The final variation of this is where we remove the outer rows and columns (going back to the previous version of the table) and set the whole table to 100% width and height. Of course resetting the center row and column back to 98%. This puts our border around the outside of the page. Netscape still has the vertical scroll bar, and is slightly offset down. You can set the table to a little less that 100% height to make sure the border is always on the screen. Then you have a slightly different sized space at the bottom on different browsers but at least your border is visible. Interestingly IE gives more importance to the cell height, so with the center row set at 98% and the table set shorter than 100%, it still shows a 100% high table. Netscape 6 also gives more importance to the cell height, but is willing to go past 100% (unfortunately). Netscape 4 gives more importance to the table height, so makes the table smaller than 100% when you tell it to. So if you set the table at around 97% or 98% height, Netscape 4 and IE will both be pretty close. And since between them they are around 98% of all browsers currently being used, that's probably as good as it's going to get.

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