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Posted by Spanky The Thunder Chicken on 11/12/98 11:24
In article <ucbfg11s841cght44j5msi4kjpn8mvddr7@4ax.com>,
Onideus Mad Hatter <usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:48:57 -0500, Spanky The Thunder Chicken
> <antny@meow.org> wrote:
>
> >In article <1f3fg19da20c7kerojh829321uq86kkpii@4ax.com>,
> > Onideus Mad Hatter <usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:30:49 -0500, Spanky The Thunder Chicken
> >> <antny@meow.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Nope and nope for Mac OS X 10.2 with Safari 1.0.3 and IE 5.2. It's
> >> >horizontally centered under Safari, but you only see the bottom half or
> >> >so of it (it's positioned off the top of the screen). Under IE, it's
> >> >just in the upper left corner as though it's not positioned at all.
> >>
> >> Can you test it again for me, I just made some alterations. The way
> >> it's set up now is ~should~ work perfectly on Safari and IE on the
> >> Mac...according to this site anyway:
> >> http://www.quirksmode.org/viewport/compatibility.html
> >>
> >> I used document.documentElement.offsetWidth/Height for Opera and then
> >> self.innerWidth/Height for everything else (they don't mention
> >> Konqueror though, so it might not work on that).
> >
> >I got the same result for both browsers (half off the top of the screen
> >on Safari, no positioning on IE).
> >
> >You can try the <table> <td valign="middle" align="center"> thing, but
> >what I've discovered about that is that it won't work if you include a
> ><!DOCTYPE="whatever"> definition (or maybe I wasn't defining the right
> >doctype).
> >
> >I know you sneered at using tables to format the page before, but if it
> >works, it works.
>
> Well I don't mind using tables, it's just that the peanut gallery will
> start screaming about W3C compliancy. I might just have to give in
> the old adage, "Can't please everyone." though.
>
> *ponders*
>
> ...actually, now that I think about it I could use the table method
> but then encapsulate it into the .js script and that way it would
> still validate.
Well, much as I hate to actually use you as an author of words of
wisdom, but as you once said (paraphrased), it's standard if it works in
all the browsers.
Fuck the W3C.
Like I said, if you want to validate, you'll probably have to experiment
with the doctype declaration. If you omit that, most everything works.
Once again, fuck the W3C.
--
Father Uncle Mac Usin' Antny
mhm 11x10
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