--benD
Jim Campbell wrote:
> I've seen that z-index issue in IE on Windows as well - a Flash object
> would always ride on top of a DHTML drop-down menu, no matter how much
> we fiddled with it. This was with IE 5.5 though. Possibly resolved at
> this point?
>
> - Jim
>
> Ben Doom wrote:
>
> >Ah, I'm not offended. Just surprised is all. I was kidding about
> >starting a browser war. I don't really care what people use, just so
> >long as they don't complain about how the layout doesn't work in Lynx
> >1.0 :-)
> >
> >AFA IE/Mac goes, in all fairness, I'm looking at it from the point of
> >view of all the @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@# customization I had to do to get sites to work
> >properly with IE/Mac and everything else. Plus, we have a site that
> >(against my better judgement) uses an iframe floating over a section of
> >Flash. This does not, cannot, will not work in IE/Mac because you can't
> >float anything over a plugin becuase of the z-index bug.
> >
> >As a consumer browser, it may be fly as can be, but I'd never notice
> >because I'm too busy arguing with the internals.
> >
> >I thought Opera was pretty sweet back when I first tried it, but that
> >was before an ad-supported version was released, and I was a poor
> >college student at the time and didn't have the moolah to shell out
> for it.
> >
> >--benD
> >
> >Jim Campbell wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Really? I really liked IE on the Mac. I don't use it now - Mozilla and
> >>Opera are too far advanced to consider it, but for OS 9, I don't think
> >>anything for the Mac was as good. I didn't know about the z-index thing
> >>though... Hmmm.
> >>
> >>At risk of offending you again :) Opera is pretty great these days.
> >>
> >>- Jim
> >>
> >>Ben Doom wrote:
> >>
> >> >Begin Browser War:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>I love the irony of Microsoft's Mac software being almost universally
> >> >>superior to their Windows software. I prefer Office X and its
> suite of
> >> >>applications far more than Office XP/2003, and IE for Mac was probably
> >> >>the best browser out for OS 9 and OS X for a while (possibly the best
> >> >>browser, *period*), although Opera is probably the king in that regard
> >> >>now. Well, that or Mozilla.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >IE for Mac the best browser? What the hell are you talking about? Its
> >> >DOM is even less standardized than IE/Win. Its plugin structure forces
> >> >any plugin to have an "infinite" z-index. Its _javascript_ support is
> >> >even odder than IE/Win.
> >> >
> >> >I really, really don't care for this browser. But maybe you
> noticed that.
> >> >
> >> >Safari has its own set of problems, especially for developers, but is a
> >> >pretty good browser for the average end-user. For my money (or lack
> >> >thereof) Mozilla is king. Though, admittedly, I've not used Opera
> since
> >> >way back when.
> >> >
> >> >--benD
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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