Wanted: location of one IE "feature"

[chrisvenus]

I have found a bug or possibly a "feature" in IE that is causing problems. I suspect there may be some crappy IE setting somewhere causing it but I don't know what it is.

If I go to http://the.earth.li/~chris/IETest/test.html you can see three polar bears. In Firefox they are at the correct size. In IE they are shown 25% larger than they should be. This causes problems on some images which lose definition in this crude resizing.

The three images on the page are because I tried to set explicit sizes on the images. IE ignores them. Or more precisely adds 25% to them so I can get it to work for IE by explciitly telling it to be smaller.

Can people confirm whether they see this (easiest to tell by having IE and firefox open next to each other) and possibly even tell me why it is doing it? If it isn't doing it for you I'd be interested to know what your viewing with. I'm reasonably sure that it is an IE only thing and that its probably some accessiblity option or something crap like that that was turned on by default on this laptop. I'm stumped though and my google-fu has failed me.

Thanks for the help, guys (and dolls).

Comments

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Well I don't see it but i'm not sure that helps narrow it down any..

[chrisvenus]

It means its less of an issue which is a good thing. My best guess is that its something to do with the default dell install of these laptops. yet another reason to install from a basic clean windows install rather than use the stuff that's pre-installed...

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Except that mine would also count as a default Dell install. Hmm.

[chrisvenus]

Oh. Ummm... Well. Its something crap anyway. Maybe you have an older default install than mine (which is about a fortnight old). I can't imagine what it is apart from some custom setting that mine and another here got at install time. THough that other is probably pretty old too... Gah! I think I'm going to refuse to care. :)

[hsenag.livejournal.com]

Same size in IE and Firefox here.

IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp2.050301-1526 (possibly typoed cos I can't cut and paste from the about box, silly IE)

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I see three identical bears in each browser.

Possibly you've done that annoying mouse-wheel-zoom thing by mistake ? (It's something like CTRL-wheel or ALT-wheel but I can't test it right now since I'm on my laptop.)

[chrisvenus]

Definitely not that. That only seems to change font sizes and not images (at least the gaps between the lines changed when I did that. Still, if nobody else has a problem then I'll stop caring quite as much. I don't use IE personally so the fact that its broken on my computer isn't a big deal. :)

[kissifa.livejournal.com]

They don't look oversized in my IE I'm afraid, but don't have Firefox to compare.

In other news, eeeee! My polar bear! *squee* :)

[chrisvenus]

Its hard to tell if they are oversized without a comparison point. From what I understand though yours probably were.

And yes, its one of the few images I bother to keep around on my computer. I use it for MSN icon and things. Its why I have it on my memory stick so that I need never be without it... :)

[natchdan.livejournal.com]

Same sizes for me, chap.

[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

Could it be that someone's twiddled the display options to force images larger?

I've no idea whether that's possible - I know there is a 'visibility' option or something which is intended for the partially sighted, to increase the size of text forcibly at the browser end to make it easier to read....maybe with the modern tendency to use image files for headings instead of just fonts, someone's included an option to do it with image files as well?

[chrisvenus]

Yeah, this is pretty much the kind of thing I think has happened (though it occurs to me that since it happened with styles it is likely not image dependant - I need to test that next time I play). The trouble is I can't find any such options anywhere around. Bah!

[jojomojo.livejournal.com]

There is the DPI setting under Control Panel->Display->Settings->Advanced->General, and fonts under Display->Appearance.

And also Display->Appearance->Advanced->Use large icons might be relevant?

Not sure if that'll help you any or not...