"Get thee to a non-perfectionist's nunnery" he cried. I've tried, I've tried, but I was a designer for many years before I came a web expert (!) and my desire for perfectionism runs deep.
But anyway, tradeoffs aside, this would still be an obscenely handy program, since even with the most philosophically-correct midset in the world, we are always going to have to check sites against the major browsers on both Mac and PC platforms. Loosening up from pixel-perfect isn't going to change that. Not having hacks and being standards-compliant still leaves sites subject to the petty vagaries of different rendering engines.
BrowserCam is great and I applaud it, but its flaws have been pointed out on another post, and I personally find it too pricey and I don't find the pricing model effective for me. Sorry ...
The challenge remains for some genius 18 year old to take up ... Peter
On 02/02/2004, at 9:55 PM, 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.
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