retitle 366054 firefox: please allow a client-side break of long lines user [EMAIL PROTECTED] usertag 366054 to-forward tag 366054 confirmed thanks
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 12:06:03AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-3 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: upstream > > Here is another problem plaguing firefox accessibility, where the > user is forced to turn to lynx for relief: horizontal scrolling. > Some pages using tables around text can force horizontal scrolling, > and there is no way in firefox to get around it! > > All it takes is the user's monitor not being as wide as the page's > TABLE designers, and the user is forced to have to horizontally scroll > each line, no ifs ands or buts! > > No way to pop some air out of that rigid <TABLE>. So he must turn to > lynx or w3m, where one needn't purchase a wider monitor to read the page. > > Seen with http://xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/16/svg-prescod.html . This page is actually not a bad one (for me anyway), as you can just set the scrollbar somewhere in the middle and see everything interesting (and avoid everything lame, too). Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
