What is it in HTML coding that makes a website appear poorly in Firefox but OK in Internet Explorer?

Answer 1

It's as simple as this:

There are two types of web browsers: those which are standards-compliant (complying with the standards created by the World-Wide Web Consortium http://www.w3.org) and those which are not.

Firefox, Safari, the current version of Netscape (which is basically Firefox BTW), and many others are standards-compliant, or close enough. IE7 is very close.

IE6 and below, older versions of Netscape, and many older browsers are not.


Your goal should be to build a site which is standards-based first, and then fix errors which crop up in non-standard browsers. There are many methods to do this.

Answer 2

Each browser has its own HTML and Javascript interpreters. Sometimes a minor error will be ignored and sometimes they will cause major problems. Some functions only work on one browser. Many times the script must check which browser is being used to decide what code to use.

The problem occurs when new functions are added. Tabbed browsers are fairly new and were designed differently by each browser. Commands to open a new tab are probably different between browsers.
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Answer 3

All manner of things may make Firefox and IE display pages differently... just a matter of life. CSS tricks may help you deal with it. Mostly, you can isolate pieces of your web page, and place them into containing divs, then give the contained items the appropriate margins and padding, and give the containing divs the width you want...and tricks like that.

Sometimes you have to "float left" and "float right" to make it work, but then, sometimes, if you do, IE adds unexpected margins to the floated element. Bleah.

It takes good books and experience and ongoing study to learn and keep learning all the ins and outs and tricks. Continuing grief. (You'll even find that IE release 5.5 works differently from IE release 6, both of which work differently from IE release 7, grrr...)

Answer 4

IE and Firefox measure pixels differently. Seriously, they do.

When pixel sizes are specified (either through JavaScript or CSS) usually, the code first needs to check if it's IE or Netscape compatible and then functions need to be written slightly different so to display properly in each browser.

Answer 5

ok right this is the deal. information superhighway Explorer is in my opinion greater companies to viruses, and so on, than firefox. while you're merely employing the browser for user-friendly initiatives including checking e mail and surfing the information superhighway, then definite, firefox is w/o a doubt the greater effective thank you to bypass. although, while you're in to web content that use outrageous pics and animation, information superhighway Explorer is greater probably to be the only browser you need to use as a result. it is like Mac and laptop, different than, as a replace of growing to be properly matched softwares for the two kinds, web content attempt to make their webpages properly matched for firefox shoppers (so information superhighway Explorer is forward by means of being an older information superhighway browser).

Answer 6

I noticed that too.
I almost wanna say it's the window size but i doubt it.
It's just the way the browsers work- it's different for everyone. Like netscape looks different then those two also. I'm not sure though, It must be the javascript.

Answer 7

Tables that do not have closing tags will show up incorrectly in firefox but IE will display them.