On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:15 +0930, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> It's really an unnecessary convolution, just adding more chances of > >> getting it wrong. There's too many variables for any one author to > >> know about, and too many compromises to have to make. > > > Craig White: > > It's not an unnecessary convolution...it's a reality. > > > > It's clear that you know nothing about designing web sites because > > there is browser & OS specific code on most professionally designed > > web sites...that's a fact. You would know that if you did serious web > > design. > > Nice try at being insulting, but in kind: stick your head back up your > arse. It is clear that you know nothing about me. > > a: It is unneccessary to go changing fonts. Wanted, perhaps, still > unneccessary. And, shall we say, "fucking stupid" to set text that > needs to be read to minimum sizes. > > b: I do know about designing websites, I've been writing them for > years. Ones that work on all browsers, without needing conditional > coding. I am well aware of font issues, which is a whole other matter > than playing silly buggers with scripting, Java, and layout. > > Once you get into conditional programming, you make this common mistake: > > Is browser MSIE or Netscape? Then it's X... > > Whether it's an if/then/else, or has a few others in the middle of the > conditional list, it's *never* complete, and is virtually guaranteed to > serve somebody with crap, that would have otherwise served *everyone* > better with just one set of standard, correct, pages. > Hear! Hear! Go TIM!! Regards, Les H -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
