Re: [WSG] Opera 8.5 released, now no registration fee ad-free permanently

[Johnno Shadbolt]

> Opera support might become even more of a requirement now than ever?

I'm under the impression that Opera support is crucial for a web
standards developer - simply because it is one of the most compliant
browsers.

Long live Opera!
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Re: [WSG] Adobe Buys Macromedia

[Johnno Shadbolt]

Mind boggling, to say the least.

Maybe the next big graphic design program will be Fireshop, or Photoworks?

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Re: [WSG] Web standards as a selling point?

[Johnno Shadbolt]

As you say, sadly not too many companies know about web standards, and
why they are important to them.

So it isn't really an option to make web standards a selling point,
but the company will be happy when they don't receive any complaints
about compatibility issues and such.

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Re: [WSG] Semi-newbie: advice needed

[Johnno Shadbolt]

Hello Mark,

I'm not sure if this will help, but I learnt the basics of creating
CSS layouts by studying other CSS files.

A good place to start would be to pick a design from
www.csszengarden.com, and view the CSS file.
Re-create it with a little imagination.

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[WSG] Website Review (prose.code215)

[Johnno Shadbolt]

Hello,

I've had some free time over the past couple of days, so I thought why
not make a simple website, with a minimalistic design, just for kicks.

And I must say, I like the results (www.prose.code215.com).

I've tested it on a few browsers: Internet Explorer 6, Opera 6,
Firefox 1, Netscape 7, Lynx Text Browser (all on Windows), and all
show it perfectly.

I can't really find any bugs, but i'm sure there are some when using a Mac.

What do you think?

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Re: [WSG] absolute positioning

[Johnno Shadbolt]

If an element (your image) is positioned with absolute, inside another
element (a div) that is positioned with relative (it is easy to make
divs center-align), it should follow the absolute positioning, but
still be in the div.
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Re: [WSG] FW: Site review

[Johnno Shadbolt]

Excellent choice of colours and a well planned layout, make a near
perfect website.

I love that strong orange background, it really brings out the
website's character.
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Re: [WSG] Site review

[Johnno Shadbolt]

> The work is a bit special though because I am using pure XML, somehow turned 
> to XHTML via XSL.

I'm not sure that using XML for a complete website is very wise,
considering we already have the same sort of features in XHTML coupled
with CSS.
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