Posted by Neredbojias on 06/23/07 22:17

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:49:15 GMT Beauregard T. Shagnasty scribed:

> Normally, white is a modern browser's default background color. Earlier
> ones used grey, as I recall, old Netscapes, old IEs. In my most-used
> browsers, I always set something different, so I can see when authors
> forget to assign a background color. It makes for some interesting
> viewing.

Good idea. I usually go for dark gray or black (with light monochromatic
text) - my preference.

>> That leaves ie6, which will be ie6. (Have ie7 on another box; will
>> check it later.)
>
> IE6 was white, as I recall.
>
>> There's still a delay, but with a dark bg, it's not too bad.
>
> If there is a delay that is truly caused by using PHP, you must be
> coding something odd, or it is your web server's fault. Mine all have no
> delay whatsoever, in any browser.

Well, I've noticed delays (again - very small, from 0.5 to 2.0 secs appx.)
on _all_ my php creations, so I guess it's the server, which is Yahoo. A
second or so doesn't seem that bad to me as long as some glaring white
background isn't blinding you in the interim.

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Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.

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