IE6 HTML Entity Display Problems

[temp.user123]

I'm trying to use the &lArr (double left arrow) and &rArr (double right arrow) HTML entities. In FF they both display just fine. In IE6 at home only &rArr displays correctly. Here at work, neither one displays:

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Besides dropping the use of these two HTML entities altogether, is there another choice for IE6? Thanks.

[Ascendancy]

Try using « and »

laquo is for left, raquo is for right.

[temp.user123]

Yeah, I know I could try other HTML entities, but... ;)

[Ascendancy]

Oh sorry, I didn't see the bottom of your post.

Well, I tried it, and I got the same thing where only the right arrow displayed correctly.

I do not know of a way to fix this, and it's sort of weird that this happened(but not a suprise with IE6). I would say that your best bet would be to just make images, because even if you found a way, there would still be the issue of "what if somebody was using IE6 configured like the one at your work, and they saw nothing?" That would be a major problem.

I say ditch the entities altogether for just an easier approach, and cause yourself less stress.

[temp.user123]

Okay. (stomps foot, walks away pouting) ;)

[WebJoel]

Page: First ⇐ 1 ⇒ Last Yeah, -I have the same problem. IE6 didn't seem to like these. I gave up and used someting different, and image, which I could 'recycle' again and again throughout the site.

-Don'tcha just love it how IE stymies your web page creations? :(

[temp.user123]

Well, I've had FF stymie my creativity, too, a time or two. The difference is that FF is constantly changing while IE6 is stabilized with whatever shortfalls it had at the time. Possibly this has been fixed in IE7 (though I'm sure this is considered a very minor problem), but I haven't made that leap, yet. ;)

[felgall]

What character encoding are you using and what fonts? It sounds like the particular combination doesn't have that particular character available.