# OK, This is just weird. Helpful, but weird. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 1, 2001, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-just-weird-helpful-but-weird/90893 "2001-11-01T11:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-just-weird-helpful-but-weird/90893/1 "2001-11-01T11:41:16Z")
Lookie this… Blah blah _blah blah blah blah_ blah blah blah… Blah blah _blah blah blah blah_\* blah blah blah… Blah blah \*blah blah blah blah blah blah blah… Blah blah **blah blah blah blah** blah blah blah… Blah blah \*_blah blah blah blah_ blah blah blah… Blah blah \*\*blah blah blah blah blah blah blah… Oooooo… Rue knows how to make things italic and bold. Several times. Wheee!!! It’s not that, the “stop making this italic” and the “stop embolding this” command don’t match the “do it” command. The (i) (with “(” = “[” of course) is negated by (/i) and (/b) and (/u). Is this right for everyone, or is it just a quirk of Netscape? (I noticed this on one of my posts that I didn’t “Preview”. I thought “Gee, this is all so easy I don’t need to “Preview”. Tra la-la.” Then when I hit “Submit” I saw that the italic tags didn’t match. _And it was OK._ It just seemed weird. -Rue. (who notices things) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-just-weird-helpful-but-weird/90893/2 "2001-11-01T12:00:06Z")
I just looked at this on Internet Explorer. Man, it’s screwed. It looks OK on Netscape, but Netscape is wonky all over. Live and learn. -Rue. (sheepish, sheepish Rue) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-just-weird-helpful-but-weird/90893/3 "2001-11-01T16:30:47Z")
**Rue** , we love you, but WTF are you talking about? Please don’t post on a sugar high, it’s often difficult enough to understand where you’re going… FWIW I use IE almost exclusively. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-just-weird-helpful-but-weird/90893/4 "2001-11-01T20:39:10Z")
Normal text **Bold text** _Italic text_ _ **Normal in Netscape, but Bold in IE** _ _ **Normal in Netscape, but Italic in IE** _ ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-just-weird-helpful-but-weird/90893/5 "2001-11-01T22:25:18Z")
vB has assorted little weirdnesses in it . . . this is doubtless one of them. We had a thread on this recently . . . iirc, some codes seem to be naturally terminated(like italics) but others aren’t and why not? (Bad coding is my guess.) As for Netscape, well, vB was written with IE in mind and Netscape just looks different, I guess because it handles stuff differently from IE. your humble TubaDiva Administrator