Re: FN-FORUM Strange - A Site Check:

date posted 9th September 2002 22:34

> The problem I've noticed often comes from developers who fiddle with their
> own browsers rather than sticking with the stock settings when coding.

What stock settings are these?

But then I wouldn't know, I suppose, as I'm not a developer or a designer.
Just an old bat with bad eyesight.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Peter Mansell" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:23 PM

> The problem I've noticed often comes from developers who fiddle with their
> own browsers rather than sticking with the stock settings when coding.
>
> One of the fundamental tennets for portable development is to make sure
you
> test on the most common platforms. For this I'm quite a boring bugger with
a
> rather large selections of browsers and OS and will check regularly on all
> the targets.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lists" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Perhaps, but in most cases, it seems that the design depends on a colour
> > that hasn't been specified. Just lately that's been a problem with so
many
> > sites submitted for checking that it gets people (who are giving their
> time
> > free) upset. Same if a font face or size isn't specified (or font can't
be
> > found) but the design breaks if you're not using the same as the
designer.
> > Like most things, Paul's comment has a history...
> >
> >