https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1020708 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/black-background-ns-47#comment-1127111 <p>Netscape 4 doesn't handle transparent as a background colour at all well. Black it what it thinks is transparent, which isn't very helpful. I would recommend you prevent Netscape from seeing the background declaration at all (use the hide from Netscape 4 comment hack, or put the painful styles in @import).</p> Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:41:43 +0000 Suzanne comment 1127111 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/black-background-ns-47#comment-1127082 <p>May be a stupid question but...</p> <p>Have you defined a background colour?</p> <p>A few browsers have the ability to set their own background colours if it finds none.</p> Wed, 12 Mar 2003 08:05:59 +0000 Renegade comment 1127082 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/black-background-ns-47#comment-1127023 <p>Is it the body background that you are having trouble with or the background of your tables?</p> Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:36:52 +0000 disaster-master comment 1127023 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/black-background-ns-47#comment-1127022 <p>It's hard to tell. Do you have a link to the page?</p> Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:33:24 +0000 mairving comment 1127022 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net