Re: New problem with Firefox

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Hi Mike,

I have also noticed that FireFox seems to load more quickly than IE, and am
pretty sure I have read some documentation on that somewhere. I am pretty
sure that Publisher webs load faster in FF. I also prefer the way FF loads
the images incrementally. IE waits and displays the image only after it has
fully downloaded, which at least feels like it takes longer.

I do use FF when I can, but have some sites that require IE, so that is
still my default browser. But I have been dragging my heels about moving
from IE6 to IE7... I am surprised you haven't switched over to FF.

DavidF

"Mike Koewler" <wordwiz@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David,

I used Mozilla 1.7.12, didn't try it in IE. For some reason IE seems to
take a lot longer to load sites for me.

Mike

DavidF wrote:
I assume that you meant 96 dpi, which is the same as mine. I didn't test
to see if the form would submit. I was just looking at the page layout.
The difference in the size of the graphics and even the page width is
noticeable when I view the pages with IE6 and FF, with FF showing the
oversized graphics and page widths...and the jumbled form page. Which
browsers and what versions are you viewing the pages with?

DavidF

"Mike Koewler" <wordwiz@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David,

My monitor is set to 968 dpi and the form page is mucked up badly.
However, the form works for me, in that I can submit it. The images all
appear to be correctly sized also.

Mike

DavidF wrote:

I remember your site now that I see it. Still looks good in IE, but
yeah, that forms page I looked at was unusable in FF. In fact all the
pages look pretty bad in FF, with all the graphics oversized.

I suspect that Rob is correct in that it is not the *size* of the
monitors, but it may be related to the settings of the monitor you use
to produce your site with. Publisher HTML output is at a default of 96
dpi, and you can end up with jumbled pages if you publish with a monitor
set at 120 dpi.

Right click your desktop > Properties > Settings > Advanced. If your DPI
setting is 120 dpi, then change that to 96 dpi, and OK out. Open your
Publisher web publication, Publish to the Web and produce new web files.
Direct those files to a folder on your computer where you can easily
find them. Then open and test the .htm files on the computers where the
pages are all jumbled in FF. Do the pages look OK in both FF and IE?

DavidF


"CWWJ" <CWWJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David F.: A couple of years ago you were of invaluable assistance to
me in
getting my company's web site up and running using Publisher 2003. I
had
issues with Firefox which you and others helped me solve; I downloaded
Firefox at that time, and after a bit of tweaking, my site worked
perfectly
on Firefox, and it still does. However, at my office we have recently
installed new computers with 20" LCD monitors and also Firefox. Now
the web
site has numerous minor glitches and a couple of major ones that I
attribute
to a sizing problem. First, text boxes throughout the site are
re-sized much
larger so the text no longer fills the space. This is a cosmetic
problem
only; one that I could live with (but would rather not). But I have
two
submission forms that are very important, and these have buttons and
boxes
that have moved up on the page and are now not synced with the text
that
tells what the buttons and boxes are for. So far, we have received no
complaints from our clients, most of whom probably use IE, but I would
like
to fix this problem if possible. My URL is http://www.burdin-adr.com.
Thanks.





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