It looks like the waiting list for browsershots.org may be getting less ridiculous. It also proves to me what a pain it is to have to design for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows. When viewing the results of my browsershots, you’ll notice that IE6 is the only browser that broke my layout. Maybe I’ll live with it, because, although it may not be pixel perfect, you can still read it.
Anyone know the best hack to use? I’ve tried my best to avoid having to learn the hacks, since there is already too much to know as it is. If it’s simple enough, I’ll give it a try.
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posted Tuesday October 11, 2005
This is the problem I get when I work exclusively on a Macintosh: I go to the library to see what my site looks like on a Windows machine and find out the layout breaks—not completely, but enough that I want to tear my hair out and bemoan the fact that the de-facto standard for web browsers is not standards compliant. When will I be able to design something and not have to fix it for Internet Explorer?
On the other hand, the point of standards compliance is that design matters less than content. If you can read it, perhaps thats all that matters. Unfortunately, I am a designer, and it matters. Sometimes I just want to design everything in Flash and know that it will just work (as long as you have a fast connection, the latest plugin and a relatively new computer).
Time to break down and get a Windows machine, I suppose. You would think it would be standard equipment for a website designer. Well, I lost access when I went solo a number of months ago. It just hasn’t been on my list of priorities. I would be fine if the browsershots.org site didn’t have such a ridiculous waiting list for rendering web pages.
| posted Sunday October 9, 2005
No one has yet to comment on my site, so the only indication I’ve had that anyone has been looking around my site is the slowly increasing number of downloads of my ludicrously basic Textpattern plugin, bau_article_thumb. That is until today, as fellow Textpattern user Marc Garrett of since1968.com emailed to say thanks.
You’re welcome, Marc. In appreciation, I would like to dedicate this post to Marc, Mint and the letter “M”.
It is clear that I should finally lay down some cash to line Shaun Inman’s pockets for his lovely web statistics tool, Mint, available from www.haveamint.com. That way I can try out Marc’s Sparks!.
| posted Friday September 16, 2005
I was asked the question, “How can I create the icon that appears next to my URL in the address bar of my browser?” The answer is the favicon, a small 16 pixel x 16 pixel graphic saved as a Windows .ICO file. If you are using Adobe Photoshop, you will need a plugin to be able to open and save .ICO files.
There is a great tutorial on How To Create A Favicon In Photoshop at www.photoshopsupport.com by Jennifer Apple.
| posted Friday September 16, 2005