~ SB 17″ widescreen ~

~ Nog’s 15″ laptop ~  

~ Jaguar 15″ desktop ~

IE screens on the left, Firefox on the right, all using medium/normal text size.

Further to the previous post … this is getting a bit confusing but it seems the problem is using IE with a widescreen (I think nursemyra also noticed this on FFE’s blog). Since I’ve always used Firefox for my blogs I’ve never seen any difference, including when I switched from the Jag’s 15″ desktop screen to SB’s 17″ widescreen. And the same when I’ve used Nog’s laptop as I’ve never used IE for the blogs. But it seems that on IE things get all screwed up on the widescreen. I’m assuming that John’s problem with the text overlapping is because he is using a larger text size (though I don’t know this for sure).

It’s quite frustrating to discover that the layout on casa az is so unstable, especially when I take so much care with how I set it all up. Heck, since we can’t justify text here on WordPress I’ll even re-write text so that the margins look more even. And now I find out that everyone is seeing the blog totally differently.

So it seems my options are to either change to a theme that doesn’t go wonky on IE, or else maybe put up a notice (perhaps a static front page?) that informs people that the blog is best viewed on Firefox with normal-sized text. What do you think I should do? I’m not even sure if it’s possible to find a theme that works properly on all browser/screen variables. And besides, I really like this theme . . .

~ click on pics to enlarge ~

I got an email from blog buddy John Pangia this morning letting me know that since he started using a widescreen laptop the layout on the casa az blog has changed for him (he sent me a pic of the screen – that’s his on the bottom).

I’ve always known that if you use a larger text size than ‘normal’ (Firefox) or ‘medium’ (IE) then the layout of this theme goes all wonky, but it also gives people with visual problems the choice of using a larger text. And I just assumed that most people would be using normal text size for internet browsing. But after getting John’s email I did a test on IE using medium sized text and my sidebar doesn’t start until half-way down the page (if I use the largest text option on IE the page basically becomes unreadable). So now I’m concerned that casa az is looking wonky to most people and that maybe I should change to a more ‘stable’ theme.

And so, what does casa az look like to you? It should look like the pic on top (with different width margins depending what kind of screen you have). Can you also let me know which browser you’re using and what type of screen you have? Thanks!