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Verily, verily robking@voyager.co.nz didst write on Wed, 29 Apr 1998
19:58:14 -0600 in nz.comp:<6i8ib6$qig$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...

>In article <893830367.70980@totara.its.vuw.ac.nz>,
>  "Cliff Pratt" <Cliff.Pratt@vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
>> There are two major browsers, right, but about three or four
>> different versions of each. Many people just take the ISP's
>> install disks and NEVER upgrade the browser.
>>
>> Then add on to that the various versions of Javascript, Java
>> and so on. It's next to impossible for a WYSIWYG editor to
>> provide code compatible to many let alone all combinations.
>> Some of the ones I've tried make really bad guesses as a
>> result, and you have to go in and fudge the code by hand.
>
>And you get funny things like the I told you the other day, Cliff.
>
>I have a frameset with the left frame being set to 135 pixels wide.  The
>right is relative in size.  Now you'd think any frames-capable browser could
>intrepret and measure out 135 pixels correctly.  But no, Netscape seems to
>think that when you say 135 pixels you really mean 136 if the browser isn't
>maximised.  If it is maxed it thinks you mean 134.  How hard can it be to get
>it right???

Why are you using absolute numbers of pixels?

Are you not aware that on different resolution screens the frame width
may not be able to cope with the change in relative font sizes?

Use %widths whereever at all possible.

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