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Firefox Problem!

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/firefox-problem.14144/

the_moon
the_moon Original post #1
Aug 15, 2005 at 11:48 PM
I've made some web pages using Macromedia Dreamweaver. They are being diaplayed properly In Internet Explorer & Netscape, but look simply jumbled in Firefox. By Jumbled i mean, that the various layers are overlapping eachother :shock: . So, this proves that Dreamweaver is more compatible to IE than Firefox.
Is there a way by which i can make a page look identical in all browsers or is there an editor compatible to Firefox?
Please advice.
siriusb
siriusb #2
Aug 15, 2005 at 11:53 PM
Most probably, your page don't conform with the standards. IE is known to have more tolerance to a few mistakes than firefox.

Use this to check ur file: *validator.w3.org/
Vishal Gupta
Aug 15, 2005 at 11:53 PM
There r many issues like that in firefox.
Its a gr8 browser, but it can't display many pages properly.
We can only wait for some new versions of firefox, in which such problems will be solved...
the_moon
Aug 15, 2005 at 11:55 PM
Is that the case for Netscape too? Cause the page is coming out fine in Netscape.
Can u pls elaborate on the standards that u just mentioned?
hafees
hafees #5
Aug 16, 2005 at 12:36 AM
You might have used layers which is considered as a bad design. Use tables instead of layers. If you use tables, it will be compatible with any browser. If you want to use layers, then make it absolute and align all page contents to the left. Otherwise it may not work in all browsers.
Most people optimizes sites for IE. that is they donot test it with any other browser. That z y people still use IE.
the_moon
Aug 16, 2005 at 12:52 AM
Thanks for the suggession hafees, I'll try aligning the layers to the left!
Lets see if it solves my problem.
kalpik
kalpik #7
Aug 18, 2005 at 8:41 AM
siriusb said:
Most probably, your page don't conform with the standards. IE is known to have more tolerance to a few mistakes than firefox.

Use this to check ur file: *validator.w3.org/

Exactly. Make the page in tables. Thats the only solution.