Firefox V IE - why so different

samandian · 2006-08-13, 06:03 PM

Having submitted some galleries to LL I received a decline and in it was the suggestion to view the pages created in both IE and Firefox. Quickly i have downloaded firefox and looked at my page.

Whoooaaa! It looks a lot different. It appears to have moved some text and links to the left or right, changed font sizes and even put strikethrough on some text.

So here's the dumb questions?

Why does it do this?
How do i get it to look good on both browsers?
What is the advantage to Firefox over IE (i have read that it gives better protection), but is that all?

I checked my stats and i get 80%+ of my traffic using IE, just under 10% with Firefox and the remainder other browsers.

It also appears that many webmasters view material in 800X600, again my stats show my traffic to be roughly:

60%+ as 1024x768
17% 1280x1024
15% 800x600

Are my stats inline with most sites? How to best overcome these oddities in browser and screen resolution?

2006-08-13, 06:03 PM	#1
samandian WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paradise Posts: 42	Firefox V IE - why so different Having submitted some galleries to LL I received a decline and in it was the suggestion to view the pages created in both IE and Firefox. Quickly i have downloaded firefox and looked at my page. Whoooaaa! It looks a lot different. It appears to have moved some text and links to the left or right, changed font sizes and even put strikethrough on some text. So here's the dumb questions? Why does it do this? How do i get it to look good on both browsers? What is the advantage to Firefox over IE (i have read that it gives better protection), but is that all? I checked my stats and i get 80%+ of my traffic using IE, just under 10% with Firefox and the remainder other browsers. It also appears that many webmasters view material in 800X600, again my stats show my traffic to be roughly: 60%+ as 1024x768 17% 1280x1024 15% 800x600 Are my stats inline with most sites? How to best overcome these oddities in browser and screen resolution?