> =A0IE is tied to your OS
> It "knows" the difference between local and remote storage, but sadly
> not so well between Web (HTTP) and Remote fileshare (SMB/Samba).

Hi Michael,

thanks for providing a logical explanation.  Accepting that there is a
difference and a reason means I can now move.

Cheers Justin


>
> chm help files use IE, (even if you have "removed" IE as a browser). CHM
> files where being exploited by Websites & Malware, so MS changed
> behaviour of IE for local vs remote storage (even if mapped as drive
> letter and not HTTP),.
>
> There are registry settings to fix this. After one update .exes =A0using
> CHM on network share in same folder had empty panels. I had to gooogle
> how to fix network share behaviour.
>
> There are also various "Zone" settings inside IE setup. On some settings
> c:\ html content works properly and CDROM content doesn't
>
> Also make sure any CSS files and all other files everywhere only use
> relative paths.
>
>
>
> On 24/09/2010 11:53, Justin Richards wrote:
>> I am developing a web page with a text editor and testing with
>> Internet Explorer Ver 8 and Firefox 3.6.10. =A0I used a web based CSS
>> generator to generate the skeleton page.
>>
>> The page uses a style sheet and what has been completed so far is
>> basically just the Navigation Panel with drop down menus.
>>
>> The work was getting saved to the desktop. =A0 The work consisted of a
>> parent directory called "test" which contained a file called
>> "index.html" and a directory called "images"containing images.
>>
>> Both browsers happily rendered the page the same as far as I can tell
>> and was happy with the progress.
>>
>> I decided to copy the folder to my H: drive which is a networked drive
>> located on the same sub-net (cant see why this is important).
>>
>> Now, when I open the page in I.E. it displays the Nav Panel
>> differently. =A0The page begins to render closer to the top of the
>> browser window and the Text in the Nav Panel is pushed to the left and
>> this results in making the Nav Panel smaller and no longer aligns with
>> other elements correctly. =A0I spent considerable time getting these
>> alignments correct.
>>
>> Firefox continues to render the page as before.
>>
>> I have experimented by placing on other network drives and other users
>> desktops and the result is repeatable.
>>
>> That is, if it is on a network drive it displays differently in I.E.
>>
>> I have tried opening the index file from within the browser and also
>> by double clicking the file but there is no change in behavior.
>>
>> How can the browser interpret the page different just because it is
>> coming from a networked drive. =A0This is not via a web server but the
>> server that hosts my H: drive also hosts a web server, a Windows type
>> web server I think..
>>
>> I thought the whole idea of networked drives was that the system can
>> simply treat the drives as if they are local.
>>
>> Anyone experienced this or anything similar.
>>
>> Cheers Justin
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