368793 - Different rendering between Firefox and IE-7 (text left aligned vs text centered)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Dominique Pelle]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061206 Firefox/1.5.0.9

Possibly not a but, but I've noticed a difference in rendering
between Firefox IE-7.


Of course, it could be IE which is at fault here (not sure)
but the obvious different might be worth reporting.

I'm using:
- Firefox 1.5.0.9
- IE-7 7.0.5730.11
- Windows XP SP2



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
- go to following URL: http://dominique.pelle.free.fr/index_eo.php3
  using both Firefox and Internet Explorer. 
- compare the page rendering between Firefox and IE
- observe the difference: text is centered in IE-7,
  text left aligned in Firefox
Actual Results:  
different rendering in IE-7 and firefox as described above.




Expected Results:  
I'd expect IE-7 and firefox to render the page consistently.
Notice that this page is valid HTML-4 according to the button
at the bottom of the page.  I'd expect the rendering to be
consistent between IE and Firefox.  I do not know though
whether it's IE or Firefox which right or wrong.

Comment 1

[Andrew]

If you validate this document using the strict HTML 4.01 standard (and even some earlier standards) it does not validate correctly.  As such Firefox is displaying it in quirks mode (see the page info dialog box), note the inconsistency using speechmarks to encase values for HTML tags such as align=center vs. align="center".

This isn't a Firefox bug, it's a badly coded webpage which doesn't adhere to current standards.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.