LYNX-DEV Lynx wrongly blamed

[Philip Webb]

this is an exchange i've just had with  address@hidden ,
concerning badly formatted pages in New Scientist:  www.newscientist.com .

Philip Webb to Kate North 970314:

>yup, the one problem with Lynx is that it doesn't handle tables well:
>the reason is directly related to its speed & convenience with other things
>(it treats the data stream just once).

>HOWEVER, as the example i sent you showed all too clearly,
>some paragraphs in some of your articles do have the text left-justified:
>it's got nothing to do with tables at all: you simply have to insert
> <p align="justify">  before the start of the 1st paragraph.
>see below: i've marked the line  $$$  to make it easy to find. 

Kate North to Philip Webb 970314: 
> thanks for your message. 
> 
> However, The reason you are experiencing this problem is not an html error, 
> but
> rather the fact that you are using quite a primitive browser (no offense)
> 
> 
> when you use a <p align=center> command, the command is turned off by a </p>
> command, not a </center> command. The <center> command which appears directly
> below this is to centre the table that follows, and does not affect the text 
> in
> the table itself. The problem is that you are using a lynx browser, which
> doesn't accept tables.  I'm sorry it's causing you problems, but although we 
> try
> to design for as many browsers as possible, we can't always make our pages 
> work
> with all browsers. 
> 
> Because we want to have the table centered in the page, there is nothing I can
> do to make your text not appear centred. Sorry. 
> 
> kn
> 
> 
> <p align=center><img src="/ps/images/b_planetsci.gif" alt="P L A N E T   S
> C I E N C E"></p>
> 
> <center>
> 
> <table width=360>
> <tr>
> <td width=60 align=right valign=top><img src="/ps/images/i_thisweek.gif"
> alt=""></td>
> <td width=300 valign=middle align=left><img
> src="/ps/images/t2_inbrief.gif"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td width=60 align=right valign=top><br><img
> src="/ps/images/i_o_tiny_news.gif"></td>
> <td width=300 valign=bottom><p><br><font size=+3>

$$$ insert  <P align="justify">  here: compare 7 lines below

> <b>Soft on cement</b></font><p>
> <font size=+1>
> BRITAIN's pollution watchdog, the Environment Agency, has been lax and
> secretive in controlling emissions from cement kilns, says the House of
> Commons Select Committee on the Environment. In a report, the committee
> also accuses the agency of failing "to command public confidence".
> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">
> 
> *** this correctly left-justifies the text.
> 
> &#009;The committee's investigation was prompted by public anxiety over the
> growing number of cement kilns that burn waste industrial solvents to
> reduce their fuel costs ("Bending the rules on toxic fuels", <I>New
> Scientist</I>, 23 March 1996, p 14). The Environment Agency promises
> "stronger and more consistent regulation of cement processes in the
> future".<P>
> 
> <P>
> <I>From New Scientist, 15 Mar 97</i>
> 
> *** the following is the corresponding rendered version:
> 
>                          P L A N E T S C I E N C E
> 
>                                   [INLINE]
> 
>                                   [INLINE]
> 
> 
>                                Soft on cement
> 
>    BRITAIN's pollution watchdog, the Environment Agency, has been lax and
>     secretive in controlling emissions from cement kilns, says the House
>       of Commons Select Committee on the Environment. In a report, the
>       committee also accuses the agency of failing "to command public
>                                 confidence".
> 
>    The committee's investigation was prompted by public anxiety over the
>    growing number of cement kilns that burn waste industrial solvents to
>    reduce their fuel costs ("Bending the rules on toxic fuels", New
>    Scientist, 23 March 1996, p 14). The Environment Agency promises
>    "stronger and more consistent regulation of cement processes in the
>    future".
> 
>                        From New Scientist, 15 Mar 97

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