[arachne] Re: Another problem with tables in Arachne 1.89 - what exactly does "100%" mean?

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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:21:50 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> Sorry, Glenn, but I think you did not read my entire post - the forum
> message displays fine in Mozilla, without any changes to the HTML text.
> Also, like I said in my earlier post, changing the width of the first
> element in the table slightly suddenly makes Arachne display it just
> like in Mozilla, which IMO is what it should probably look like.

> Also, I think the web browser is supposed to wrap text that does not fit
> in one line automatically, but not where Arachne does it - it should
> wrap the text so that it matches the width of the table.

> If *you* do not believe *me*, then simply look at the posts with Mozilla
> or another so-called "standard" browser, and you will note the
> difference between how those browsers display them and your "fixed"
> version.

> The basic problem is that web pages are designed to display fine in IE
> and Mozilla, and if the Arachne user has to manually change them to make
> them display fine in Arachne, too, it won't do Arachne any good.

> Just like with the problem with '&' in URLs, even if you strongly
> feel that it is a bug in the HTML text of those web pages, most people
> who know IE or Mozilla would rather say that it is a bug in Arachne.

> So please do the Arachne community a favour and change this, okay?
> Otherwise Arachne will earn a reputation of not being able to display
> even simple web pages correctly.

Looking closer at the 1st problem you pointed-out, I now see that you
are correct. There is in-fact a problem in Arachne.

Sorry to have doubted you.

I will look into fixing this problem and let you know what I find.


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