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Philip Webb |
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LYNX-DEV Lynx wrongly blamed |
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Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:14:24 -0500 (EST) |
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.
>
> 	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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