Who mentioned hacks? ;o) On 2 Feb 2004, at 10:55, Ben Bishop wrote:
Peter,
It exists. It's platform independent. It even overcomes the inherent flaws of browser "emulators" and "simulators." It's called Browsercam. You can even use it at http://www.browsercam.com/ But shhh, you aren't allowed to tell anyone.
You could simply stanch the tears, salve the pain and save the effort by changing your mindset of pixel perfect in every browser, every platform.
Why exhaust your time attempting to satisfy different 0.x% segments of visitors, when perhaps y% of your visitors will not appreciate _your_ design or purposely use technology that breaks it in order to achieve _their_ goals (eg. Google cache, assistive technology, ctrl+mousewheel.)
Building a good looking standards compliant site that delivers its message across all browsers, all platforms, all devices without resorting to hacks or work-arounds is highly achievable. It comes down to how you choose to spend your time.
--Ben
"Telling me that I've made the wrong choice will not change anything, because there are almost no objectively wrong choices in this area.There are only tradeoffs."
- Eric Meyer on his site redesign, http://www.meyerweb.com/
Universal Head wrote:
app (must be OSX of course ...) that acts like a browser, but has a popup from which you can select a browser version and platform, which it then accurately emulates. You could then do all your previewing and checking within one browser app.
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