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Netscape 4.77 tiling issues

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YogiBearAZ

YogiBearAZ

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Nov 1, 2002
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Im trying to control the background image tiling Netscape 4.77 applies in a table. The problem is that I must use a background images so as text can be written on top. So if the container table has a background image, then netscape 4.77 will tile the image across the entire table. IE utilizes styles to control this, unfortunately 4.77 doesnt recognize these. Anyone have any ideas how to stop the image from repeating?
 
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Unless there's an overwhelming need to make your code work with NN4.7, I'd give it up. The NN4.+ versions make up less than 5% of browsers used and that number is dwindling fast. You're spending your valuable time trying to make something work for a very small group of surfers! There's always a better way...
 
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Thanks for the info, but I did find a solution. For anyone else that may have this problem, the best solution is to add a background transparent GIF to the first nested table beneath the original with the image. This will keep it from tiling.

Yogi
 
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Yogi,

Glad you could find a solution. I do agree with tvi though. NS4 is slowing down the web. Any time you create a project and offering NS4 support either slows down the download time for other people by finding weird fixes or tampers with people's web experience in some way or another.

Netscape 4 is dead. You should be spending any more time building sites for it. It doesn't even support any standard properly. Gary Haran
 
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Yes I agree with him as well, unfortunately my company still gets a bunch of hits from 4.7. This is unfortunately necessary.

Thanks all for the input.

--Yogi
 
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Us too. I work at a university. Lots of brilliant people here. You'd think they could download a current browser! Till then it is fixes like this that we end up having to make.
 
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a good way to warn people is to have this provided NS4 doesn't blow up trying to do this :

<body>
<script>
if (document.layers)
{
document.write(&quot;Upgrading your browser would be a good idea as it is not even Year 2000 compliant and has many known security vulnerabilities. <a href=' to the latest and better Netscape 7 now!&quot;);
}
</script> Gary Haran
 
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