Why has the Home Page Gone Cinemascope?

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The Home Page seems to have gone crazy! Extra W I D E. Is it just me or has everyone gone Cinemascope?

Hilary

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Fixed

erin's picture

It happens on some browsers when someone makes a line with repeated characters. Like:

==========

But very very long. On some browsers, this line cannot be broken and forces a wider page.

- Erin

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

Thanks

You had it fixed before my response was posted. Is it a Firefox issue?

Firefox and Safari

erin's picture

Won't always break a long line made with single characters. Some versions of IE will. It's better to draw a long horizontal line with the html tag <hr> which looks like this:


- Erin

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

Taa everso, Erin…

As they used to say in my grandma's day.

I couldn't understand what had happened. I use Firefox and Safari.

Hilary