170947 - allmusic.com - positioned text has no overflow, unreadable

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect, P4)

Description

[olh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; pl-PL; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; pl-PL; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

On the right side of the page, there's a Factoids box with random text displayed
in it. The problem is that the text doesn't fit on the page! I can't see about 2
words on the end of each line.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to www.allmusic.com
2.Enter something (e.g. "Britney Spears") in the search box and hit enter
3.Scroll the page down a little and find the Factoid box on the right side

Actual Results:  
The text in the Factoids box doesn't fit on the page

Expected Results:  
Well... it should fit on the page! To be precise, it should fit in the Factoids box.

Comment 1

[olh]

Mailed them about the problem - no response.

Comment 2

[Bill Mason]

It's from their own CSS.  The CSS rule for this part of the code is:
.sp3{font-size:7.5pt;left:31pt;width:115pt;font-family:sans-serif;position:relative}

Comment 3

[Peter of the Norse]

It's more than just sloppy CSS. If you narrow the window, you cannot scroll far
enough right to see all of the text. 

Also, appears on Mac and Linux. Recomend setting platform to ALL/ALL.

Comment 4

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

tech evang june 2003 reorg

Comment 5

[olh]

They have introduced a new layout and, unfortunately, it's even more problematic
than the old one. A Mozilla user is greeted with the text "Notice: You are
accessing allmusic.com with a browser that is not currently supported. The
appearance and functionality of the site could be impacted. allmusic.com is
optimized for Internet Explorer 5.5 and above for Windows." The site is more or
less functional under Mozilla, but it doesn't look good (try to view any
artist's discography - the tables are a mess).

Comment 6

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

Allmusic made their page even more ugly yesterday with a redesign. Putrid
split-pea green warning is shown to non-IE users. The new bug is bug 251116.
This one is no longer valid, unless AllMedia's CEO suddenley becomes imbibed
with some design sense and reverts the site back to the old, somewhat less ugly,
and functional layout.