Sunday, 23 August 2015

Re: El Reg formats differently these days - why?

In message <3ab151f754.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

>In message <nsc50f37f754.Bryn@yo.rk>
> Bryn Evans <netsurf@bryork.freeuk.com> wrote:
>
>>In a mad moment - Dave Higton mumbled :
>>
>>> NS used to render The Register in three columns, like other browsers.
>>> Recently it renders with each line of three headings broken over two
>>> lines, with the additional oddity that some single items appear left
>>> justified and some appear centred. Go to http://www.theregister.co.uk
>>> and you'll see.
>>
>>> I thought it was caused by a change to NS, but I just went back to a
>>> version from June (which, I'm sure, is before it started happening),
>>> and it's just the same.
>>
>>> So I have to assume that El Reg have changed their layout in some way.
>>
>>> The HTML is beyond my comprehension. Can anyone else explain what's
>>> going on?
>>
>>it is the same using Firefox and Linux, so i guess they have made
>>a cockup of some change - It happened mid week.
>
>???
>
>Not here, it isn't - FF 40.0, Ubuntu 14.04 fully up to date.

Nor is it on my mobile phone (Android). Still the same old three
columns, and it does appear to be the desktop site rather than a
special mobile version.

Dave

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