238121 - doesn't work with the html code of <basefont color="firebrick"> or other basefont codes.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 3875

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Timothy Schoenheider]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040219
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040219

Mozilla 1.7 or lower doesn't identify html code <basefont color="firebrick">.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Preview any site (for example:
http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/timsdarkness/left.html)with <basefont
color="firebrick"> in the code with Internet Explorer then in Mozilla 1.7 or lower.
2.Font doesn't appear the color of "firebrick" in Mozilla 1.7 or lower (appears
black) but appears "firebrick" in Internet Explorer 6.0.
Actual Results:  
Font doesn't appear the color of "firebrick" in Mozilla 1.7 or lower (appears
black) but appears "firebrick" in Internet Explorer 6.0.

Expected Results:  
Make the default font appear firebrick like the words Internal Site Links on
http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/timsdarkness/left.html.

The Mozilla Navigator I used was Mozilla Navigator 1.7

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

This is deliberate.  Basefont is not supported.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 3875 ***

Comment 2

[Bill Mason]

*** Bug 238125 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***