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philaweb
09-26-2004, 09:55 AM
Hello,
I've placed a .pdf file to open within an iframe on a page. The iframe is styled via the stylesheet. Have a look at it *here*.
IE6, Moz FF 0.8, NS 7.01 looks, works identical - Opera 7.32 looks identical - but, the .pdf file doesn't open within the iframe but in a new window.
What am I doing wrong here? Perhaps something I don't know about Opera?
Edit: Link removed
chrismartz
09-26-2004, 10:42 AM
to tell the truth...i wouldn't bother trying to fix for opera....i don't know anyone who uses it
philaweb
09-26-2004, 10:54 AM
Originally posted by sirhcchris3
to tell the truth...i wouldn't bother trying to fix for opera....i don't know anyone who uses it
Don't you think now that the US Department of Homeland Security says that anyone is crazy to use Microsoft Internet Explorer, more will use Mozilla Firefox and Opera?
chrismartz
09-26-2004, 11:35 AM
opera should show the same as mozilla therefore i'd say screw opera!
Why are you using .pdf? I find them very user unfriendly.
philaweb
09-26-2004, 12:09 PM
Originally posted by Fang
Why are you using .pdf? I find them very user unfriendly.
Some years ago, before I went on-line, I was the editor of a philatelic magazine. All the magazines where compiled with Quarck Express in the PS format (postscript).
Those magazines took a lot of time to compile, I wouldn't repeat that effort now due to lack of time. I've converted all of the PS files still readable by Adobe Distiller to the PDF format.
I have saved all of the PS files, but due to some incompatabilities by the Quarck Express versions I have now, that are able to work on the PC's I've got, only two years of issues can be converted to PDF out of 5 years of publishing activity.
Furthermore, many of the images in those PDF files can not be rescanned since they are not in my possession anymore - and all images are B&W.
Seen from a webdesign point of view, the PDF format is not the best solution. In this case it is the only solution. Only good thing is that some search engines actually spider and index PDF files.
chrismartz
09-26-2004, 12:11 PM
I would have to agree with Fang on that!
Well, at least Moz. and IE will display correctly.
IncaWarrior
09-26-2004, 12:58 PM
Have you tried it with a recent version of opera? It might be ok to ditch the 7.32 users but not 7.50 or higher