280551 - Firefox not supporting W3C's CSS1 recommendations for formatting

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Firefox :: Disability Access, defect)

Description

[Mik McAllister]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

I use percentages to define the sizes of fonts and table widths, as recommended
by the W3C to be compatible with increased font sizes in browser windows (for
those who require larger font-sizes to read web pages).

However, Firefox is not supporting this.  Such definitions in my styles seem to
be ignored.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  View above web-page in Firefox
2.  View above web-page in IE
3.  Look at page source styles.

Actual Results:  
same problem, even with current builds and nightlies

Expected Results:  
certain fonts should be smaller than the surrounding fonts.
Tables columns should be equal.

Comment 1

[Richard Brodie]

There are several syntax errors in the CSS at the URL given: several involving
quotes absent when required, or present when not permitted. Firefox is strict on
dropping such invalid rules.

I suggest you run the page past the W3C's CSS validator:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ and/or seek advice on the forums.

Outside the scope of a bug report though, so resolving as INVALID.