Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 11/15/18 11:24

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:28:18 -0500, Spanky The Thunder Chicken
<antny@meow.org> wrote:

>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.

Indeed, fuck em, I've decided to just go and create my own doctype, I
should be done with it in a few hours.

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Onideus Mad Hatter
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