Keith Chant wrote:
>
> Why is it that the Netscape 6/6.1 beta browser renders some pages so
> differently than does Navigator 4.xx, IE 4 through 5.5 and Opera 5?
1. Mozilla is a long way from being a released product and has many,
many defects.
2. NN6/6.1 is called "released" by AOL, but is merely Mozilla with the
"Mozilla" name filed off and overstamped with "Netscape".
> I
> am trying to design a site to look good in all browsers but cannot get
> it to work in NS6.
There is no reason to do this. All the NN6.x's and Mozilla's combined
are less than 1% of the total browser market, and exactly zero percent
of the "normal users" browser market.
> Is this something they are going to resolve or does
> the new browser just not work the same?
The defects that AOL deems necessary to fix will be fixed, to the extent
which AOL deems them to need fixing.
> For an example of what I am
> talking about visit: http://www.hotmetalpro.com/ and look at the
> navigational bar on the left compared in different browsers.
>
> I find it interesting that my page, which is HTML 3.2 compliant will
> render identically in Netscape 4.xx, IE 4, IE 5, IE 5.5 and Opera 5 yet
> in NS 6/6.1 beta it renders very differently?
>
> Can anybody explain this?
AOL.
