> At 05:55 AM -0400 05/21/2005, Hardy Menagh wrote: > Except for the font, I think you will be happy with the way > it looks in the beta of iCab 3.0 as well. The font is the > browser default.
The style sheet uses good old Geneva as the primary font, followed by a few other san serif options. I don't have access to the iCab 3.0 beta, but CSS support on iCab 2.x has been horrendous. > Looks really bad in iCab 2.98, because of the CSS. > > When authoring a web site, you need to make the site look > good *without* CSS first. Then use CSS to enhance the > layout. CSS is NOT ment to be the total layout mechanism. > By requiring the browser to support whatever version/subset > of CSS you're using, aren't you telling a lot of your low > end mac viewers to go away? That's the interesting thing - almost nobody visits the site using low-end Macs. Instead, they usually are using modern equipment with modern browsers to research older hardware. We might lose 1% of our audience, but I think even that is a high figure. CSS is *not* for enhancing page layout. It's a design and presentation language. The whole point of CSS is to allow a lot of layout options, and once I have the main layout working nicely, I'll be adding other options as well. To get the most out of the Web, everyone should have a standards-compliant browser, and Mozilla seems to be the best yet. IE is a nightmare, although IE 5.2 does a decent job with the new LEM design. Safari is close, but it won't do anything with the line-height information. I'll have to wait until iCab makes 3.0 available to the general public for testing before I can comment on it. I have heard several times about problems rendering the page in IE 6/Windows, but so far nobody has sent a screen shot, and I have no access to modern Windows hardware. dk -- Mac Webmasters is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics has Lasso, Filemaker, and FileMaker Server on Sale! High Technology for low prices. http://www.smalldog.com Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Webmasters info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macweb.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac.webmasters%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
