RE: FN-FORUM Site Check please.

date posted 7th September 2002 10:14

Paul,
many thanks for the 'png' hack... now installed on the site.

Dave.

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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Site Check please.


> I had thought of using png, but after reading a couple of articles on the
> net, was unsure of how well supported 'png' is. I'll give it a bash, as
I'd
> much rather use proper alpha transparency than dithered 'gif-style'
> transparency.
>
Works fine in Moz and I think Opera, and I have the js hack to make it
happen in IE mac/pc from v5.5 so that is ahuge part of your target audience.
Using the @import/basic css trick, you could supply a gif or disply:hidden
option for NN4. The script is available at
http://www.bw3.co.uk/download/sleight.zip

> I must admit, I hadn't thought of needing to specify the font colour (just
> blindly assumed it would be black!... how arrogant!), but shall definitely
> do so.
>
Oh, font color, background color etc.. so many people forget. I'm not sure
if it validates now, but as we move towards xml it is a good habit to get
into. I know a fair few of us set defaults to something awful to bring these
things to our attention...

> I had also been wondering if I had made the font size too small. I always
> work at 1600x1200 res screen, and often get the comment "how the hell can
> you read that?". I guess I must be blessed with 20-20 vision, as I have
> always worked at this res (well.... since it's been possible anayway!) and
> never have eye-strain problems (touch wood). This all makes me think that
> although I can read the text perfectly OK, can everyone else?
>
Much discussion about this on the css list - I personally like to set px
sizes for fonts to suit my designs, but there are accessability issues. You
can offer an alternative style sheet for the hard of seeing via a simple
click - mail me tomorrow if you need to know how.

> As a by product of this, even though I have that dinky little freeware
> "BrowserSizer" app installed, I don't always remember to set the browser
> window to smaller sizes & check how it organizes itself.
>
Always worth starting at 800x600 as that is still the most common default -
even though I (and plenty others I know) have screen res of 1024 or higher,
we still browse/design at 800x600 - using fluid design in css you can easily
manage different sizes while maintaining design integrity.

> Valid point about the v4 & below browsers. I was aware of this & am
> intending to build in the alternative page versions for v4 and before
> version browsers once the design is reasonably stable.
>
Lokk at alistapart.com for how to deal with this - again, I'm willing to
give pointers off list if you need.

> thanks for your comments, Paul. Much appreciated.
>
Dave, I always try to help, hangovers and bad moods permitting...
Cheers, Paul.



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