Posted by Jon Slaughter on 04/25/07 20:06

"Bergamot" <bergamot@visi.com> wrote in message
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> Jon Slaughter wrote:
>>
>> I basically don't want to have any horizontal scrolling
>> but no clipping either. I want the text to wrap when its to long.
>>
>> http://www.jonslaughter.com
>
> As long as you have that excessively long, unbroken line of text you
> will have horizontal scrolling. How to deal with something like this has
> been discussed many times before. Google the archives and read about it.
> The short answer, however, is there is no reliable client-side way to do
> what you want, you need to do something server-side.
>

wtf? This isn't true? I see it happening all the time in browsers that do
not use any server side... and if it was server side how would it respond to
a browsers resizing its window?

>> My code is very convoluted
>
> Your code is a train wreck. I find it ironic that you have that notice
> about only supporting "compliant" browsers, but your code doesn't come
> close to validating, uses a transitional DOCTYPE, and is riddled with IE
> conditional comments. You should start over, with HTML 4.01 Strict.
>

I'll validate and fix errors when I'm finished with it... It works in FF and
IE7 and thats all that matters at this point. I'm not going to validate the
code every 3 seconds to please you and I'm sure as all not going to start
over at this point. I will once I finish the site completely and have
learned much more so that when I do start over I'll be in a better position
to design it better.

I use conditional comments because IE fucking sucks... simple as that. I
want a certain effect and I have gotten it. I'm not going to waste my time
perfecting something that doesn't contribute anything to anything. If your
so obsessed with perfect code then I'll let you do my web site for me and
you can perfect it until you get cancer and die. You ever thought about
going outside and taking a big breath of fresh air and look at the sky?

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