WEBSITE LOOKS DIFFERENT ON MAC THAN PC

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WEBSITE LOOKS DIFFERENT ON MAC THAN PC

I have an issue, my peronal website www.c02studios.com/blah.html ( testing page) looks different on mine than on a pc, i havent changed any of my settings , the scroll bar is a reg. scroll bar and the text is a different color, and when i look at it on a pc, its a different color and the scroll bar is just a arrow teh way it should be. Does this problem happen to anyone else or jsut me?

IMAC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Jan 28, 2006 7:14 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 29, 2006 4:50 AM in response to Chuckacious

No two browsers will display a web site in the same way. No two platforms will display a web site in the same way. Windows and Macs are different platforms and will draw according the the OS's specifications. So font sizes will be different scroll bars will naturally be different as they are drawn by the OS. While you can change the colour of scroll bars in Windows, you can't do this on a Mac.

The best you can hope for when designing a web page is to suggest how the page will look when displayed. In reality, you will get a close approximation, but never 100% identical displays across browsers/platforms.

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Answer 2

Jan 28, 2006 9:26 PM in response to Chuckacious

Hello! The text colors may be set different in one browser than the other. Tom

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