Re: Liquid table problems

by "rudy" <r937(at)interlog.com>

Date:	Sat, 17 Mar 2001 07:47:26 -0500
To:	"Harshdeep S Jawanda" <harsh(at)pspl.co.in>, "HWG Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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> Then why doesn't my page
> (http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/hsjawanda/index.html)
> behave in NN 4.74?

hi harshdeep

you need something in the main content cell to force it open as wide as
possible

this is the cell which you have given width=100%, although width=90% is
more common (to get a realistic number, choose the biggest display
resolution you want, subtract the fixed column widths, and do the math)

when the liquid cell doesn't have enough in it, netscape tries to "balance"
the column widths, despite the absolute values, e.g. width=50, that you may
have given them

in practice, people don't notice this peccadillo when they use a block of
text like "lorem ipsum" for their main cell


by the way, on a related topic, check out this article --

   The Myth of 800x600
   http://webreview.com/2001/03_16/webauthors/index01.shtml


rudy.ca

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