style="float:left"

axn · 2007-03-13, 08:01

What's the deal with style="float:left"? See the attached pic. I'm on IE6, if it helps.

davieddy · 2007-03-13, 09:52

It has to go

cheesehead · 2007-03-13, 11:29

My bet is on a missing punctuation character or two somewhere in forum innards.

Andi47 · 2007-03-13, 11:54

I have the same problem with IE7.

Xyzzy · 2007-03-13, 13:34

It shall be fixed. One of the gerbils obviously forgot to test our latest changes with IE. You can't blame him, really, since the mere thought of using IE gives him eleptiform seizures.

Xyzzy · 2007-03-13, 13:40

It has been fixed. The gerbil responsible has been punished severely. No sunflower seeds for you!

(If you saw how much production code we have that is required because IE6/7 is "special", it would make you vomit.)

Xyzzy · 2007-03-13, 13:44

Hopefully the new vertically compressed home page is agreeable with everyone. It is also kinder to people stuck with low resolution monitors. And it uses less bandwidth, reduces global warming and it helps eradicate world hunger.

cheesehead · 2007-03-13, 15:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

Hopefully the new vertically compressed home page is agreeable with everyone.

I like it!

Quote:

reduces global warming

... unless you're running GIMPS in background and are weak-willed. See second half of http://mersenneforum.org/showpost.ph...85&postcount=6. These ecological considerations are tricky -- like in the mid-1970s energy crunch when folks said safety-blade-razor shaving used less electricity than electric razor shaving, forgetting to factor in the energy required to manufacture all those disposable razor blades.

moo · 2007-03-14, 06:13

what if you just redirect all the ie6/7 users to a static page such as firefox.com -_-

Xyzzy · 2007-03-14, 14:34

Freedom of choice, however misguided, is something we greatly value.

moo · 2007-03-15, 02:42

true....
but still Firefox.com is a great site to just sit and stare at for hours -_-

maybe with a little popcorn...

2007-03-13, 08:01	#1
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2007-03-13, 09:52	#2
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 2·3·13·83 Posts	It has to go

2007-03-13, 11:29	#3
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 2²·3·641 Posts	My bet is on a missing punctuation character or two somewhere in forum innards.

2007-03-13, 11:54	#4
Andi47 Oct 2004 Austria 2×17×73 Posts	I have the same problem with IE7.

2007-03-13, 13:34	#5
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2⁵×257 Posts	It shall be fixed. One of the gerbils obviously forgot to test our latest changes with IE. You can't blame him, really, since the mere thought of using IE gives him eleptiform seizures.

2007-03-13, 13:40	#6
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2⁵·257 Posts	It has been fixed. The gerbil responsible has been punished severely. No sunflower seeds for you! (If you saw how much production code we have that is required because IE6/7 is "special", it would make you vomit.)

2007-03-13, 13:44	#7
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2⁵×257 Posts	Hopefully the new vertically compressed home page is agreeable with everyone. It is also kinder to people stuck with low resolution monitors. And it uses less bandwidth, reduces global warming and it helps eradicate world hunger.

2007-03-14, 06:13	#9
moo Jul 2004 Nowhere 809 Posts	what if you just redirect all the ie6/7 users to a static page such as firefox.com -_-

2007-03-14, 14:34	#10
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2⁵×257 Posts	Freedom of choice, however misguided, is something we greatly value.

2007-03-15, 02:42	#11
moo Jul 2004 Nowhere 809 Posts	true.... but still Firefox.com is a great site to just sit and stare at for hours -_- maybe with a little popcorn...