IanD — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 17:56:18 +0000

Figured it out... I was using a span instead of a div for that section. Changed it to a div and it extends all the way across now.

Suzanne — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 03:26:06 +0000

It does have negative effects for some people - notably that while you're changing the scrollbar colours and appearance and you don't get to see how they have their browser skinned/set up/et cetera - they do. You may take a regular looking site and make it look like poop on their monitor.

Additionally, you can really confuse more naive users, as you're over-stepping your "authority" regarding interface design.

IanD — Mon, 07 Jul 2003 23:26:51 +0000

This is off-topic, coloring the scrollbar isn't going to effect the width of a section, but... It's not pointless. It makes the site look better. It doesn't display in Mozilla/Netscape, but, so what? That's would be the result anyway if I followed your suggestion. With it on, 85% of the visitors can see it; that's better than 0%. If it were a navigational element then it should be 100% cross-browser compatable, but it's not, it's just decorative. No one is harmed by having it on, it doesn't make the site harder to navigate in some browsers or resolutions... it doesn't have any negative effects. Why get rid of it, other than overzealous conformation to standards? It's better for some people to see it than for no one to see it.

Renegade — Mon, 07 Jul 2003 22:50:32 +0000

I get for Page A when I run it through the CSS validator:

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.summitsix12.com%2Fblogs%2Frecent-updates%2Fstyles-site.css&warning=1&profile=css2

And this for Page B:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.summitsix12.com%2Fblogs%2Fmt-stylesheet.css&warning=1&profile=css2

Though I can't see what the problem is, I should say that those scrollbar thingys have cause me a little trouble in the past, it's best just to get rid of it, it's more or less pointless cause only IE (to my knowledge) displays it.