Positioning in Netscape 6

[Martin Courtois]

Can someone please help me to understand why this particular page
(http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/instruct/faw/articles/panel8_nn.html)
displays so differently in Netscape 6.2.2 as compared to 4.75?

We're trying to position a textbox, a pulldown menu, and a checkbox in
order to create an interactive version of the ProQuest search
screen.  These elements position fine in 4.75, but are way out of place
when viewed with 6.2.2

Thanks for any help you can give.  I'll give an excerpt from the page
below.

Marty

***********************************************************
Martin Courtois
Science/Engineering Librarian
Gelman Library
George Washington University
2130 H St., N.W.
Washington DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-0684
FAX: (202) 463-6205
E-mail: courtois at gwu.edu


Here's basically what we're doing:


Step 1: We define 2 layers within <style>:

#layer1 {position:absolute;left:244px;top:10px;z-index:2;}
#layer2 {position:absolute;left:6px;top:150px;z-index:1;}


Step 2: Later in the page, we use <table> parameters to position the
textbox, menu, and checkbox.  For example:

<DIV ID="layer2">
<form name="theForm" method="get" action="push1.html" onsubmit="return
checktext(this);">

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7">
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="txt" tabindex="1" size="34"></td>
<td><input
type="image" src="proquestsrchbutton.gif" border="0" tabindex="4" alt="Search"></td>
</tr>
</table><br><br>

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top" width="108">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top">
<select name="select1" tabindex="2">
<option>All
<option>Periodicals
<option>Newspapers
</select>
</td></tr>
</table><br><br><br><br><br>

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="108">&nbsp;</td><td
valign="top"><input
type="checkbox" name="chk" tabindex="3"></td></tr></table>
</form>
</DIV>
</DIV>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I might be leaving out something important in this example, so please feel
free to look at the entire page
(http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/instruct/faw/articles/panel8_nn.html).

Thanks again,

Marty