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Background images and browser compatibility
A table with a background image is displayed differently by Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator because these browsers apply background images to tables in different manners.
The following examples show the same background image applied to a one-row, three-column table as it appears in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Notice how the image tiles differently in the two browsers.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer renders table background images much as you would expect: the single image is used to fill the area behind the table, and the table's border areas and cells appear in front of the background image. If the image is smaller than the table, the image tiles to fill the area. If the image is larger than the table, it is clipped to match the table.
Internet Explorer doesn't support background images applied to table rows. An image applied to a table row won't appear when the page is viewed in the browser.
Netscape Navigator
In Netscape Navigator, a background image fills each individual cell within a table or table row. The image is tiled in each cell within the table so that in a three-row, three-column table the background image appears nine times.
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