Re: Netscape 4.7 and tables.

NN 4.x has the nasty habit of using the main table background for any
subsequent nested tables. I can't remember if this works or not, but if you
make a white gif image and specify that as your nested table bg, it might do
the trick

Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Collette McNeill" <collette(at)mlwebworks.com>
To: "Kid Stevens" <Kidstevens(at)comcast.net>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.7 and tables.


> Thanks for your suggestion, Kid,
>
> I made the changes you recommended. Unfortunately, it didn't help the
> problem I see: the embedded autograph table cells display not a white
> background which is what I see in IE, but morphed copies of the book image
> that appears in the 1st table cell background.
>
> http://www.mlwebworks.com/jstv/centennial.html
> My intent on this page is to display a readable list of autographs on a
> white background hovering above the repeating image of the book which
> contains these autographs.  It doesn't appear correctly in NN 4.7/Mac OS
> 9.2 and apparently, in any of the browsers you listed below...although I
> saw it OK in IE5 on my OS9.2...
>
> Any help is appreciated
> Collette
>
> At 01:36 PM 7/16/02 -0600, Kid Stevens offers a helping hand:
> >You don't want to see it on any browser on the Mac.  IE5, NS4.08, NS
3.04,
> >NS6 and iCab 2.8.
> ><code without units of measurement snipped>
> >Macs being precision graphics machines, do not assume a type of
> >measurement.  Your code does not define pixels or points or EMs for size.
>
>

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