Now working for Windows users too (I hope)

by on 22 August, 2004 in Notes to self

Running one of the few sites on the web that only really worked on a Mac and Safari was a scream for a while. No, really, it was – although the interview requests were rather thin on the ground. But ultimately it became clear that:

(i) Most people reading this site thought it was decorated with a large block of white space at the top of the front page
(ii) They thought this was a bit crap.

So: back into Typepad, and a new template: broadly similar to the last one, but for three important changes. First, the width is fixed, which I think looks neater and (two) allows the image to be fixed atop the page without (three) bringing my non-existent CSS skillz into play. Which, in turn, means the bloody image shows to users of Internet Explorer and suchlike.

[Update: or does it? Got a strange result when testing in IE for Windows on Virtual PC, where I had to hit refresh for the CSS to work properly... feedback from Windows-using readers would be very welcome.]

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5 Responses to “Now working for Windows users too (I hope)”

  1. Claire 22 August, 2004 at 8:13 pm #

    Well, as you asked so nicely I fired up IE and it is displaying ok there now… but firefox is not displaying it – the whole Banner Div is not there.

    This is from pre-luddite win98, if you’re really lucky I’ll check from work tommorrow on win2k.

  2. Chris 22 August, 2004 at 10:59 pm #

    Nothing at the top of the page on Safari now, Neil – just straight in to the top item. And here was I one of the few……

  3. Neil Mc 22 August, 2004 at 11:07 pm #

    Tip for Safari users who have looked at this site in the past: try going to the Safari menu and choosing empty cache. That might purge your system of the old stylesheet that’s causing the problem. To Claire – thanks for checking! Firefox on OSX works OK…

  4. Claire 23 August, 2004 at 1:27 pm #

    No probs – it works fine on Firefox under Win2k as well, so it’s probably only a problem for people who are too cheap/poor to update their systems :D and I’m happy enough only seeing the logo at work until I move house and buy a PC that actually GOES.

    It works fine on IE 5.X under both 98 and 2k, and also looks dandy viewed via notes6 on 2k.

    I think that counts as cross browser compatible…

  5. Chris 23 August, 2004 at 11:09 pm #

    Emptying the cache worked, thanks – as you knwe it would, I suppose. We live and learn…. ;-)