Peter Jensen <forget_about_it@yahoo.com> writes:
> Simon Brooke wrote:
> >
> > Peter Jensen <forget_about_it@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > > Simon Brooke wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hang on, what generated this page? Why no source layout? What are all
> > > > the strings of character 160 (non-breaking space) about?
> > >
> > > I like to somewhat obuscate the source ;).
> >
> > Yes, so that it overflows some buffer or other in the browser and the
> > page doesn't render? OK, so that's a browser bug, not technically a
> > fault in your code; but it isn't clever either.
>
> I am not trying to be clever, I am trying to make a page tha IE 5.0
> is capable of rendering correctly.
OK, now I'm annoyed anough to go and borrow a colloeague's machine
with Windows on it, and I can state categorically that IE
5.50.4807.2300, in its default out-of-the-box configuration *is*
rendering your page correctly - both your pages, in fact, including
the FAQ:
<URL:
http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/tmp/batfink.jpg >
If you've messed up the settings of your Internet Explorer, that's
hardly our problem.
> > After all, anyone can run the page through 'tidy' and get it neatly
> > formatted, so the obfuscation is pointless as well as stupid.
>
> I disagree.
Hey, you can disagree that the world is round, if you like. The world
will probably not care.
> Can anyone stick to the question?
> Can anyone answer the question?
Yes. You've fucked your config. Next.
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