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Feb. 22nd, 2002
the upside of a monopoly?
Feb. 22nd, 2002 02:00 pmArrgghh... I'm trying to redesign my website and the different browsers are vexing me. It seems that between IE5, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 6.x, and Opera, no two of them support CSS exactly the same way.
IE5 is happy with a simple definition of a font within the body style. But if the page contains a table, the style doesn't "cascade" properly in Netscape and Opera. Result: You have to define the font *again* within a table (td) style.
So, okay, that sucks but I could live with it. But then I find that Netscape and Opera don't support styles for definition lists (dl dt) at all in a linked style sheet. They do support it in the head of the document, which is just unbelievably fucking stupid.
So now I have to define different styles in different places, and use them over and over. Which is defeating the entire goddamn POINT of using css in the first place. Argghhh!
Stupid fucking moron developers. There's a goddamn HTML standard, make your browser freaking support it! If the Netscape people were more concerned with supporting the universally-agreed-upon specification, and less interested in being Different From Microsoft, I wouldn't be having these damn issues.
I mean, I'd love to love Netscape, but frankly, the fact is that when I write HTML and test it in IE, it Just Plain Works. When I pull it into Netscape, I have to tweak it and add a whole bunch of extraneous redundant code, just to make it look the same as it looks in IE. It's fucking stupid.
Maybe I should go soak my head now. Aarrrghh.
IE5 is happy with a simple definition of a font within the body style. But if the page contains a table, the style doesn't "cascade" properly in Netscape and Opera. Result: You have to define the font *again* within a table (td) style.
So, okay, that sucks but I could live with it. But then I find that Netscape and Opera don't support styles for definition lists (dl dt) at all in a linked style sheet. They do support it in the head of the document, which is just unbelievably fucking stupid.
So now I have to define different styles in different places, and use them over and over. Which is defeating the entire goddamn POINT of using css in the first place. Argghhh!
Stupid fucking moron developers. There's a goddamn HTML standard, make your browser freaking support it! If the Netscape people were more concerned with supporting the universally-agreed-upon specification, and less interested in being Different From Microsoft, I wouldn't be having these damn issues.
I mean, I'd love to love Netscape, but frankly, the fact is that when I write HTML and test it in IE, it Just Plain Works. When I pull it into Netscape, I have to tweak it and add a whole bunch of extraneous redundant code, just to make it look the same as it looks in IE. It's fucking stupid.
Maybe I should go soak my head now. Aarrrghh.
website redesign complete...
Feb. 22nd, 2002 04:10 pmI finally finished my site redesign, although as previously stated I had to do a lot more futzing with CSS than I should have. :P Darn inconsistent browser compatibility. I tested it just briefly in lynx, as well as the other browsers -- here's hoping it's at least manageable in all browsers, if not extremely pretty.
See for yourself.
It's not perfect. But then, what ever is? And I was getting pretty sick of the old design, so at least this is shiny-and-new. For a while, anyway.
You might notice it doesn't have any links to my fanfic. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with that. See, I keep thinking that I might want to use englishchick.com on my resume, to show potential employers that I can do HTML and stuff. And I really wouldn't want a potential employer stumbling across my fanfic. But on the other hand, my loyal fans (assuming I have any of those?) should still be able to find my fic! Sigh. I go back and forth on this question, like, constantly.
In other news, it seems that I'll be taking over as full webmistress of the site for my choir. The guy who's been sharing that duty with me is stepping down because he joined another choir and has no free time. I may do a complete redesign of the site ... if I have the energy. Which seems kind of doubtful at the moment, but we'll see. Whee.
See for yourself.
It's not perfect. But then, what ever is? And I was getting pretty sick of the old design, so at least this is shiny-and-new. For a while, anyway.
You might notice it doesn't have any links to my fanfic. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with that. See, I keep thinking that I might want to use englishchick.com on my resume, to show potential employers that I can do HTML and stuff. And I really wouldn't want a potential employer stumbling across my fanfic. But on the other hand, my loyal fans (assuming I have any of those?) should still be able to find my fic! Sigh. I go back and forth on this question, like, constantly.
In other news, it seems that I'll be taking over as full webmistress of the site for my choir. The guy who's been sharing that duty with me is stepping down because he joined another choir and has no free time. I may do a complete redesign of the site ... if I have the energy. Which seems kind of doubtful at the moment, but we'll see. Whee.
