Re: Microsoft Bug Newsgroup?

From: N. Miller (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:08:16 -0800

In article <OzlycD20EHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>, Jim Carlock says...

> Heh, probably it's another browser issue. Have either of
> you tried to view it through a Mozilla or FireFox browser?

> I agree it looks better inside of IE. Somewhat better... the
> font should probably be forced into displaying as a 10pt
> font. There's the fix... It's up to Microsoft to fix it.

That is not a "bug", as in a software problem. I believe your best option is
to contact the site webmaster; assuming that MSFT has a contact on the page.

> The link in the upper right corner is defective as well. It takes
> one to the default 404 page (in all three browsers, so that is
> NOT a browser specific issue).

> The dead link: http://mspress.microsoft.com/prod/books/2443.htm

> If it's broken in Mozilla and FireFox, it will most likely be
> broken on a MacIntosh, Unix systems, et al. Thanks guys!

It is not broken in Firefox 1.0. The link took me to the page without a
problem. 

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