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On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:20:35 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 07:20:00 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


I have tried viewing the yahoo homepage on several machines here using
Firefox, and none of them exhibit that behavior. I think your wide
aspect display is at the root of the problem. Tha's why I suggested
looking for an updated display driver.



Good thought but I use two other laptops that are *not* wide screen and
the
results are the same. Hold on ... I am going to try something.

Ok. I opened both Firefox and Internet Explorer and went to a number of
websites using both. Internet Explorer displays *all* the sites in a full
screen view. Firefox displayed some full screen and some in the narrower,
compact style that it initially displays the Yahoo homepage.

So, it must be a subtle difference in how they each interpret certain
aspects of the html code.

Eisboch




Is Netflix.com one of those that displays wrong like Yahoo? Many of
the more "interactive" type websites, such as the above two examples)
use "AJAX", which could be the source of the problem. If you google
"AJAX" you can probably find some info on it. It's sort of javascript
on steroids.

When was the last time you checked for updates to your firefox
installations?



I just tried Netflix.com (had never been there before). It opened fine
(filled screen) using Firefox. IE displayed it exactly the same way.

As for Firefox ... I have it set to automatically update. The last was a
few days ago to version 2.0.0.11.

I appreciate all the help and suggestions but I think we've beaten this
issue into the ground.
Someday the reason will become apparent. In the meanwhile D.Duck's theory
seems to make a lot of sense.

I'll just keep using Ctrl+

Eisboch