IE vs FF compatibility

[Super Mango]

Hi,

In this page I have two things that arn't compatible:
http://www.mangoplex.com/contact-en.php

1) There is a script that makes the phone number to go to the clipboard
when clicking on it. Does not work for FF.

2) the footer in FF is on the left, while in IE it's centred, as
expected.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

 

[dorayme]

Hi,

In this page I have two things that arn't compatible:
http://www.mangoplex.com/contact-en.php

1) There is a script that makes the phone number to go to the clipboard
when clicking on it. Does not work for FF.

2) the footer in FF is on the left, while in IE it's centred, as
expected.

Any ideas?

I think for the footer you might try

margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;

You have no instruction in the css that I see to make the whole
dive centre.

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

Hi,

In this page I have two things that arn't compatible:
http://www.mangoplex.com/contact-en.php

1) There is a script that makes the phone number to go to the clipboard
when clicking on it. Does not work for FF.

I believe '.execCommand("Copy");' is JScript and not JavaScript, i.e.,
IE only... Anyway is is really that hard for someone one to drag-select
and CTRL+C (and whatever MAC use) and put it in the clipboard themselve?

 

[Super Mango]

I believe '.execCommand("Copy");' is JScript and not JavaScript, i.e.,
IE only... Anyway is is really that hard for someone one to drag-select
and CTRL+C (and whatever MAC use) and put it in the clipboard themselve?

Thanks,

The question was technical about functionality.

Yes it's not a problem to press CTRL-C, so?

It's not a problem to write down on paper as well.

 

[Super Mango]

I think for the footer you might try

margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;

You have no instruction in the css that I see to make the whole
dive centre.

Thanks!
That did it!

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

Thanks,

The question was technical about functionality.

Yes it's not a problem to press CTRL-C, so?

So JScript is MS only and so it will not be functional in non-IE
browsers...(technically)

 

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <[email protected]>,

1) There is a script that makes the phone number to go to the clipboard
when clicking on it. Does not work for FF.

Why not mark it up as an "hCard" microformat:

<http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard>

Examples:

<http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/club/other.htm>

 

[Harlan Messinger]

Thanks,

The question was technical about functionality.

Yes it's not a problem to press CTRL-C, so?

It's not a problem to write down on paper as well.

True, but a general principle for creating user-friendly web pages is
NOT to clutter them with special ways to do things they already know how
to do just as simply, using their computer's standard feature. This
applies as well to Back links, Print links (unless they also reformat
the contents into a more suitable form for printing), Back to Top links,
and so forth. Many of your users will just wonder, "How does he think I
function at all if he thinks I need special help with these things?" or
"Hmmm, he wants me to click a link to perform a normal function. What's
he trying to trick me into executing?"

Also, from the user's viewpoint, browser access to the clipboard poses a
privacy risk--do YOU want other people's servers to read what you may
happen to have at the moment in your clipboard? That's why IE lets users
deny clipboard access to Javascript. (Which means, of course, that your
link won't even work in IE for some people.)