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Is anyone else having problems with the display of Tables of Content and/or individual articles in ScienceDirect. For last 4 months I've had users complaining that the displays not formatting correctly in their browsers. At first I thought the issue was limited to a small group who use Linux computers, then some individuals using IE7 and Firefox on Windows XP had the same issues, but it wasn't every Windows pc. I spent quite a lot of time trying to trouble shooting between my pc which was formatting appropriately and a colleagues which was listing file header as a list down the page, then giving the issue list, then finally way down the page giving the table of contents of the selected issue. I also took the problem up with Elsevier's 'helpdesk' and didn't get any resolution. I had hoped that the recent upgrade might remove some of these problems, but instead things have got worse for us. On my own pc I now experience the display problem with IE7 (unfortunately we are barred from adopting IE8 as one of our shared systems is incompatible with the newer version) and the latest version of FireFox (3.10). Other browsers don't give a problem ie Chrome, Opera and Safari on Windows, so my temporary solution is to suggest that users try these browsers instead, but not everyone has adminstration rights on their computer, so I will need to get my computing colleagues to implement any solution. My on-site mac users have not reported problems, but perhaps that is because they use Safari as browser. So a general view to the least problematic browser for Windows and Linux would help me make a recommendation to my computing colleagues. Kind regards Patti Patti Biggs Deputy Librarian MRC National Institute for Medical Research The Ridgeway Mill Hill London NW7 1AA Phone Direct: 020 8816 2380 via Switchboard: 020 8959 3666 ext 2380 Email: [log in to unmask] lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn