The X version Netscape 3.0 does not handle backgrounds correctly. That is, if a page-background image is set and a table is constructed with cells with specified cell-background color, then the page-background image will leak through in parts of the cell (around text). It is quite disconcerting. Curiously Netscape 3.02 for Windows NT and Windows 95 does not have this problem. Later versions of all browsers will probably get these things right, but if as a result of this sort of thing you have trouble reading one of my web pages, let me know and I will try to curtail my creativity.
The following table has no global background properties set.
| This cell has a gray background color. --- |
This cell has no background specified. It should show the page background. |
| This cell has a white background color. --- |
This cell has a background image - smiley faces. |
The following table has a background color set - aqua. Note that the specified cell backgrounds should override the table background.
| This cell has a gray background color. --- |
This cell has no background specified. It should show the table background. |
| This cell has a white background color. --- |
This cell has a background image - smiley faces.. |
The following table has a background image set (a yellow rose). Note that the specified cell backgrounds should override the table background.
| This cell has a gray background color. --- |
This cell has no background specified. It should show the table background. |
| This cell has a white background color. --- |
This cell has a background image - smiley faces. |
The smiley face image used above has a transparent background, so one would expect the page backgound or table background to show through, but it might not.
Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 differ slightly in how they handle the tables above. Netscape seems to give priority to a table background-image over a cell backgound-color, but gives priority to a cell background-image over a table background-image.