[NSRCA-discussion] Trouble viewing nsrca.us with IE explorer(huge fonts)

[John Ferrell]

Please keep sending the "geeky, off topic" stuff. There are more of us out 
here than you think that are struggling with the same problems!

John Ferrell    W8CCW

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do 
nothing." -- Edmund Burke
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Alberico" <alberji at charter.net>
To: "'NSRCA Mailing List'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Trouble viewing nsrca.us with IE 
explorer(huge fonts)


> Oops, Sorry...
> My response to Marty should was meant to be directed to the web team list.
> Geeky off-topic stuff for here.
>
> ...but, if anybody out there does experience any display issues with the
> site please let the web team know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim A
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf
>> Of Jim Alberico
>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:19 PM
>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Trouble viewing nsrca.us with
>> IE explorer (huge fonts)
>>
>>
>> ---- "Martin X. Moleski wrote:
>> > I've received a bug report this morning that baffles me.
>> >
>> > Someone on this list may have seen and fixed the same behavior.
>> >
>> > The user has no trouble with other sites; when visiting
>> ours, he sees
>> > such huge fonts that the site is illegible.
>> > Even setting IE's default fonts to the smallest level does not cure
>> > the problem.
>> >
>> > I don't yet know what version of IE or of Windows he is using.
>> >
>> > I've tested the site with IE 7 and Firefox 2 on Windows XP Pro (my
>> > desktop) and with Firefox 2 on linux (in my office).  I
>> don't know how
>> > to duplicate this user's problem--if I could, then I could
>> see whether
>> > we need to do something to make our code smarter.
>> >
>> > AH!  One possible debugging strategy: change templates and
>> see whether
>> > a different template causes the same problems.  Hmm.
>> >
>> > I don't think we have the other templates set up to provide
>> the full
>> > menu system (top and two
>> > sides) but I see that it might be worthwhile to spend some time
>> > getting them set up for situations like this ...
>> >
>> > If someone would like to take that ball and run with it, be
>> my guest.
>> > I've got to get ready for class.
>> >
>> > Marty
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>> Marty,
>>
>> I probably won't have the chance to grab the ball and run
>> with it,  but I can kick it.   It's a long shot...field goal
>> attempt from 60 yards.
>>
>> You might want to see if the user can provide a screen shot,
>> so we know exactly what he is seeing.  It would be good to be
>> sure the problem is isolated to fonts, and not more of the styles.
>>
>> On one site where I  have an installation of WebCalendar
>> (open source, PHP, CSS, etc.), one user sees a mangled
>> display.  He uses IE and Vista.  However, the problem is
>> documented in the WebCalendar user community and some people
>> have reported seeing the problem in Firefox.  Neither I nor
>> anyone else I know can reproduce the problem.  The cause of
>> that problem is that the CSS is not loading at all!!  The
>> WebCalendar dev team says the problem is related to an
>> attempt they have made to cache the CSS to improve
>> performance.   Apparently, under certain circumstances their
>> technique can cause a browser to fail to load the styles.
>> This probably does not apply to us, but....
>>
>> Anyway, just a thought.  If the user doesn't know what nice
>> layout to expect, he might be thinking it's a fonts issue.
>> A screenshot would make it obvious to us.
>>
>> Re: what version of Windows.  Do you know for sure the user
>> is even on Windows at all?  Maybe a Mac?
>>
>> Jim
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