Internet Explorer
16 November 2004, lunch time
Sometimes I wonder why people who visit my site are still using Internet Explorer. Of course, not everyone out there is aware that Netscape has been reborn as Phoenix Firebird Firefox. However, I expect people who read this site must be aware of Firefox’s existence; I’ve mentioned the browser several times here. There are of course plenty of reasons why people are not using Firefox: people browsing at work who are not allowed to install Firefox; people who love getting spyware; people who aren’t allowed to install new software on their own computers; I actually can’t think of other reasons.
I have noticed the following bugs in the way my site is displayed when viewed in Internet Explorer 6:
- Margin/Padding at the top of each link-log entry is too big. I suspect this is a first-child bug.
- Dashed borders instead of dotted borders separate posts and link-log blocks. Internet Explorer can’t display dotted borders.
- There is no margin at the bottom of the page. The box white box my posts are all inside rests right against the bottom of the browser window.
- There are two borders displayed at the top of the definition list used to display my archive listing. This is another first-child bug.
- The way the lists display on my links page is strange.
- The way recent comments display is ugly to say the least.
I hope to fix these bugs shortly. Have you noticed any other quirks? No, of course you haven’t, because you use a good web-browser; Nice job!
I think I’m going to have to uninstall IE from my brother’s computer.
by mk on November 16 2004, 2:45 pm #
Good tip to help eliminate border/margin/padding issues with all browsers?
* { margin:0; padding:0; border: 0; }
Then just define the padding and borders that you actually want. Takes a couple of minutes to get the margins back on lists and stuff, but definately worth it, especially when starting fresh on designs.
by proph3t on November 17 2004, 12:31 am #
Cool idea.
I definitely need to clean things up here. I’ve made changes so slowly since the site first went up that my CSS file which was once nice and neat is a bit off a mess.
My first order of business is revamping my photoblog I think.
by ramanan on November 17 2004, 12:47 am #
how do you actually uninstall IE? i’ve very curious.
by matt on November 17 2004, 2:43 am #
Blow away Windows and install Linux. ;-)
I don’t think you can uninstall IE 100%. It is integrated into the OS (e.g. it backs “My Documents”, etc.)
by Ryan on November 17 2004, 3:17 am #
Firefox was partly created by a sophomore student here at stanford, I think he’s hoping to strike it big by having someone buy out his company. (i.e M$) lol. It always feels as if the dot com bubble never really bursted here, it seems like almost everyone is trying to get a startup going.
by simon yang on November 17 2004, 4:13 am #
You can’t uninstall IE. It can’t be physically removed.
by Sunny on November 17 2004, 10:47 am #
How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q293907
by mk on November 17 2004, 3:07 pm #
> You can’t uninstall IE. It can’t be physically removed.
When I was still using Windoze (I’m working under Linux now, of course with FF) I simply deleted the entire IE directory (and, maybe, the related registry entries).
by Claus on November 17 2004, 4:01 pm #
Have probelsm w/ IE and CSS .. one of my sites display well on Netscape, Opera and Firefox .. but not on IE. =P
Oh well .. can’t force anyone to switch. Put a firefox link on your site! =)
by Dan on November 18 2004, 4:53 am #
I hate all that “Best Viewed in ….” stuff though. The site should look the same to everyone. I mean, that’s the whole point of HTML right. Ideal Microsoft would a make a browser that is standards compliant. One day.
by ramanan on November 18 2004, 10:37 am #