Question About Browsers and Differect Views of Site

[Guest]

Hi,

I was told that my site appeared "jumbled" to someone viewing it. I don't
know what browser they were using, but it looks fine in IE. Is this a
problem?

I see what she meant when I looked at the site using Foxfire. If I make
corrections so that it looks OK in Foxfire, then it doesn't look right in IE.
Should I remake the site using Mozilla? Is it worth it?

 

[Guest]

I would recommend validating your site at http://validator.w3.org/. If your
site validates then it should display correctly regardless of browser.

 

[Guest]

What if it doesn't validate it? I did look, but there wasn't any need, since
I can see that viewed in Foxfire the margins are cockeyed. That is a lot of
work to correct the site.

My question remains does it matter and should I go to the trouble to correct
the site if the majority of the browsers are able to view it correctly.

 

[Tom Willett]

If it's a personal site, then you can make a choice to not fix it.
If it's a business site, you need to fix it. You need to understand that
there are a lot of other browsers than IE, and just because they aren't in
the majority doesn't mean they aren't heavily used.
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Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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| What if it doesn't validate it? I did look, but there wasn't any need,
since
| I can see that viewed in Foxfire the margins are cockeyed. That is a lot
of
| work to correct the site.
|
| My question remains does it matter and should I go to the trouble to
correct
| the site if the majority of the browsers are able to view it correctly.
|
| "Dan L" wrote:
|
| > I would recommend validating your site at http://validator.w3.org/. If
your
| > site validates then it should display correctly regardless of browser.
| >
| > "Novice2000" wrote:
| >
| > > Hi,
| > >
| > > I was told that my site appeared "jumbled" to someone viewing it. I
don't
| > > know what browser they were using, but it looks fine in IE. Is this a
| > > problem?
| > >
| > > I see what she meant when I looked at the site using Foxfire. If I
make
| > > corrections so that it looks OK in Foxfire, then it doesn't look right
in IE.
| > > Should I remake the site using Mozilla? Is it worth it?
| > >
| > >

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

A LOT of people use FireFox

--

Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





| What if it doesn't validate it? I did look, but there wasn't any need,
since
| I can see that viewed in Foxfire the margins are cockeyed. That is a lot
of
| work to correct the site.
|
| My question remains does it matter and should I go to the trouble to
correct
| the site if the majority of the browsers are able to view it correctly.
|
| "Dan L" wrote:
|
| > I would recommend validating your site at http://validator.w3.org/. If
your
| > site validates then it should display correctly regardless of browser.
| >
| > "Novice2000" wrote:
| >
| > > Hi,
| > >
| > > I was told that my site appeared "jumbled" to someone viewing it. I
don't
| > > know what browser they were using, but it looks fine in IE. Is this a
| > > problem?
| > >
| > > I see what she meant when I looked at the site using Foxfire. If I
make
| > > corrections so that it looks OK in Foxfire, then it doesn't look right
in IE.
| > > Should I remake the site using Mozilla? Is it worth it?
| > >
| > >

 

[Mike Mueller]

Validation is not a guarantee of proper rendering:
-a 'valid' page may render differently in different browsers
- an 'invalid' page may render fine in all browsers

As has been previously stated, it is up to you if you want to change the
site to render properly.

If it is your intention to do designs as more than a hobby; it would be to
your benefit to fix or redo the site, as you will learn what the problem(s)
was/were and how to avoid them in the future

 

[Murray]

This is a bit of a red herring.

A valid page may not look the same in all browsers, although the chances are
VERY good that it will look NEARLY the same in all browsers. That doesn't
exclude the possibility that you have opted to use poor (although valid)
methods for page layout.

An invalid page will not be guaranteed to look wrong in some browsers, but
the chances are VERY good that it will.

Of course, in either case, it depends on the usage that is causing the page
to fail validation. A strict doctype page will fail validation if the
<center> tag is used to center content - but all browsers will still center
that content.

The trick is to understand the standards, and code to them to the best of
your ability. Layout problems are then often easily found by validation.

 

[VirginiaO]

Hi,

I was told that my site appeared "jumbled" to someone viewing it. I don't
know what browser they were using, but it looks fine in IE. Is this a
problem?

I see what she meant when I looked at the site using Foxfire. If I make
corrections so that it looks OK in Foxfire, then it doesn't look right in IE.
Should I remake the site using Mozilla? Is it worth it?

Margins and spacing are notoriously 'out' in IE and FF, especially
with CSS. I thought once there was a standard of about 10px to 20px
that FF offsets compared to IE. Not knowing how you've built your
page, I suggest doing a search specifically for your issue. There's
thousands of pages talking about this.