Metatalk layout in Firefox unusual

December 29, 2005 7:01 PM

At least in Firefox for Mac, the layout of Metatalk is weird. There's no lefthand margin; and the top of the page contains these links, etc.:

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posted by ParisParamus to Bugs at 7:01 PM (24 comments total)

definitely a browser problem.
posted by quonsar at 7:03 PM on December 29, 2005

He's playing with the layout. A footer just appeared as I was refreshing the page.
posted by furtive at 7:06 PM on December 29, 2005

/me slaps mathowie's hand for doing dev on prod.
posted by furtive at 7:07 PM on December 29, 2005

P.S. Love the footer.
posted by furtive at 7:08 PM on December 29, 2005

Get me those Maps that work in Firefox first, please!
posted by ParisParamus at 7:10 PM on December 29, 2005

Safari too. AskMe looks fine but MeFi has a weird footer.
posted by jessamyn at 7:10 PM on December 29, 2005

It's all hosed now.
posted by spaghetti at 7:12 PM on December 29, 2005

It looked weird for me like PP first described, fine on reload.
posted by marxchivist at 7:14 PM on December 29, 2005

That's what it looks like when the CSS didn't load properly, usually because you hit stop. Click refresh and it'll sort itself out.
posted by cillit bang at 7:14 PM on December 29, 2005

fixed.
posted by jessamyn at 7:19 PM on December 29, 2005

the bottom thing's still there? a feature or a bug?

(it looks weird--like it belongs on some corp. site or something)
posted by amberglow at 7:22 PM on December 29, 2005

Just reload your CSS. I'm still tweaking it.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:24 PM on December 29, 2005

The firefox button at the bottom is ugly and extends the footer by an inch (at least on my 1024x786 notebook). Considering the empty space between the "Links" and "Sites" columns and the "Sites and "Etc." columns, you'd think you could squeeze it in on the right.
posted by furtive at 7:35 PM on December 29, 2005

How do I do that? Does it involve giving money to Halliburton?
posted by ParisParamus at 7:35 PM on December 29, 2005

/me slaps mathowie's hand for doing dev on prod.

LOL my thoughts exactly

you're fired, mister!
posted by scarabic at 7:46 PM on December 29, 2005

It looks pretty broken in Safari 2.0.2(416.13). Oh, hey, look! The text in the comment box's textarea is microscopic. Yes, Metatalk is still busted.
posted by majick at 7:48 PM on December 29, 2005

What's the "Etc. Search?" Is that like a search of... you know... the rest of the stuff?

kidding kidding..... as long as we're doing dev in prod, can we ape user testing on the member boards? :)
posted by scarabic at 7:55 PM on December 29, 2005

Refresh your css in safari (shift-reload). Everything looks as it should now in Win/IE, Firefox, and Safari.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:39 PM on December 29, 2005

Footer nav looks good -- Flickresque.

Did I suggest that one? *preens*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:44 PM on December 29, 2005

Yeah stavros, I was definitely copying flickr a bit there. I realized today after reading a long thread that the footers are almost useless, so I should at least bring the header functionality to the bottom. So for now, that's what it's got. I might add more links later, to make it more of a bucket of everything sitemap.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:51 PM on December 29, 2005

Ok, done. Added to Ask MeFi too. Be sure to force a reload of the CSS file in your browser to see the changes.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:55 PM on December 29, 2005

The Bold/Link/Spellcheck toolbar at the bottom of the comment box blends in roo much with the background.

But don't let my pickiness get in the way
posted by wheelieman at 6:08 AM on December 30, 2005

wheelieman, force a reload to get the new stylesheet.

And people wondered why I kept most of the CSS inline all these years...
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:38 AM on December 30, 2005

(I apologize for grousing on an above thread). The footer's pretty well fixed, aside from that Firefox button that's just huge and ungainly. Does that mean that the sidebar's been fixed on MeTa main?
posted by klangklangston at 9:09 AM on December 30, 2005