web client GUI bugs

[techplanner]

I have designed standards based report cards that have over a hundred fields in some layouts. Everything looks great in FMPro client but web users report (scream) that input field boxes are not lined up properly and input boxes are overlapping. I have tried increasing the space between descriptors and their respective input boxes but to no avail. Any new ideas or workarounds to this problem? It has caused me hours of grief and aggravation. I am using FMPro 7 v.3 to create the layout, IWP, and FMPRo 7 Server Advanced in a Windows environment. Browsers are IE.

[stanley]

Techplanner:

You have to be really really careful when laying out objects that will be viewed via IWP. My recommendations to you are:

1. View your layouts via IWP using as many different browsers and operating systems as you can. You'll see that you get different results from different combinations.

2. Re-jig your layouts in a rational and unified manner. Make sure to steer clear of the left edge of the layout with any items.

3. Get a good idea of *exactly* what OS/browser combos are producing bad results in your client systems. Note also that you can have significant font issues, and users can change their font behavior in the browser.

4. Understand that some of this is out of your control. It's the web, they're using a browser.

-Stanley