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[jdavia]

I just installed Netscape7.2 And the text area of the form where you post a message is narrower in width than NS4.7 that I was using.
Here is the source of that form:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td><textarea name="message" rows="20" cols="40" wrap="virtual" tabindex="2"></textarea><br>
<font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="1" ><a href="javascript:checklength(document.vbform);">[check message length]</a></font></td>
</tr>
</table>

In NS4.7 it reads
name="message" rows="20" cols="50" wrap="virtual"

What is the reason for this, or are they comparing Browsers?

I guess I might have to stick with my old browser for posting.

[IxxI]

I've found that this forum is strange for resizing as well. Some threads have a far larger column width than others so you have to scroll right to read all the text. I'm using IE 6 and so it should stay constant. Is it to do with me or is it to do with the person who started the thread?

IxxI

[jdavia]

I checked the source again. This time in IE5 . First with a quote in it and then an empty box. In both, the width was 70 px. Remember NS7.2 was 40, and NS4.7 was 50. ...?????

[nkaisare]

By changing "Indentify as IE 6" to "Identify as Mozilla 5" in my Opera preferences, I see a similar thing happening. Its probably done because NS4.x typically has wider text boxes for same # of cols. Beats me why they should have smaller # of cols for later versions of NS/Mozilla.

[jdavia]

Originally posted by nkaisare
By changing "Indentify as IE 6" to "Identify as Mozilla 5" in my Opera preferences, I see a similar thing happening. Its probably done because NS4.x typically has wider text boxes for same # of cols. Beats me why they should have smaller # of cols for later versions of NS/Mozilla.
I'd say that it will be a long time before Browsers will be 100% compatible, no matter what standards are set for CSS. So I guess I still need to use this image in the attachment