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

[James P. Kinney III]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 20:32, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 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).

embed the tables as part of a ordered list element.
> 
> - 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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