Communal Debugging?
I’ve found “workarounds” for a problem Apple’s OS-X Safari browser has with some weblog pages. In particular, the links on the left half of Chris Lydon’s page weren’t working. If they still aren’t when you read this, use another browser until Chris’s coding assistants fix things up… or if you’re interested in learning about style sheets and debugging Web pages, read on.
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Bob Stepno
August 19, 2003 @ 5:52 pm
After more trial-and-error, a short followup for readers geekier than I am:
1. The page uses CSS code including a “content” block with a “float left” tag.
2. Taking out the “float:left” line in the content style code will make the links on the page work.
Further investigation:
1. Calling that “content” style from inside a table cell appears to be what disables links in the cell.
2. However, the links in a table cell work if you delete the “content” tag.
3. Conversely, the “content” tag doesn’t keep a link from working if it’s not inside a table.
Sam D
August 20, 2003 @ 12:20 am
did you see David Hyatts comments one of the coders on safari
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2003_08.html#003909
Sam D
Bob Stepno
August 23, 2003 @ 7:17 pm
Thanks, Sam. I hadn’t seen David Hyatt’s explanation, but Dave Winer did yank the “float:left” code from the table cell content style as we suggested, so Chris’s links are working in Safari — give a listen to his interviews!