[ale] OT: Can MS IE Really Be This Broken?

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at comcast.net
Mon Sep 20 20:38:03 EDT 2004


I want them to appear one under the other, with the second one kicked
out to the right a little but (note the bold headings over the tables -
one says SR1 and the other says SR1.1, indicating a hierarchy).

- Jeff

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 12:55, David Corbin wrote:
> It displays to the right for me on FireFox, if the window is wide 
> enough.  How is it you want them to display.  If it's one after another, 
> you might just need a <BR> between them.
> 
> 
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> >I've attached a small bit of HTML that is a mock-up of the output of a
> >utility I'm trying to write.  I'm not at all a Web developer, but I
> >cribbed the HTML from one or more HTML guides I Googled.  
> >
> >In Mozilla and in Konqueror, the two tables display exactly as I
> >intended and expected.  However, in IE, the second table appears to the
> >RIGHT of the first table, which seems to run counter to everything I
> >thought I understood about HTML table formatting.  
> >
> >Unfortunately, the primary audience of the HTML generated by my utility
> >will be using IE by force (in other words, any invective I might
> >generate about the use of standards-abhorrent Web browsers will fall on
> >deaf ears).  So, does anyone have any idea how I can kluge this up so it
> >will render in IE more or less the way it renders elsewhere?
> >
> >- Jeff
> >  
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > *SR1*
> > Requirement text 	The system shall provide Web-based pro-active 
> > notification for the inspectors of a new task that they are to perform
> > Name 	
> > Source 	Gorny Email 2003/6/18
> > Revised 	Yes
> > Implementation 	No
> > Feature 	Registration, Transfer, Import Permit, Inspection, 
> > Biosecurity Template
> > Phase 	One
> > Priority 	Should
> > Status 	Proposed
> > Cost 	
> > Difficulty 	Medium
> > Stability 	Medium
> > Assigned To 	
> > EnhancementRequest 	
> > Defect 	CDC00000002
> > Location 	Database
> > Unique ID 	52
> > Package 	Software Requirements
> > Author 	bautistas
> >
> >  
> >  
> >
> >     *SR1.1*
> >     Requirement text 	The system shall provide functionality to allow
> >     an inspector to retrieve/view tasks assigned.
> >     Name 	
> >     Source 	JAD Interview 2003/6/16
> >     Revised 	No
> >     Implementation 	No
> >     Feature 	Registration, Transfer, Inspection
> >     Phase 	One
> >     Priority 	Should
> >     Status 	Proposed
> >     Cost 	
> >     Difficulty 	Medium
> >     Stability 	Medium
> >     Assigned To 	
> >     EnhancementRequest 	
> >     Defect 	
> >     Location 	Database
> >     Unique ID 	53
> >     Package 	Software Requirements
> >     Author 	beresfordm
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
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