Posted by wayne on 10/04/06 22:46

bigdaddybs wrote:
>
> I, personally, have no problem with FP, and have said so elsewhere. In
> fact, I added a page to my site because of all the negativity(sp)
> produced by some of the posters on this site. (See
> http://www.orangefrogproductions.com/ofp2/ofp2o_auth_artlet_webelitistsandrookies.shtml.)
>
> I'm glad to see that others on alt.html don't really have problems with
> WYSIWYG editors, as long as you are aware of the items that can get
> added into the HTML code that you don't need. FP is my "editor of
> choice", though there ARE problems with it. Again, if you know what to
> watch for, you can skip it.
>
> You MUST remember, that the "bells and whistles" are FP Extensions, and
> not everyone or every browser can (or WANT to) deal with them. I also
> don't agree that you cannot use FP if you are writing a "professional"
> site. You cannot do some of the things in the site without adding some
> type of scripting, or actually editing the HTML, but FP can be used to
> give you basics. You MUST be willing to actually look at, learn and
> edit the HTML, directly (Source mode in FP), or even in a text editor
> if FP refuses to do it, but there are literally THOUSANDS of sites out
> there where you can find what you need/want to do.
>
> If you're comfortable with FP, and don't use their extensions (that
> goes for almost ANY WYSIWYG), then there should be no problem, even
> from the "standards" bearers. ;-)
>
> BigDaddyBS (Bill S.)
>
> PS: If you have constructive comments about the page I wrote, let me
> know.
>
At 1280 px width, there is a very short horizontal scroll at the bottom
of my screen. When resizing to 800X600 resolution, there is still a
very short scroll bar, but in both cases the text goes off the screen on
the right. Perhaps you should remove "overflow:hidden;" from your
stylesheet.

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Wayne
http://www.glenmeadows.us
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things
and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil
things, that takes religion.
—Steven Weinberg

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