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Posted to user@struts.apache.org by David Graham <dg...@hotmail.com> on 2002/10/23 03:28:36 UTC

[OT] Re: Netscape v4.7x browser, style sheet and font problems

This is not a struts issue because struts doesn't do anything to your 
stylesheets.  It's the container, Netscape, or your stylesheet .

David



>From: ajTreece <aj...@sun.com>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
>To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
>Subject: Netscape v4.7x browser, style sheet and font problems
>Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:34:25 -0500
>
>Afternoon folks...
>
>This is weird and is really driving me crazy (even though it could be a 
>short drive). I'm building a webapp using struts 1.1b1 utilizing tiles and 
>the whole nine yards. I'm also using style sheets to somewhat control the 
>fonts used and the font sizes on the screen. Using Netscape v6 or 7, the 
>Mozilla browsers and even Internet Explorer work beautifully. My problem 
>arises when using v4.7x of the Netscape browser. Granted this browser is 
>years behind when it comes to current technology,
>but there is a big dependence for this browser in my company so I must make 
>sure everything is A.O.K. for that platform.
>
>When a page is rendered on the v4.7x browser all text on the page whether 
>controlled by the style sheet or not is displayed as one font style and one 
>font size. I can't say for sure but the font looks like Verdana around 
>48pt. For the longest time I assumed it was just a style sheet issue, but 
>I'm not convinced. It's not very scientific, but I copied the source from 
>the rendered v4.7x screen into a new html file and when I displayed that 
>html file the fonts looked perfect.
>
>This is a big problem for me because I'm in the process of "evangelizing" 
>struts technology to the rest of my development group for use in all of our 
>applications, but Netscape v4.7x is sticking point that I can't get around.
>
>
>I'm open for any suggestions...
>
>Thanks, ajTreece
>
>
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