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  1. Re:This is NOT a Slashdot interview by unitron · · Score: 1 · on Interview: Lynda Weinman

    And did you notice that "webreference.com" isn't mentioned in the Slashdot article and that Andy King doesn't lead to "Andrew King, Managing Editor (aking@internet.com)", it only leads to the WebReference mainpage, and he didn't start the story by saying,"We here at WebReference interview the design diva herself, Lynda Weinman.", he just says we. timothy should have caught and fixed that.

  2. XML starting point by stab · · Score: 3 · on What Is XML And Why Should I Care?

    I recommend you scope out the WebReference site for a lot of information on XML.

    In particular, the XML Expert, as he's known, has posted a number of interesting articles, and if you start from the bottom, you should be well aware of what the fuss is by the time you finish reading!

  3. XML starting point by stab · · Score: 3 · on What Is XML And Why Should I Care?

    I recommend you scope out the WebReference site for a lot of information on XML.

    In particular, the XML Expert, as he's known, has posted a number of interesting articles, and if you start from the bottom, you should be well aware of what the fuss is by the time you finish reading!

  4. Re:Excess font tags - inquiry by stab · · Score: 2 · on Design a Web Page in Under 5k

    First of all, you should investigate using Cascading Style Sheets instead of tag for modern browsers. They are one simple tag and also degenerate gracefully for older browsers (which ignore them).

    E.g., if I remember right, you'd use

    BODY: { font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif }

    And that overrides the body tag with the font you picked.

    There are lots of cross-browser problems with using these unfortunately, but check out some decent sites like WebReference for info on them.

    Incidentally, you often have to use lots of font tags if you use tables. A font tag will apply to multiple paragraphs, but not to the cell contents inside tables! You need extra font tags in there for that.

    HTH

  5. Re:Slightly less IE FUD by smileyy · · Score: 1 · on Mozilla M5 Released

    IE5 CSS support is just enough to hurt yourself with. That is, it lets you do a lot of things, but doesn't let you do everything you should be able to. Unfortunately, since these specs are never documented, it becomes difficult to tell if the error is in your own coding of a stylesheet, or in the implementation in IE.

    A good article on IE 5's css support is available.

    This goes for every other incomplete implementation of CSS in release browsers. Incomplete is just a subset of wrong.