Netscape Comm. vs. IE - Browser Compatibility Help!

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I use a Mac Power PC and Netscape Comm. 4.61 when designing webpages. I recently helped a friend with her webpage. When I look at it, it looks fine. The Gif header is transparent and melts into the background which is a light blue. When I go to my friend's house who uses a PC and IE4.0, the website looks absolutely awful! What can I do to make webpages look similar with both browsers? Please Help! P.S. The website is http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/5115"

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Dear Dan, Thank you very much for looking at the website. I am glad to hear that it does not look any different to you with either browser. It can be so disappointing to have your website appear differently on different browsers.

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Just looked at in in NS 4.5 and IE5 and it looked almost identical and not awful;)
UPDATE: Looks fine in NS4.61 also...these are all on a PC
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The main elements affected by browser change are = tables and forms fields.

The best course of action is to develop for N and let IE (which is more code lenient) take care of itself.
JP

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Looks fine in IE5. They are only different when you use tables and frames and a few other tags, but mostly they work the same.

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