Re: [SLE] Upgraded Mozilla still renders wrong

From: Colin Fraser (colin.fraser_at_riverfern.co.uk)
Date: 02/28/05

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    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:18:13 +0000
To: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net>

    Just a passing thought. I've seen just the symptoms you talk about on
    all sorts of browsers if the text size is increased (or a large minimum
    text size is chosen). It's not a problem with the browser but the CSS
    specifying absolute sizes for divs, etc..

    Cheers,

    Colin Fraser

    Randall R Schulz wrote:

    >Christopher,
    >
    >I have Mozilla 1.7.5 installed from a binary tarball I got directly from
    >the Mozilla.org site. It is a GTK2 build.
    >
    >
    >On Monday 28 February 2005 10:41, Christopher Carlen wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Hi:
    >>
    >>I just upgraded my Suse 9.1 to Mozilla 1.7.5 using the .rpm from
    >>
    >>ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla
    >>
    >>Unfortunately, this version still renders some pages horribly. I
    >>know that Mozilla and Firefox on Windows, and even Firefox (vanilla
    >>from Mozilla.org) renders these correctly on Linux:
    >>
    >>
    >>http://shop.mellesgriot.com/products/ProductLine.asp?plga=020160&mscs
    >>sid=
    >>
    >>For that site, text is rendered on top of itself and the menu in the
    >>upper left is messed up.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I see only one obvious imperfection in how my Mozilla renders this page:
    >the "Search" button in the upper-left is misaligned w.r.t. the text
    >field to which it presumably applies. It is shifted upward several
    >pixesl--about one third of the button's and the field's height. Its
    >horizontal placement appears correct--it abuts the text field on its
    >right precisely.
    >
    >I see exactly the same thing in Firefox.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>http://www.travelocity.com/?Service=TRAVELOCITY
    >>
    >>
    >
    >This page appears to render perfectly in both Mozilla 1.7.5 and in
    >Firefox.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>For the Travelocity site, notice the link overlaying the "Search
    >>flights" button. Things get really screwed when I: 1. select
    >>"Minors" equal to some number >0, 2. then the "Minor ages at time of
    >>travel" drop-down is overlayed by a link, so it cannot be used.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I cannot replicate this (mis-) behavior either in Mozilla or Firefox.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>Anyone else notice these rendering problems on their Suse 9.1
    >>installations? I am using 32-bit.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I, too, am using x86 (32-bit) Linux. You could try getting the 1.7.5
    >tarball. Installing won't interfere with anything else on your system
    >(nor will it integrate with menus, say, or MIME or file-extension
    >mappings), so you can easily experiment and then either toss it or make
    >it your default browser, as I do.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>Thanks.
    >>
    >>Christopher R. Carlen
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >Randall Schulz
    >
    >
    > 

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