this fixes a bug

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x | x | x | y
x | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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xx | xx

xxxxxx | y
x | x | x | y
x | x | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

xxxxxx | y
x | x | x | y
x | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy | y
x | x | x | y
x | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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foo | bar | zap

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foo | bar | zap

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foo | bar | zap

50 | 50 | auto
200CS3

50 | auto
200CS2

foo | foo
foo

100 | 100 | 400

600 | auto
auto | auto | auto | auto

fixed table - spanned cols based on fix widths

400CS2 | 100
100 | 300 | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto | 100
auto | auto auto | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto | 100
100 | auto auto | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto | 100
100 | auto auto auto | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto | 100
100 | auto auto auto auto auto | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto | 100
100 100 100 100 | auto auto auto auto | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto | 100
100 100 100 100 | auto auto auto auto | auto

80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
100 | auto | auto

80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
100 | 300 | auto

80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
33% | 66% | auto

30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% | auto
33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% | 66% | auto

PERCENT COLSPANS

90% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
10% | 66% | auto

90% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% | 66% | auto

90% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
66% | 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% | auto

90% 90% 90% | auto
auto | auto-auto | auto auto auto | auto auto auto

90% 90% 90% | auto
auto | auto | auto
auto | 90% 90% 90%

90% 90% 90% | auto
auto | auto | 60%
auto | 90% 90% 90%

90% 90% 90% | 60%
auto | auto | auto
auto | 90% 90% 90%

90% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
66% | 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% 66% | 50%

90% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% | auto
auto | auto auto | 50%

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% | auto
auto | auto-auto | 50%

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% | auto
60% | auto-auto | 50%

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% | auto
5% 5% 5% | auto-auto | 50%

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% | auto
5% | 10% | auto

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% | auto
10 | 20 | auto

50% 50% 50% 50% 50% | auto
80% | auto auto | 50%

90% 50% 50% 50% 50% | auto
100 | auto auto auto | auto

| foo
foo | bar | foo | bar

1st cell with colspan=3 fixed at 600, 1st 2 cells in 2nd row fixed at 100, 2nd not

foo | foo
foo | bar | foo | bar

foo

foo | bar
foo | bar

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Top Stories from Reuters | Jun 11 12:30pm

foo |
bar

auto | auto

min colspan is based on min with no fix involved - IE uses max(min,des)

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x x x x | xxx

min colspan is based on max(min,des) but must exceed min with no fix involved

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x x x x x x x | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

min colspan is based on max(min,des,fix)

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x x x | 100

xx
x x x | auto

300
400 400 | auto

300 300
100 | auto auto auto

300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300300 300 300 300 300
100 | auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto

300
100 | auto

auto auto auto auto auto auto auto
100 | auto auto auto

fixed table looks more like IE than Nav

100 | auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto