Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday January 13th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 13th January 2006 23:53
Thought it was asp! Nice and simple. I'll give the css image corners a shot.
Always used nifty corners until now.
As for my comments upon the logo it was semantics, although I wonder how it
would loo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 13th January 2006 23:06
> Nice design Sam! Some comments.
Thanks
> Text could perhaps do with 1px text spacing to make it easier to read,
> especially on large screens; more so in the right column.
Yeah, don't think i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 13th January 2006 19:27
Nice design Sam! Some comments.
Text could perhaps do with 1px text spacing to make it easier to read,
especially on large screens; more so in the right column. Perhaps rendering,
blurring or otherwi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 19:18
Robin's right, as was a another poster, as far as law goes. Thre's a general
presumption against donation.
Then again, so is Dom. It was indeed a lottery, or game of chance, and
unless otherwise spec...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 18:46
On Friday 13 Jan 2006 6:12 pm, Robin Vickery wrote:
> On 13 Jan 2006 17:50:38 -0000, Alain Williams [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote=
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> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 05:44:17PM -0000, Robin Vickery wrote:
> > > Ge...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 13th January 2006 18:34
Works fine and rotates in FF and IE
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FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 13th January 2006 18:18
I'm in te final stages of completing my new corporate website design and
build and could do with some compatibility feedback and critique before I
commit to adding and converting the content etc.
It...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 17:41
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Re: FN-FORUM: font cataloguing?
date posted 13th January 2006 17:27
Richard Monk [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Can anyone recommend any PC based software (preferably free or low cost)
> that is good at cataloguing a font collection?
>
> I want to be able to browse thr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 17:19
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 05:44:17PM -0000, Robin Vickery wrote:
> Generally, if someone pays you money by mistake, then they're entitled
> to restitution. Just because your brother's spent it, doesn't...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 17:12
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RE: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 17:11
Just to say I found a verion that worked, but I couldn't get it to work
with images that were loaded after the original file - even by modifying
the data that's being written at run-time. The "origina...
FN-FORUM: font cataloguing?
date posted 13th January 2006 17:03
Can anyone recommend any PC based software (preferably free or low cost)
that is good at cataloguing a font collection?
I want to be able to browse through my fonts effectively and quickly, rather
th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 15:36
And surely the person who SHOULD have won could change their mindset
to "Well I didn't win. Someone else did." It's not like the money was
earnt through skill or hard work. It's only a twist of fate t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 15:05
On Thursday 12 Jan 2006 7:40 pm, Richard Quick wrote:
> Before Xmas my brother won an in firm lottery thing at the company
> where he works - =A3500 - pretty handy before christmas you'd agree.
>
> On...
Re: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 09:17
> The only problem is colour matching
And IE messes colours of PNGs up too :(
Come on IE7, we need you!
Anthony
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Re: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 09:12
No, gif isn't good for photographs - unless they are tinted in one colour.
If I have a difficult image I usually try to match the background colour of
the page rather than using transparancy.
The onl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 09:02
It's images of a car so it does really - I'm going to have a look at the
gif option but I suspect it might look a bit iffy. I really want to go
the "transparent jpg" route as the image is being displa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 08:56
Hi Andy
Does it have to be a png file ?
Could you use a gif instead ?
Julie
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Re: FN-FORUM: a light look at design?
date posted 13th January 2006 08:44
> http://eclectech.co.uk/gullible.php
Love that, hate James Blunt, sick of hearing that song over and over
and over on tv adverts.
Tam
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FN-FORUM: Royalty Free Image Sites
date posted 13th January 2006 08:34
List some people might find handy. List of free stock photos
http://www.graphicsngraphicdesign.com/freestockphotos-graphicdesigners/
Rus
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Re: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 08:34
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> Hi,
> How do I export a PNG image from fireworks MX so that where the
> background is transparent it actually appears transparent. I've tried
> setting the Matte value...
RE: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 08:17
Well, if it were wages and they paid him an excess, they have a legal
entitlement to claim it back. However, if it is over 3 years (I think it's
3) then they have no cause for claiming it from him. No...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 01:27
On 13 Jan 2006, at 01:18, [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> However, looking at the big picture, if your bro likes his job, he
> may just
> back down and offer to pay it back in installmen...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 00:52
> All I wonder about and feel sorry for is the person who should of
> got the
> money but hasn't - how would you feel - you would want them to give
> it back
> if it was on the other foot.
>
> Who...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 00:48
Yes, it's reasonable for them to _ask_.
If it had just gone into a savings account or ISA I'm sure he'd be =20
happy to give it back. But in this case my brother had spent the =20
money on Xmas pres...
RE: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 00:46
Speak to your local Citizens Advice bureau. They're good with this kind =
of
thing.
I think your bro has a good case for 'keeping' the money. He didn't do
anything wrong and acted in good faith. H...
Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
date posted 13th January 2006 00:21
This sort of thing happened in a bar I worked at and it was a case of two g=
uys
with the same name. only one barmaid knew one and another knew the other,
so they just put it down to experience and g...
RE: FN-FORUM: Transparent Images
date posted 13th January 2006 00:17
Andy,
The display of a png transparency does not work properly in IE. It's IE's
fault (as usual). Use this javascript within the of your page, to
'solve' the problem.
if (navigator.platform == "Wi...