Closed Bug 208419 Opened 21 years ago Closed 20 years ago

{inc} Earthlink start page not displayed entirely, blank spaces in 1.3 and 1.4b

Categories

(Core :: Layout: Tables, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: wgchinn, Unassigned)

References

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Details

(Keywords: top100)

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507

When I initially display my START PAGE from Earthlink in either 1.3 or 1.4b, of
the 3 column display, either column 1 or column 1&2 are displayed with lots of
spaces taking up the remainder of the screen. This does not occur in any other
web page from Earthlink or any other wen site.  This started after I had been
using 1.4b for a few weeks. It does NOT occur in IE6. I can get the full page to
display by going into VIEW, CHAR CODING, and changing ANY setting. Occasionally
I can BACK  to the page and it will display fully. The problem has been reported
to Earthlink. I have cleared cookies and verified that VIEW - TEXT ZOOM is at
100%. MY IE6 is set at WESTERN ISO, Mozilla is set at WESTERN ISO 8859-1. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. http://start.earthlink.net/start is my HOMEPAGE.
2. Of the 3 column display, only col 1 or 1&2 are displayed, col3 can only be
seen by scrolling. Spaces occur in error as filler on screen. IE6 does not hv
this problem.
3.

Actual Results:  
Display is incorrect.

Expected Results:  
To be consistent with IE6 full display should occur. MOZILLA 1.4B and 1.3 WORKED
prior to a few days ago. I know the problem is in the coding or the setting(s).
I just don't know what to change. 

Problem occurs in both classix and modern themes.
Confirmed:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030604

Page straightened out after a refresh.
I am having the same problem with both Netscape 7 and Mozilla 1.4.  Talking to
Earthlink Tech Support was a waste.  Their solution was to lower the resolution
on my monitor to 800x600 where it works correctly.  It also worked correctly at
1024x768.  Resolutions above that failed to work correctly.
I can confirm that this bug also exists in Win2000 SP3 under Mozilla 1.3 and
1.4.    It only occurs intermittantly and can sometimes be resolved be refreshing.

According to the author's comments, the widths are set using CSS.  there's no
diff between the code that renders correctly and the code that doesn't.  
-> Tables
Component: Browser-General → Layout: Tables
Summary: Earthlink start page not displayed entirely, blank spaces in 1.3 and 1.4b → {inc} Earthlink start page not displayed entirely, blank spaces in 1.3 and 1.4b
Assignee: general → table
*** Bug 211459 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 228811 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Might this be related to bug 215857?
*** Bug 229223 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Adding top100 keyword, but I can't confirm whether or not this problem still
occurs.  Can somebody familiar with the bug check it again?
Keywords: top100
wgchinn replied in a private email:

"The problem was in a build with Mozilla 1.5.

The problem went away with Mozilla 1.6 and 1.7.

The current version of Firefox also works."

So resolving WORKSFORME.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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