Bug 24023 - Microsoft Halo website renders poorly compared to IE, appears to match other browsers
Summary: Microsoft Halo website renders poorly compared to IE, appears to match other ...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Layout and Rendering (show other bugs)
Version: 525.x (Safari 3.2)
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/Games/Halo/
Keywords: NeedsReduction
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-02-19 02:11 PST by simon
Modified: 2009-10-26 01:20 PDT (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Chrome (95.05 KB, image/pjpeg)
2009-02-19 02:59 PST, simon
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Safari (92.33 KB, image/pjpeg)
2009-02-19 03:00 PST, simon
no flags Details
Explorer (104.29 KB, image/pjpeg)
2009-02-19 03:01 PST, simon
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Description simon 2009-02-19 02:11:17 PST
The white spot at the bottom of the page looks pretty ODD, i have checked the site with the latest versions of , explorer , firefox , chrome and safari i have noticed this issue in safari and chrome and that which made me report this issue to you.

Thank you for your efforts in such a product

Simon
Comment 1 Mark Rowe (bdash) 2009-02-19 02:29:20 PST
What do you mean by "white spot"?  Can you attach a screenshot demonstrating exactly what you're referring to so that we can be clear on what the problem is?
Comment 2 simon 2009-02-19 02:59:52 PST
Created attachment 27784 [details]
Chrome

A white spot at the bottom of the page
Comment 3 simon 2009-02-19 03:00:54 PST
Created attachment 27785 [details]
Safari
Comment 4 simon 2009-02-19 03:01:39 PST
Created attachment 27786 [details]
Explorer
Comment 5 Mark Rowe (bdash) 2009-02-19 03:12:29 PST
I see the same white area at the bottom of the page in Firefox 3.0.  That suggests to me that this may be a website bug.
Comment 6 simon 2009-02-19 03:34:44 PST
Did you check it on Iexplorer?
Comment 7 Mark Rowe (bdash) 2009-02-19 03:44:10 PST
I don't have access to IE, but I did look at your screenshot.

The background is specified on a div element that has a height of 800px specified.  Content is contained within a table below this div element.  In both Firefox and Safari the div element is 800px high as specified in the CSS, while the page appears to expect the div to expand to accommodate the table within.

The source contains the following comment which is a good indication to me that the site is designed to render in IE's old non-standards-compliant mode, suggesting that the site is expecting non-standard behaviour:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7">
Comment 8 Alexey Proskuryakov 2009-02-20 04:22:18 PST
(In reply to comment #7)
> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7">

My understanding is that Microsoft sorta recommends tagging all pages with this meta to ensure that their rendering won't change due to IE updates.
Comment 9 Paul Walker 2009-10-26 01:20:48 PDT
http://haslayout.net/css/Expanding-Height-Bug
Internet explorer <8’s “height” works more like “min-height” should. This site is relying on that bug. Every other browser is doing it right, despite the ugly result.