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  • Why won't firefox interpret my html correctly?

    code excerpt:

    <table class="page">

    <tr class="banner">

    <td class="banner" colspan="5">banner </td>

    </tr>

    <tr class="buttons">

    <td class="button" colspan="2">button </td>

    <td class="button" colspan="1">button </td>

    <td class="button" colspan="2">button </td>

    </tr>

    <tr class="content">

    <td class="sideBorder" colspan="1"></td>

    <td class="main" colspan="3"> content</td>

    <td class="sideBorder" colspan="1"></td>

    </tr>

    <tr class="bottomBorder">

    <td class="bottomBorder" colspan="5"> bottom</td>

    </tr>

    </table>

    Currently I just have the stylesheets set to fill in the background colors of the cells.

    Firefox lines up mismatched columns. The edges of the "button" cells are matching the edges of the "sideBorder" cells despite the fact that that the "button" cells are supposed to be wider by one column. IE lines up the cells properly.

    How do I get Firefox to interpret my code correctly? I am using HTML 4.01 strict (it validates as such. No code errors).

    2 AnswersProgramming & Design1 decade ago

  • Why would you ever want to use a virtual destructor?

    I have been asked this question several times recently while interviewing for jobs. I've never been able to come up with a good answer on the fly. This is partially because I don't really know the answer. I'd like to have a solid answer written down for future interviews.

    3 AnswersProgramming & Design1 decade ago