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December 1st, 2004 09:00

Firefox displays wrong

Hi everyone,
 
Inspiron 8600 Widescreen laptop
XP Pro SP1.
Otherwise fully patched.
System clean.  No virus spyware etc.
 

I installed Firefox 1.0 last night for the first time and am having some problems which I haven`t been able to resolve after searching for ages.

1. Background colours missing from some sites and text is wrong colour. Strange, why should this happen?

2. I have managed to increase text size but images are still much smaller than in IE

3. Layout of pages is often wrong.  Some text will be spread over 6 short lines instead of a few longer ones.  This can totally throw format of rest of the page

4. In any forum, all lines (vertical and horizontal) which separate individual posts are missing.

I have tried changing many settings but nothing makes it any better

I tried changing the dpi and resolution but no luck there either

Flash is installed

Can anyone help me with these problems please.

Thanks everyone

  • msil217

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    Posted December 1st, 2004 09:00

    I wouldn't say it was Firefox's fault. It is just a lot of websites are coded for IE, and not cross-browser compatible. My personal webpage looks the same in IE and Firefox. It takes special coding for some things to work in netscape/firefox/mozilla, and IE.

    Also, IE is more forgiving if a webpage is poorly coded than Firefox is.

    My 2 cents.
  • fireberd

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    Posted December 1st, 2004 09:00

    This is probably the wrong forum section for your question since Firefox is not a Windows XP issue (it's an application issue). 

    But, I had firefox installed for about a week (until I just did a clean install and haven't put it back on yet) and I noticed that some web sites have features (code) that firefox cannot handle.  I used firefox to check my own web site and found some "buttons" on my web site, which was generated using Microsoft FrontPage that did not display the text on the button, but Internet Explorer did support that web site function (I have since changed the buttons so they are also compatible with firefox). 

    The incompatibility issue with some web sites/functions may be your issue.  Apparently firefox does not support all the FrontPage "extensions".

    Inspiron 16 5630 Laptop and WD22TB4 Docking Station
    Self-built desktop for recording studio application
  • dunedin

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    Posted December 1st, 2004 21:00

    Thanks everyone for your replies.

    I was not implying that Firefox was to blame, but was just asking if anyone had seen the problems before.

    I`m actually wondering if the widescreen is the cause and was hoping that someone with both Firefox and a widescreen would reply. Having tried different resolutions and dpi settings without success I am now thinking I will just uninstall it.

    Thanks again

  • JHerb

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    Posted December 1st, 2004 21:00

    I agree with msil217, its not Firefox's fault. I use Firefox and have noticed that some sites that are designed to be viewed in IE do not appear the same in Firefox. Just a little back up on what msil said.


    JHerb
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    Posted December 1st, 2004 21:00

    Sorry Double Post... Message Removed...

    JHerb

    Message Edited by JHerb on 12-01-2004 08:39 PM

  • jwatt

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    Posted December 2nd, 2004 06:00

    dunedin,

    In case the widescreen issue is new, you might want to post in the Mozilla Firefox Support board at Mozillazine, and see if someone recognizes the problem.

    Jim
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    Posted December 2nd, 2004 11:00

    Thanks Jim,

    I`ll give that a go.