Certain sites appear compressed horizontally although space is available on both sides

ESPN, some Yahoo pages, and various other pages don't fill up the entire window. There is blank space on both sides of the content and the content itself is compressed and on top of each other.

Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems: View > Zoom > Reset (Ctrl+0 (zero); Cmd+0 on Mac) 
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Zoom_text_of_web_pages
If you increased the minimum font size then try the default setting 'none' as a high value can cause issues like you described.
* Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Minimum Font Size (none)
* Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"
See also [[Websites look wrong]]

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Might be corrupted preferences (.plist)
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy / paste: ~/Library/Safari
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Site Appearance Differences between IE and FF

Hi Everyone,
So here is my problem...
I've designed a website layout in Photoshop cs3. I cut it
into slices, and used Dreamweaver cs3 to turn those slices into a
nicely functioning website. My problem is visual consistency
between two pages. Despite both pages being exported from the same
or similar slice sets, when I navigate from one page to another in
Internet Explorer, the entire page appears to jump by about 10
pixels on both sides.
I've checked, and both pages have a center justification.
Both pages have content of equal width, and when viewed in either
Dreamweaver or in Firefox, the page appears to be in a consistent
position on the screen.
I've compared the code from both pages, and I can't find any
relevant or significant deviations in code between the two pages.
Anyone know how I can fix this error?

Hello,
The answer is in the code.
Can you post a link to the pages?
Thanks,
Tim
"EvanDatIP" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fpve97$1h7$[email protected]..
> Hi Everyone,
>
> So here is my problem...
>
> I've designed a website layout in Photoshop cs3. I cut
it into slices,
> and
> used Dreamweaver cs3 to turn those slices into a nicely
functioning
> website. My
> problem is visual consistency between two pages. Despite
both pages being
> exported from the same or similar slice sets, when I
navigate from one
> page to
> another in Internet Explorer, the entire page appears to
jump by about 10
> pixels on both sides.
>
> I've checked, and both pages have a center
justification. Both pages have
> content of equal width, and when viewed in either
Dreamweaver's edit
> windows or
> in Firefox, the page appears to be in a consistent
position on the screen.
>
> I've compared the code from both pages, and I can't find
any relevant or
> significant deviations in code between the two pages.
Anyone know how I
> can
> fix this error?
>

On certain sites, some lines have the lower half missing. Changing the font or its size does not help. The error does not appear with Iceape or Chromium.

On some sites certain lines appear with the bottom half missing, as if obliterated. Changing the font or its size does not help. The error does not appear with Iceape or Chromium.

I looks that the whole line doesn't fit in the container, so the bottom part is cut off. The usual cause is that a font is used that takes more vertical space, so any increase or changes from the font in what the website prescribes can cause this issue. I've seen web pages that were even affected by changing the minimum font size from none to 1 (!). If you do not have the font installed that the website specifies then Firefox will fallback to another (default) font that may have different dimensions.

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Hi there,
Safari is playing tricks and is not willing (capable?) of reading certain sites (mainly banking). Colors are not correct and I can't see the menus although they are there since I can click on the white background and be directed to a desired service (after long series of trial and error...). On a second case.. the bank site shows a message saying the login page is not available (????? strange???)..I did try the same page with PC (windows) and got there very easily. I just can't use my Mac for trivial activites like surfing the internet whilst being able actually to read the site ..to banking services.
Any quick fix for this issues? Is there a better ibrowser for Mac? O should I sell my new Mac and reinvest in PC?
Thank you for your interest and anwer,
PV
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pvieira,
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I am sure that others will express their own opinions, but I find Firefox 2 to be a reliable OS X browser.
;~)

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* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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That site works fine here with Firefox 4.
Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
* Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems:
* Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
If you use extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extension) like Adblock Plus or NoScript or Flash Block that can block content then make sure that such extensions aren't blocking content.
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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I was browsing today, and noticed that my Bookmarks Sidebar was missing. I got it to reappear, but now when I try to open a bookmarked site, the site will appear in the narrow space once where the bookmarks were. Any idea as to what happened and what I can do to fix it? I have an iMac, running OSX 10.5.8.

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On certain sites (like chats), the shift symbols are not working correctly.

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Hello there.
Although possibly not related to your problem, I have to remind you that the version of Firefox you are using at the moment has been discontinued and is no longer supported. On top of this, it has known unpatched bugs and security problems. I urge you to update to the latest version of Firefox, for maximum security, stability, performance and usability. You can get it for free, as always, at [http://www.getfirefox.com getfirefox.com].
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I notice lately that after I create certain bookmarks, they're not in the bookmarks menu when I look for them in subsequent sessions.
I also notice that certain sites don't appear in the history file. For example, earlier today I visited several sites on Sears.com and bookmarked one page.
The bookmark isn't there, and when I check history none of the Sears.com pages are listed. It's as if I never visited them.

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That full page including the form is a Flash object.
I didn't see this doorhanger opening when I tried the URL in a new profile.
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*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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You can check the connection settings.
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Options+window+-+Advanced+panel
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+cannot+load+websites+but+other+programs+can
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb128/markhs87/Picture7.png
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