122029 - PDF files converted by Google to HTML mess up in Mozilla

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 125964

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[H. Stokhorst]

(unclear if any relation with bug 121761)

Google offers HTML conversion of PDF files. They are frequently messed up.
Either because Google produces lousy HTML or because Mozilla does a bad job
creating the lay-out. Likely this will be a very important evangelize target.

(Mozilla 2001 12 21 06)

As example you may want to try:
http://www.google.com/search?q=www.renault.com/docs/finance_gb/la_renaultvolvo_gb.pdf

Comment 1

[Sören 'Chucker' Kuklau (gone)]

Confirming on Windows XP Pro.

They're doing very, very bad HTML there though.

Comment 2

[Chu Alan #2]

reporter: do u mean those overlapping texts ??

ar ... i guess this is the reason :-
<div style="position:absolute;top:361;left:47"><nobr><pre><b><i>in AB
Volvo</i></b></pre></nobr></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:354;left:138"><nobr><pre><b><i>be
limited</i></b></pre></nobr></div>
as they are in seperate divs ... so once the text is too big, they will become
overlapped .... :)

Comment 3

[H. Stokhorst]

Right, overlapping texts, by the way confirming on IE5, he, he, he. Seems a
right job for evangalisation.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

->over to mgalli for a look.

Comment 5

[Josh Birnbaum]

Resolving since this has been untouched for over a year.  Internet Explorer
shows the same results, as long as you allow the page's font size to be
overriden (in Internet Options, Accessibility).  Marking as a dupe of bug
125964, this is invalid per that bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 125964 ***