.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about how I can make IE play? I'm already
> torn out at least least half of my remaining hair with this. Nothing I
> have tried has convinced IE to do anything better.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
From: Andreas Prilop on
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Alexander Huber wrote:

> I don't think you need to bother about IE6 any more, it is an old
> and very broken piece of software - it should no longer be used.

I don't think you need to bother about Windows any more, it is an old
and very broken piece of software - it should no longer be used.

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From: Kevin Scholl on
> I don't think you need to bother about IE6 any more,

I think most professionals would strongly disagree. IE6 still
(unfortunately) commands a very sizable portion of general browsing
traffic.

> it is an old and very broken piece of software

True enough.

> it should no longer be used.

In an ideal world.

> Try IE7, or if you can, IE8beta.

Or, even better, leave IE by the wayside and use a real browser.