# Soft Hyphen Test - Please read if you have a minute **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 13, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820 "2002-06-13T10:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/1 "2002-06-13T10:21:25Z")
Wood­work Does anyone see anything in the above word between the **d** and the **w**? Anything at all? If so, please post your browser and operating system! More testing; ignore: Law I. Eve­ry body per­se­veres in its state of rest, or of u­ni­form mo­tion in a right line, un­less it is com­pelled to change that state by forces im­pressed there­on. Law II. The al­ter­a­tion of mo­tion is ev­er pro­por­tion­al to the mo­tive force im­pressed; and is made in the di­rec­tion of the right line in which that force is im­pressed. Law III. To eve­ry action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. _—Isaac Newton_ ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/2 "2002-06-13T12:24:11Z")
Don’t see anything in either IE 5.5 or NS 6.2 on a Win98 system. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/3 "2002-06-13T12:31:11Z")
I don’t see anything there. IE 6.0.26 Win98 ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/4 "2002-06-13T12:50:32Z")
Nope. Opera 6.01/Win98 ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/5 "2002-06-13T13:37:52Z")
I see it in Netscape 4.76, but not in IE 5.5. Interestingly, I see the m-dash before “Isaac Newton” in IE, but not in Netscape, where it appears as “—”. I’m on Windows 2000. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/6 "2002-06-13T14:43:26Z")
See nothing in IE6.0 on Windows 2K And a long dash before Isaac… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/7 "2002-06-13T15:07:58Z")
I see the em dash before Isaac, but nothing in the midst of the woodwork. MacOS 9.0.4, iCab 2.8 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/8 "2002-06-13T15:56:33Z")
Mac here. In Netscape, I see “wood?work” In IE, I see “wood-work” Oh, and the last line of you post in Netscape is: &\*\*\*\*mdash;Isaac Newton In IE, the &\*\*\*\*mdash; looks like an em-dash. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/9 "2002-06-13T23:20:01Z")
**DrMatrix** , I assume you’re using an older version of Netscape? Like Navigator 4 or something? Okay thanks everyone. I don’t need any more reports. If the soft hyphen gets rendered incorrectly in some browsers, I won’t use it. I am surprised, however, to see that — does not always get rendered as an em dash! I’ve been using that for months! :eek: Okay, I’ll stop that too. Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/10 "2002-06-13T23:23:11Z")
Sheesh, I use the em dash all the time. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/11 "2002-06-14T17:24:00Z")
I’m using Netscape Communicator 4.79. I think that is the highest I can go with Mac OS 9.x. Netscape 6 requires OS X. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-hyphen-test-please-read-if-you-have-a-minute/113820/12 "2002-06-14T17:28:31Z")
DrM, I use Netscape 6 and Mac OS 9.2. It is a slower though so you might be better off staying with Netscape 4.79. You _can_ install Netscape 6 in a different folder and compare.