Re: Serious Problem with Firefox

  •  11-10-2009, 6:52 AM

    Re: Serious Problem with Firefox

    Hi Ken,
    I sent you an email with the video that I've uploaded below.
     
    I pasted text from this URL (http://www.projectrespond.org/environmental-blog.aspx) into the CuteSoft demo, but could have taken it from just about any other page. Note how the video shows the text and associated HTML getting garbled when inserting new lines.  My version of Firefox is fully up to date:  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5
     
    Here's the actual HTML from the referenced projectrespond.org page:

    <div><img height="400" alt="Smokestack Emissions" hspace="8" src="http://cutesoft.net/upload/Articles/2/ocean power plant.jpg" width="267" align="right" vspace="6" border="0" /> It's Halloween, and what could be scarier than ocean acidification, which threatens to destroy ocean ecosystems around the world? The ocean absorbs an estimated one quarter of all CO<sub>2</sub> produced by burning fossil fuels, adding up to a huge amount since the beginning of the industrial revolution. In a way this is fortunate because, if it were not for our oceans, global warming would have already progressed much further.</div>
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    <div>Unfortunately, carbon dioxide does not stop causing problems after the ocean absorbs it. Dissolved CO<sub>2</sub> reacts with water molecules to form carbonic acid, lowering the pH of the ocean. Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, the pH of our oceans has dropped by about 0.075 units on the pH scale. This seems miniscule, but because the scale is logarithmic this translates into a decrease of nearly 20%. Scientists warn that the <a title="Wikipedia Article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification#Acidification" target="_self">pH could drop another 0.5 units</a> by 2050.</div>
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    <div>A more acidic ocean could potentially damage all kinds of sea life, but shelled organisms are especially at risk. Every creature with a calcium shell, from sea coral to quahogs, would have its shell weakened, putting a vast number of species at risk of extinction. I can't imagine a visit to the ocean without this diverse category of sea life, not to mention the effect that a die-off would have upon economies around the world.</div>
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    <div>There are potential ways to help reverse this disturbing trend, but they are expensive and difficult to execute (think dropping millions of tons of limestone into the ocean). The best way to address this problem is to reduce worldwide CO<sub>2</sub> emissions immediately. <a title="Climate Deal Must Cover Acid Oceans, World Scientists Urge" href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/2009-06-01-01.asp" target="_self">Scientists are urging</a> the United Nations Copenhagen Climate Conference scheduled for December to consider acidification in any regulations to be passed.</div>
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    <div><a title="Ocean Acidification" href="http://www.ocean-acidification.net/" target="_self">Here is a site dedicated to this important issue</a> </div>

     
    Regards,
    Kazzlo
     
     
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