RE: Problem with a new Compaq and 17" flat screen -- PCTECH

Personally, I don't like either solution.  I prefer to design sites with
floating elements in CSS.  These sites look fine in any reasonable
browser and will change their appearance to fit the given screen without
any scripting.  Just some discussion fodder :-)

Joel
http://www.rpgnext.com

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 13:48, Chuck Lewis wrote:
> UNREAL !
> 
> Thanks so much John. That does indeed explain this "weird" behavior ! Is it
> that hard to check for something like that and adjust ? I wouldn't think so
> since EVERYONE ELSE seems to be doing it... And for THAT site of all sites
> considering they are GUARANTEED to have among THE most diverse of people and
> PC's (i.e. OS's and browser versions, etc.) of any...
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of John Brandt Sr.
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 5:03 PM
> To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Problem with a new Compaq and 17" flat screen
> 
> Chuck, Mike,
> This is caused by the site not checking the resolution prior to rendering
> the page to the browser. A resolution of 1024x768 or higher will cause
> "Fitted" HTML to display on the left side of the browser. ESPN has always
> been guilty of this, despite my many e-mails and offers to fix it for them.
> 
> That is why I always check up to this resolution for any web-sites that I
> do.
> 
> John Brandt
> iStudio400.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:51 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Problem with a new Compaq and 17" flat screen
> 
> 
> Make sure he has all the latest patches installed. If that doesn't work,
> tell him to use Mozilla, that should work.
> 
> Mike Wills
> Lawson Programmer/Administrator
> Taylor Development
> Email: mnwills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Direct Line: (507) 386-3187
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Chuck Lewis
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:36 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: [PCTECH] Problem with a new Compaq and 17" flat screen
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
>  
> 
> Had one of the salesman query me just now; he purchased a new Compaq desktop
> PC this weekend with a 17" monitor and all was fine. He fired up IE and went
> to ESPN's website (so read in more detail about our Colt's mess yesterday.)
> and it only showed on about 2/3's of the screen with the right hand side
> "missing". So he went to PC World and ZDNET and it was fine on them. Then he
> went to Comcast (his cable provider) and it showed even smaller and in the
> very middle of the screen.
> 
> And here we go with offshore support. He called Compaq tech support and
> spoke to 6 different people and said he could basically understand none of
> them (accents). This is no knock on our international friends ! He is a
> patient person but ended up hanging up on them. As he noted, the sad thing
> is, he gives up on tech support and is willing to live with the problem. I
> am get him the URL for Compaq's web-based  tech support because I have never
> had any problems with them.
> 
> So does anyone have any idea what would be causing this behavior ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 
>  
> 
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