A problem which has caused dismay for some time is the incorrect display of online module resources in Firefox. The site is designed to be viewed in Firefox and works well in other browsers. However, Internet Explorer has been a headache. Although students are strongly advised to use Firefox, as it is a much better browser, those who need to access course material at work are often restricted to Internet Explorer.

Today there was time for the team to put heads together and the solution appears to be simple: specify percentages for page and column widths.



It has taken a while to find the solution because we have all been too busy to ask clear questions about the layout in Internet Explorer. Next we need to decide how best to check that all affected pages have the percentages specified. Sitting with Internet Explorer for hours checking each page is not an attractive option, so perhaps we will come up with a better strategy. I'll add checking the layout to the module resource update jobs.