On May 22, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Jinx wrote:

>> Haven't looked at the page source HTML to see what font
>> they claim to be using, but other web sites seem to have a font
>> that is acceptable for size, where theirs isn't
>
> Attached is a 16-color Before / After from this evening. Before
> is how it's been for years, and I'll happily read that
>
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Jinx,

Having the same problem myself on a site that I run, I finally decided  =

to look for a solution to the problem. I found a couple of suggestions  =

that might me worth trying. (disclaimer: I haven't tried these fixes  =

myself yet as I am not at work at the moment...).

Microsoft has a KB article describing what might be the problem: http://sup=
port.microsoft.com/?id=3D825057 =

  . The only thing you can try for yourself in the article is the  =

first step; checking wether the "Do not save encrypted pages to disk"  =

option is selected. The other more likely problem is that the  =

webserver is compressing the css and javascript files, and IE is not  =

able to deflate them properly. If you are interested in more info,  =

take a look at this page:

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/serving-javascript-fast

.. that amongs other things state:

*quote*

... but Internet Explorer (versions 4 through 6) has some more  =

interesting issues. When loading gzipped JavaScript, Internet Explorer  =

will sometimes incorrectly decompress the resource, or halt  =

compression halfway through, presenting half a file to the client. If  =

you rely on your JavaScript working, you need to avoid sending gzipped  =

content to Internet Explorer.

*end quote*


I guess the NZ Herald won't be too interested in turning off its  =

compression as it will use up more bandwidth, but at least on apache I  =

think there is a possibility to turn off compression for IE.(and it  =

seems like they are running Apache..).

Anyway, I'll try these fixes on my own server when I get the  =

opportunity and report back the result if you are interested.


all the best,
=D8yvind


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