an IE formatting issue for the geeks out there...

04/13/2006 05:44:56 PM · #1

OK, I love DPC because I can usually get better tech support for things here than at the friggin companies themselves.

Lately when I visit the Yahoo Finance main page (here) the formatting has been screwed up. It appears they have the page organized into three columns. At first I had it where the middle column would be displayed then the third column belown that (but in its proper left right alignment) and finally the first column. Now actually the second and third columns line up and display right but the first column is still below the others.

The problem goes away when I switch the font to "smaller", however, I have always had the font on medium and up until about 10 days ago it worked fine.

All other pages I frequent seem to format correctly including other Yahoo pages. I emailed their support team and they could not reproduce the problem.

I'm using IE 6.02 and my standard resolution which is 1920x1200. I do not recall having changed anything in my window settings. In fact, I restored defaults in tools>internet options>advanced and it did not fix the problem.

Who's got ideas of things to try?

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

04/13/2006 06:11:48 PM · #2

Where's kirbic when I need him?

Nald

Nikon D700

04/13/2006 06:21:35 PM · #3

Perhaps a screen shot is in order..?

shanksware

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

04/13/2006 06:26:58 PM · #4

for what it's worth, same thing happens here with browser set to large fonts.

David.C

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

04/13/2006 06:46:24 PM · #5

Originally posted by shanksware:

for what it's worth, same thing happens here with browser set to large fonts.

yes, anything larger than medium produces the error -- not a problem with your browser, but with the site.

Oh, and before the firefox group comes in with their ever helpful "get firefox' solution anytime IE is mentioned -- FF also has problems displaying that page with large fonts. It's not the same problem, but it does show it is the site not the browser.

David

Message edited by author 2006-04-13 19:03:54.

04/13/2006 07:55:29 PM · #6

Sorry, I should have said that I am using Medium font which has never been a problem before and is not a problem on other pages. My computer at home does not have the same issue with medium font and that page.