NationStates Jolt Archive

Hello.

I've had a problem on the main NS site (specifically the regional message board page) for about a year now, it just never occured to me to come here.

My problem is that all the daily rankings, message-board, and immigration activity are way off where they are supposed to be directly under the 'Move your nation here now!' link, and are instead twice as far down on the page and there's a giant empty field where it originally was.

I also have this problem on the My Settings page, there's the header for the page, ampty white field, and then all the information is under that field twice as far down the page as it should be.

I use IE6 because it is the ONLY browser I have access to (and frankly I can't stand the others) due to my dial-up connection. I've tried to update to IE7 but it times out when trying to update all the patches, so switching or updating is out of the question.

I had this problem with a webcomic recently, and the site coder said that "reports that there was a problem with IE6 and very low resolution/small windowed browsers because of the way IE6 fails to handle CSS." I know a browser game isn't exactly the same thing, but I'm just trying to cover all the bases with the information I've got.

Any advice BESIDES getting another browser would be appreciated.

Thanks,
-Vocenae

Thanks for the report -- I will check it out.

Hmm, that sounds very much like a CSS table width bug -- you'll probably see the top of the first table on the page is level with the bottom of the sidebar. But everything looks fine to me in IE6 in Windows.

Is anyone else seeing this?

Not for me, but I use a different browser then Vocenae. The one I use is Opera.

;14558868']Hmm, that sounds very much like a CSS table width bug -- you'll probably see the top of the first table on the page is level with the bottom of the sidebar. But everything looks fine to me in IE6 in Windows.

Is anyone else seeing this?

Right, the rankings board and everything else starts at the bottom of the tower ad for me. Since you had no problems (and I assume no one else really will have any either) is this a problem on my end, then?

;14558868']Hmm, that sounds very much like a CSS table width bug -- you'll probably see the top of the first table on the page is level with the bottom of the sidebar. But everything looks fine to me in IE6 in Windows.

Is anyone else seeing this?
Yes, but I never realised that it was meant to be a bug rather than a feature...

Can you please confirm which browser (Help -> About) and operating system you're using?

I've tried two different computers with IE6/Win but can't reproduce this.

Wait, think I got it -- it triggers if your screen resolution is especially low.

Yep, seems to be the problem.

However, I prefer 800x600. Anyway that can be fixed without me using a different resolution?

Well, [violet], uh... I mean Max Barry, would have to fix it, or someone with the power to do so, such as [vio... uh, SalusaSecondus. Sometimes it gets fixed quickly, other times it may take a while, but I'm sure one of them will get it fixed soon.

Well, I've lived with this for over a year so a little longer wouldn't be too much of a stretch.

Should be fixed now. Thanks for the report! This would have affected a lot of people.

Huzzah! I initiated a bug fix in a game that thousands of people play!