Assertion:
An author with an eagle eye pointed this one out: The scenario - In Netscape 4.x, if you use a background image on a table, any nested tables will inherit the same background image and not be transparent the way they should be. In other words, the background image is re-started (overlaid) in the nested table. The author who pointed this bug out also mentioned a useful fix which does not appear to be at all harmful: specify an empty BACKGROUND attribute (BACKGROUND="") in nested TABLE elements in this scenario.

Image used as the table background:

Plain table, table nested in cell 1, no background image:
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TD Cell 1


cell a


cell b


cell c


cell d


TD Cell 1
TH Cell 2
TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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Plain table, table nested in cell 1, background image on outer table present only:
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TD Cell 1


cell a


cell b


cell c


cell d


TD Cell 1
TH Cell 2
TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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Plain table, table nested in cell 1, background image on outer table present, null background image reference on inner table:
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TD Cell 1


cell a


cell b


cell c


cell d


TD Cell 1
TH Cell 2
TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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