Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 08/26/05 02:42

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:07:59 +0100, Mimic <dev@null> wrote:

>PerfectReign wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:07:11 -0500, Noodles Jefferson pretented somebody
>> gave a rat's ass and spewed forth:
>>
>>
>>>In article <pan.2005.08.24.01.49.28.559351@127.0.0.1>, PerfectReign
>>>(root@127.0.0.1) dropped a +5 bundle of words...
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:19:25 +0100, Mimic pretented somebody gave a rat's
>>>>ass and spewed forth:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A List Apart have just released their redesign.(like within the last 8
>>>>>hours :P)
>>>>>Given the amount of webdesign talk around here, I think alot of people
>>>>>could do with looking at it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Looks GREAT, 100% valid code and xbrowser compatible. Take heed.
>>>>>
>>>>>www.alistapart.com
>>>>
>>>>Very cool, dude. I passed this along to some of my co-workers, as we've
>>>>been trying to get pure CSS-compatible code done, where we even exclude
>>>>the use of tables as in this site.
>>>>
>>>>Unfortunately, a few of my developers - when I gave them this link - asked
>>>>if it could be done in Front Page.
>>>>
>>>>sigh...
>>>>
>>>
>>>I have to admit, that's a pretty incredible layout. I don't think I've
>>>seen anything like it. That No. 201 picture's freaking me out. You
>>>can't make an underline do that, it has to be a rollover effect but I
>>>can't a link to a js file, no script tags, no nothing. SO HOW IN THE
>>>HELL IS HE DOING IT? The underlining for the headers too. That big one
>>>where only the ends are highlighted. How the hell's dude doing that
>>>too? The layout's just incredible. I'd like to pull some nifty ass
>>>tricks like that.
>>>
>>>I see but I cannot believe. Like I said, I don't think I've seen
>>>anything like it. Goddamn.
>>
>>
>> This is just standard CSS layout. I saw an article on it awhile back (and
>> even may have posted it here) but haven't done squat about it. One of our
>> new web pages for the county is in QA right now with a flash header and an
>> entirely CSS layout. I thought it looked pretty cool. (I wasn't involved
>> - too busy working on my projects.)
>>
>> I first used this on a site I did for the group The Church, using a design
>> from Blue Robot (http://bluerobot.com/web/layouts/layout1.html). You can
>> see the (not functional) site here:
>> http://www.perfectreign.com/carnivore/index.html
>>
>> I should make an effort to get it working, I suppose. I was having fun
>> getting classes working in PHP and making everything completely n-tier
>> structured. But, that was in 2002, before the second child showed up and
>> my life went berzerk. :)
>>
>>
>>
>
>Exactly! perhaps people will now start to see the actual point - you can
>create stylish, visually appealing sites without the need of excessive
>technologies and widgets. Furthermore, creating accesible and usable
>sites doesnt mean they have to be bland and uncreative. :)

....if that's the case why don't they dump the CSS, dump the
JavaScript, fuck dump the majority of the HTML and just use
Flash...granted it's got a steeper learning curve if you wanna do
something other than just pretty graphics, but it really is best
solution.

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