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: Yes, They rendered the text invisible on Internet explorer. :-( What good are they anyway? --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 13:15, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
:: The MediaWiki processing of <math> tags can go wrong if they enclose unexpected redundant space. As a result, ill-formed HTML is generated which prevents the display of the graphic file for the formula on most browsers, though a minority, like Firefox, can still use an alternative route, if the right fonts are installed, by locally processing MathML.
:: On the whole, you
:: The most important thing is that if you do use or edit <math> tags, you must be careful to test them on both kinds of browsers, i.e. for example, Chrome, Safari, IE (the majority - which use the graphic file), as well as the minority, like Firefox which can locally process MathML as long as the right fonts are installed. [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 13:27, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
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