I don’t see these kinds of things very often anymore. (Probably because, lately, I spend more time on .NET forums and CSS design sites than the “Joe’s WAV page” ilk.) But I needed a WAV file for a new tool and ended up here.

In FireFox (my browser of choice), the page’s title screams so loud you can’t even understand it. “AMA…” Whoa! Try some decaf Gunga Din!

But, if you check out the site in IE (ala FireFox: Right-click, “View This Page In IE“. Nice.) all is well with the world and “Amadeus” is a tame as a kitten.

“How could this be?!” you ask. Well, a quick perusal of the page source shows you what this page’s owner never saw. The WYSIWYG editor he/she used when a little nuts on the formatting.

<big> <big> <font color=”#ffffff” face=”Arial”> <big> <strong> <em> <big> <big> <big> <big> <big> <big>Amadeus</big> </big> </big> </big> </big> </big> </em> </strong> </big> </font> </big> </big>

IE sees all that silly over-formatting and ignores it. “Ha! Silly user. You must be using FrontPage®.” But FireFox faithfully answers the call and explodes your text all over the page.

If you’re thinking I’ve already talked about this, you’re right.