I am not trying to advertise (I sell nothing on my website, anyway) but I need some input from normal Netscape users. Maybe this concerns Linux itself, but I don't think that's the cause. I have always built my webpages with MS Front Page. I checked the pages with IE and occasionally with NS to be sure visitors would get equal or at least similar views. I have been perusing my site with NS today and one page is just plain wierd. My wallpaper page, perhaps because there are so many images but I don't think so, doesn't line up along the left side of the page like I built it to. That is an issue I can address more closely and I'm sure I can get it to be right. It still looks right for MSIE4. What really looks wierd is the fonts. I have no idea what NS is trying to present, but it's not the fonts selected. Even KFM shows the pages with the right fonts. In particular, I have tried to use Maiandra GD and Verdana. If they are there in NS, they are almost too small to read. My monitor is set to 1024 x768, btw. I've seen a lot of threads in here about NS fonts and how to change their sizes. Does this also have something to do with bitstreaming fonts? My NS is pretty much out-of-the-box in it's setup. Day 2 of the web with Linux. I like it. :) -- Steve Mills steve@millsphoto.com <A HREF="http://www.millsphoto.com"><A HREF="http://www.millsphoto.com</A">http://www.millsphoto.com</A</A>> Great Wallpapers Live Here. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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I need some input from normal Netscape users. Maybe this concerns Linux itself, but I don't think that's the cause.
I have always built my webpages with MS Front Page. I checked the pages with IE and occasionally with NS to be sure visitors would get equal or at least similar views.
Please do look at this page concerning MS-Programs creating HTML pages ... it may not apply to you, OTOH it might. (No, I don't have it in the cache, sorry, hope the link's still good) <A HREF="http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/"><A HREF="http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/</A">http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/</A</A>>
I have been perusing my site with NS today and one page is just plain wierd. My wallpaper page, perhaps because there are so many images but
What really looks wierd is the fonts. I have no idea what NS is trying to present, but it's not the fonts selected. Even KFM shows the pages
You are seeing HTML as a page description language. That is wrong, and not what it was meant to be. I realise most people today do this, however that still makes it not better. You see, I use lynx, because it's faster and suits my needs. So to me the web looks different[1] than to you. Additionally I am on a dial up line with expensive phone charges. That means I prefer fast, slim pages with no graphics[2] especially as I download them batched over night. Now you have the choice: Do you create content that is browsable (or maybe even looking good) with lynx, Mosaic, a Mac-Browser, a cellular phone web browser, on a VT 100? Or are your pages readable only with Netscape and/or IE or even with only a specialized version of them? It's your call if you want to be read. Oh, you knew that Netscape users can preselect which colours, fonts, etc will be used, regardless what the page creator says should be used? [1] <A HREF="http://www.miranova.com/0.000000E+00steve/Lynx-View.html"><A HREF="http://www.miranova.com/0.000000E+00steve/Lynx-View.html</A">http://www.miranova.com/0.000000E+00steve/Lynx-View.html</A</A>> [2] Most graphics do not add anything to the text or info. Those that do are an exemption: Those I will look at. -Wolfgang PS: You did use a validator or 2 on your pages, just to catch errors, right? PPS: No, it's not meant as an attack, especially not on your person. its just: -- "Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network." -Tim Berners-Lee, July 1996 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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