Rule of thumb on cross-browser compatibility? - Explorer / Navigator. Any basic rules?

They have: 52 posts

Joined: Jul 1999

When it comes to web browser I personally had to pull my hair and bang my head against the wall a couple of times.
I find tables in particular, very difficult to handle on Netscape.
Why tables look ok on IE and they get screw up on Netscape sometimes?
I use Dreamweaver and it doesn't seem to do the job for both browsers (tables). Is there a program that could detect possible mistakes for each browser?
Should I have browser detection and then redirect?

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He has: 628 posts

Joined: Mar 1999

The best rule is to keep the tables as simple as possible so that the inconsistencies come up less often. My next newsletter actually will have a short artcile on a few common table problems, it might be of use to you as well. Smiling

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DW2 is indeed a bit of a pain with tables, I for one have no problem just going into the code and fixing these problems but I do hope Macromedia will fix this problem in the next release...
JP

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