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dilb
May 24th, 2007, 05:13 PM
Sorry, I don't usually resort to slating Windows, but when I saw this it made me chuckle.
karellen
May 25th, 2007, 01:33 AM
well, what's the catch?
eentonig
May 25th, 2007, 01:50 AM
Ok, I'm not the only stupid around here. I didn't get it either.
STREETURCHINE
May 25th, 2007, 02:11 AM
ok that makes three of us
karellen
May 25th, 2007, 02:13 AM
it seems that crowds are gathering...:)
jclmusic
May 25th, 2007, 03:45 AM
a page for html newbies that is in itself badly designed?
if that's not it, then i don't get it either.
it probably only works in IE on purpose knowing MS.
FurryNemesis
May 25th, 2007, 03:57 AM
Saddest thing is...

I thought there was nothing wrong with the page per se and automatically assumed that the browser was IE in the first place.

"Beh, another example of MS sloppiness"

Whoops...
dilb
May 25th, 2007, 05:19 PM
well, what's the catch?

Only that the page layout is bodged. Nothing more. sorry, I didn't pretend it was going to be hilarious.

I feel like I've let you all down now :(
floke
May 25th, 2007, 05:21 PM
I feel sooo cheated.

You should be made to use Windows for a whole week.

(no, sorry, that's too harsh)
meng
May 25th, 2007, 05:26 PM
Does anyone in Redmond really think that Firefox has any marketshare to speak of?
meng
May 25th, 2007, 05:31 PM
Actually, the page renders fine in my Swiftfox with full set of plugins. Maybe Microsoft fixed the problem after you drew attention to it.
Adamant1988
May 25th, 2007, 06:16 PM
Maybe the company that produces Internet Explorer would like to enforce the use of their own browser? Improper rendering in Firefox on Microsoft owned sites is not exactly rare.
STREETURCHINE
May 26th, 2007, 07:02 AM
Only that the page layout is bodged. Nothing more. sorry, I didn't pretend it was going to be hilarious.

I feel like I've let you all down now :(

dont let it worry you we will get over it .................................................. .....eventually,,,lol:p
dilb
May 27th, 2007, 03:59 PM
I feel sooo cheated.

You should be made to use Windows for a whole week.

(no, sorry, that's too harsh)

Nooooooo! I'll tell you everything!
init1
May 30th, 2007, 10:31 PM
Yes, very ironic. Web designer software on a poorly designed web page.
cprofitt
June 1st, 2007, 11:23 PM
I took a look at the page -- and ran it through the W3C validator... it detected 50 errors.

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmsdn.microsoft.com%2Fvstudi o%2Fexpress%2Fvwd%2Fdefault.aspx

Then again running www.ubuntu.com through the validator produced 7 errors.

Though passing www.novell.com through got a perfect valid page. Go Novell!!
Maxster
June 2nd, 2007, 12:56 AM
i thougt : get it free, buy your key...
whats the deal?