HIT: Browser Differences using Netscape Composer

[Wanda Nall <wpnall@YAHOO.COM>]

I forgot that attachments cannot come through LM_NET
so here is the HIT concerning making web pages using
Netscape composer.



You may have already heard this but as a general rule,
she will need
Netscape 6.2.  Internet explorer will work also.

It is probably because of the screen size and not thw
verision
difference.  When designing on a larger screen, she
needs to think with
the samller screen in mind or just change the screen
dimensions in the
appearance to a lessr viewing so it will look
similiar.  The key word
is
similiar, not all screen or browsers show the same
design exactly.
If you set your monitor to 640 by 480(for the really
small screens
13-14
inch)or 800 by 600 (for the larger screens 15 inch) it
will get into
the
ballpark for the screens.


The pages will look different on different computers,
depending on the
fonts in browser preferences, the resolution of the
monitor, etc. The
only way I know to make the windows the same size on
all computers is
to
pick a window that you think MOST of your users will
have, and design
for that. Check out foodtv.com and see that the
content is restricted
to
the left of the window (on my machine anyway,
1024x768) which would fit
full screen on a smaller monitor (14-15") and a lower
resolution like
832x624 or even 640x480.
Only way to be SURE that the "page" will look the same
is to make all
of
them .gif, and that defeats the purpose of the
interactivity of the
web.


My first guess is that you don't have 19" monitors at
school, right?
And
there is the distinct possibility that the resolution
settings are
different also.
So, depending on the designing package that was used,
my guess is the
width was set in pixels and is too wide to be handled
on the school
machines.
A pretty good explanation is at:
http://www.webwizguide.com/web_design/design/page_sizes.asp




Start with coding for a 750-800 pixel width, then
compare.

I would check the resolution settings (Control
Panel/Display/Settings)

The various OS and NS/IE versions shouldn't have
anything to do with
it.


Hi- I created my school library webpage with Composer,
and my answer is that the page needs to be designed
with as much centering as possible- with Composer, it
doesn't matter what the monitor size specifically is -
people set their monitors for different size fonts, or
use different versions of Netscape or Explorer- the
page will vary in too many ways to possibly address
them all- Centering semed to solve some of them.


You
can probably get the most control by using tables,
and put your
different
elements in different cells of the table, you control
the placement to
some
extent, but there are still lots of variables. The
best is really to
make a
simple design where it doesn't matter so much.



=====
Wanda Nall
Library Media Specialist
Hereford ISD
Hereford, Tx 79045
wandanall@hisd.net

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