On 11/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I put up 4 variations. Please, everyone, offer your opinions: > > (1) http://sqlite.hwaci.com/v1/ No CSS of any kind. > (2) http://sqlite.hwaci.com/v2/ CSS menus with rounded corners > (3) http://sqlite.hwaci.com/v3/ CSS menus with square corners > (4) http://sqlite.hwaci.com/v4/ CSS font specification only > > (2) and (3) do not work on IE6. (1) has ugly fonts, I am told. > That leaves me with (4).
I like (1); my browsers' default fonts suit me perfectly, TYVM. (4) is therefore ugly and harder to read for no good reason. That holds true for all 4 of my primary browsers across two different platforms, incidentally. (2) and (3) feel heavy/slow, and pulldown menus are irritating to navigate. They also do not render correctly with larger font sizes. You cannot properly account for things like mobile browsers unless you make a *lot* more effort on designs like (2) and (3). If you have to expend significant effort to handle style in even just different desktop browsers, the style is not worth pursuing. Don't waste your time; keep the site simple. Those advocating more complex designs or just installing Firefox need to remember 3 important things: 1) All the web is not viewsed on a desktop. 2) All the desktops are not 2+ GHz monsters. 3) Firefox is a slow pig of a browser. See 2. Considering SQLite is a lightweight, embedded database engine, these points are extremely relevant to your target audience. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
