Different browsers handle scripts differently. For example, I like to see texts Left and Right justified - to me it looks "proper". Ragged right is not attractive to me. IE 5 handles "both" OK - IE 6 produces jumbled-up-rubbish.

How can it be cured ?

By the use of style sheets is one answer.

Hopefully you will recognise the following line from the head of HTM pages.

<%link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css">


		

It tells the Browser to use the following Style Rules.

		body  {
			background:  white 
			url(byers-writings-1.jpg) 
			no-repeat;
			word-spacing: 1px;
		}
		
#content  {
		background:  #ffffcc;
		text-align: justify;
		font-family: arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;
		position: relative;
		top: 100px;
		left: 90px;
		width: 480px }
		
#main_text  {
		background:  #ffffcc;
		text-align: justify;
		font-family: Georgia Ref,Arial,Helvetica;
		color: #990000 }

.bullets {
		background:  #ccccff;
		text-align: left;
		font-family: Georgia Ref,Arial,Helvetica;
		color: black ;
		font: bold;
		font-size: 12px;
		}
		
#main_left  {
		background:  #ffffcc;
		text-align: left;
		font-family: Georgia Ref,Arial,Helvetica;
		color: #990000 }

.pretext	{
		background:  #ccccff;
		font-family: arial, sans-serif;
		COLOR: black;
		font-size: 14px;
		}

.boldBlack	{
		background:  #ccccff;
		font-family: arial, sans-serif;
		COLOR: black;
		font-size: 14px;
		font: bold;
		}

pre	{
		background:  #ccccff;
		font-family: courier;
		COLOR: blue;
		font-size: 8px;
		}

		
.link_text  {
	font-size: 14px;
		font-family: arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;
		font: italic }

.dropCap {
		font: 300%/100% serif; 
		color: #999999; 
		margin-right: -3px;
		}


.bigRed {
		font: 250% serif; 
		color: #FF0000;
		}

.copyright {
	color: #555;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif
	}

.question  {	color: blue;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }



.question_link  {	color: blue;
		text-decoration: underline;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.chitchatdate  {	color: red;
	font-size: 28px;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.subtitle  {	color: red;
	font-size: 20px;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.bigBlue  {	color: blue;
		font: italic bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.copyTiny {
	COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 4px; 
	POSITION: relative; 
	WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 150PX
	}

.copyHuge {
	COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 24px; 
	POSITION: relative; WIDTH: 480px
	}

.tiny {
	COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 4px; POSITION: relative
	}

.huge {
	COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18px; POSITION: relative
	}

.hugePre {
	COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10px; POSITION: relative
	}

		

I replaced the single line at the head of HTM pages with the following lines.

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/javascript>


<!--


    // convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
    var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

    // *** BROWSER VERSION ***
    // Note: On IE5, these return 4, so use is_ie5up to detect IE5.
    var is_major = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
    var is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);

    var is_ie     = ((agt.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (agt.indexOf("opera") == -1));
    var is_ie3    = (is_ie && (is_major < 4));
    var is_ie4    = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 4")!=-1) );
    var is_ie4up  = (is_ie && (is_major >= 4));
    var is_ie5    = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")!=-1) );
    var is_ie5_5  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.5") !=-1));
    var is_ie5up  = (is_ie && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4);
    var is_ie5_5up =(is_ie && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4 && !is_ie5);
    var is_ie6    = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 6.")!=-1) );
    var is_ie6up  = (is_ie && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4 && !is_ie5 && !is_ie5_5);

if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Internet Explorer") == -1)
   {
   }
else
   {
   if (is_ie6)
      {
      document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="default_left.css">');
      }
   else
      {
      if (!is_ie5up)
         {
			
         }
      else
         {
         document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css">');
         }
      }
   }
//-->
</SCRIPT>



		

It tells the Browser to use either the Style Rules above, below or none, depending on the Type and Version of that Browser.

		body  {
			background:  white 
			url(byers-writings-1.jpg) 
			no-repeat;
			word-spacing: 1px;
		}
		
#content  {
		background:  #ffffcc;
		text-align: left;
		font-family: arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;
		position: relative;
		top: 100px;
		left: 90px;
		width: 480px }
		
#main_text  {
		background:  #ffffcc;
		text-align: left;
		font-family: Georgia Ref,Arial,Helvetica;
		color: #990000 }

.bullets {
		background:  #ccccff;
		text-align: left;
		font-family: Georgia Ref,Arial,Helvetica;
		color: black ;
		font: bold;
		font-size: 12px;
		}
		
#main_left  {
		background:  #ffffcc;
		text-align: left;
		font-family: Georgia Ref,Arial,Helvetica;
		color: #990000 }

.pretext	{
		background:  #ccccff;
		font-family: arial, sans-serif;
		COLOR: black;
		font-size: 14px;
		}

.boldBlack	{
		background:  #ccccff;
		font-family: arial, sans-serif;
		COLOR: black;
		font-size: 14px;
		font: bold;
		}

pre	{
		background:  #ccccff;
		font-family: courier;
		COLOR: blue;
		font-size: 8px;
		}

		
.link_text  {
	font-size: 14px;
		font-family: arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;
		font: italic }

.dropCap {
		font: 300%/100% serif; 
		color: #999999; 
		margin-right: -3px;
		}


.bigRed {
		font: 250% serif; 
		color: #FF0000;
		}

.copyright {
	color: #555;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif
	}

.question  {	color: blue;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }



.question_link  {	color: blue;
		text-decoration: underline;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.chitchatdate  {	color: red;
	font-size: 28px;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.subtitle  {	color: red;
	font-size: 20px;
		font: italic small-caps bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.bigBlue  {	color: blue;
		font: italic bold 
		"minion web Georgia", 
		"Times New Roman", Times, serif; }


.copyTiny {
	COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 4px; 
	POSITION: relative; 
	WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 150PX
	}

.copyHuge {
	COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 24px; 
	POSITION: relative; WIDTH: 480px
	}

.tiny {
	COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 4px; POSITION: relative
	}

.huge {
	COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18px; POSITION: relative
	}

.hugePre {
	COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10px; POSITION: relative
	}


		

Now there - aint that sweet and simple    !!