I'm a Mac user now, was Linux full time for quite a while. I keep a laptop handy to check windows browsers. I use FF for everyday life and doing my HTML and CSS. It's interesting coming back to front end stuff, I wonder how many here use Vim as their HTML/CSS editor? I'm so hooked!
I find this thread interesting, thanks for the encouragment. - JJ On 10/24/06, Shelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Exactly* what Rimantas said. I have found that the majority of people > who say "CSS is too hard" or put up arguments for not using it (like "oh > to make that work in that browser I'll need this work around, or it's > going to do this or that" LOL) are generally people who haven't really > given it a shot. This includes people who are new to it (which is a > common first reaction, but they'll learn) as well as people who tried it > once for a day or two and just gave up because they wanted to "get it" > instantly (those are the *fun* ones to discuss it with!) > > Once you get CSS - it's like riding a bike. You *get* it. And then you > start wanting to know and understand more. And the more you "get" the > better you get at it. For me, it took a couple of months before the > light bulb switched on over my head, and thanks to the past years of > learning, reading, and soaking up whatever I could wherever I could > (this list, too!), I usually get hired by design houses that want to go > tableless. Many times (especially when I see responses here from Georg > or francky - among others, and remember who actually runs this list) I > feel like I know nothing - until I speak with someone who's in the same > spot I was five years ago. I may not know as much as a lot of these > guys, but I *do* know enough that my skills are sought after enough to > pay for my family vacations (and electronic goodies of all sorts that > are around the house!) > > But *exactly* what he said - the *biggest* mistake you can make is to > design for IE and then fix the other browsers later. The second biggest > mistake is to wait until the site is completely finished before you > start validating your CSS and markup (you should be doing that all along > to save yourself a visit to the hospital from head trauma via "banging > your head on the desk") > > CSS is awesome. It's been so long since I've used a table that I > actually have to look up old tutorials now to see how they're done ;) > And for the record, usually when I find myself needing to use a hack, > it's only for IE5 on a Mac - and even then it's rare. > > ~Shelly > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
