Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
John Horner schrieb: Not stupid at all, but I checked that and no, it's all happening via HTTP from a web server, no local paths involved. If it's not too much trouble, could we see an URL? Ingo It'd be no trouble at all, but it's all happening inside our network, so it's not possible. You'll just have to believe me, unless you're in Sydney right now and have half an hour free? Have You Validated Your Code? John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
[WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
A colleague is developing a table-free design, and has run up against the peekaboo bug in IE6. (If you don't know it, it's basically that text disappears in certain circumstances, see http://positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html). His problem is not diagnosing the bug or even fixing it, it's that it's not happening on *his* computer, so he has to keep asking for help from someone whose setup does have the bug. I can verify that two Windows 2000 computers are involved, with exactly the same version of IE6, down to the tenth decimal place, and one always displays this bug and one never displays this bug. Any ideas? Could it be CRT versus LCD monitors? The fact that one person is logged in as administrator and the other as a lowly user? Melbourne vs Sydney? Zodiac signs? We're scratching our heads... Have You Validated Your Code? John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
Melbourne vs Sydney? Ah, you've discovered the Microsoft's bug impemeting policy... :D Seriously... It might have something in common with specifying eg. the line-height (that AFAIK fixes it) automagically by the system etc. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
How about trying the same resolution so the rendering is the same? -- Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au Need a Sydney based web standards contractor? You need my services. Recent projects for Glassonion, Freshweb, Cogentis, Ceneka ... http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/ - Ramblings Thoughts http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/neerav John Horner wrote: A colleague is developing a table-free design, and has run up against the peekaboo bug in IE6. (If you don't know it, it's basically that text disappears in certain circumstances, see http://positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html). His problem is not diagnosing the bug or even fixing it, it's that it's not happening on *his* computer, so he has to keep asking for help from someone whose setup does have the bug. I can verify that two Windows 2000 computers are involved, with exactly the same version of IE6, down to the tenth decimal place, and one always displays this bug and one never displays this bug. Any ideas? Could it be CRT versus LCD monitors? The fact that one person is logged in as administrator and the other as a lowly user? Melbourne vs Sydney? Zodiac signs? We're scratching our heads... Have You Validated Your Code? John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
Is ABC using a SOE in both Sydney and Melbourne? Does the document he's working on locally refer to any stylesheets (that may contain hacks) with local paths (e.g. not network-accessible)? Sounds stupid, but simple things like that have caught many of us before! On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 09:59 +1000, John Horner wrote: the system is pretty much exactly the same... Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the senders consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
It might have something in common with specifying eg. the line-height (that AFAIK fixes it) automagically by the system etc. When you say 'by the system' you mean something like IE's preferences? Well, rather like Could it be CRT versus LCD monitors? -- W2k could have set some different defaults when using LCD etc., but I'm really guessing... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
How about trying the same resolution so the rendering is the same? Didn't think of that. Good point. Have You Validated Your Code? John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
Is ABC using a SOE in both Sydney and Melbourne? Yes. Our default browser is this version of IE6. Does the document he's working on locally refer to any stylesheets (that may contain hacks) with local paths (e.g. not network-accessible)? Sounds stupid, but simple things like that have caught many of us before! Not stupid at all, but I checked that and no, it's all happening via HTTP from a web server, no local paths involved. Have You Validated Your Code? John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Someone who *wants* the peekaboo bug
John Horner schrieb: Not stupid at all, but I checked that and no, it's all happening via HTTP from a web server, no local paths involved. If it's not too much trouble, could we see an URL? Ingo ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
