Get a Mac G4, max out the disk and memory, install Virtual PC, make disk images of the default versions of each MS OS, back them up, because you'll be referring to them and testing different versions of browsers, OS, plug-ins, etc. on them.
On OS X, you'll get Safari, MS IE, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
You can put linux on Virtual PC, or dual boot the mac, but you can install Gnome & KDE under fink, and Mozilla is cross-platform.
Code your pages to the standards and learn where each browser has bugs. It's a lot easier to code a workaround to something where you know you're dealing with a specific bug than it is to emulate broken behaviour in a working browser.
Visit http://www.positioniseverything.net/
Read up on the browser specific stylesheet hacks.
Only use them as a last resort.
If you're browser detecting, or mandating a browser based on what you think you know about it, then you've missed the points.
People will update browsers. Eventually your pages will be used on browsers that haven't been invented yet.
All your clients will care about is that their site isn't working.
a) I doubt my 'this country' is the same as yours.
b) I'm not applauding anything.
c) I'm saying that a devaluation in the dollar is doing much more to protect American programming jobs than misguided protectionism that may have a short term benefit, but will result in the rest of the world overtaking you.
Why does everyone immediately start up the old "those evil foreigners are 'stealing' our jobs and the even eviler bosses are letting them!" argument? For years the USA has been getting a free ride on exchange rates since everyone has to have dollars to buy oil. An overly strong dollar makes all imports (including foreign programmers) incredibly cheap, but makes exports expensive and hard to sell.
The dollar has plummeted on currency markets, so steel workers and programmers should start being thankful that their work is more competitive.
And everyone can be thankful that they have a chance to be patriotic and "buy American" now that all those pesky imports have become so expensive again.
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The United States hasn't had anything approaching "an open door" for quite some time now. Your visa controls are pretty stringent and activelty policed. The qualification criteria for most countries are youth, training, marriage, but most of all, a sponsoring company with a specialised position.
I don't have the data to hand, but (as far as I remember), various councils in the UK had to pass bylaws prohibiting the removal of sand and rocks from public beaches. At the time, natural effects were discounted. There was/is a major fashion for rockeries, and almost industrial levels of removal for sale to landscape gardeners/members of the public. A side effect was that this hastened erosion.
All beaches are pretty closely monitored for water/sand quality & changing currents as part of the EU ratings system, so it's usually quickly apparent when and why something happens to one.
This is given the geography of the British Isles, where an average beach would be lucky to rate as a cove on the scale of continental coastlines.
And it's just occured to me that here, the main source of sand is a cherished public amenity, whereas the US has large inland sand deposits:)
Reuse is becoming cheaper than disposal for lots of things.
Things might be different over there in the land of the freely available, but here in Europe, the push to recycle has as much to do with not generating waste. We're running out of space to put the stuff, and noone wants incinerators built near them, so every attempt to build one gets held up in court for years.
And yes, sand for glass is pretty damn cheap, but in some places, it can be a lot easier to turn old glass into new glass than to find a new quarry, or beach that isn't vanishing due to everyone driving down and taking sand and rocks for their gardens.
The economic arguments aren't all focused on costs of production, or sustainable use of resources anymore (since we're supposed to have learnt the lessons by now).
Nice flat panels and all, but haven't macs been able to do this since, like, forever. Does nobody else remember Radius Pivot monitors. Full A3 resolution! Rotatable monitor that maintains orientation of the image. The MacOS supported multiple monitors for as long as I can remember (System 6?). I remember an early version of F-18 demoing at macworld with a 3 monitor setup, and I think we managed to trick out a 9500 with PCI video cards for a museum installation once.
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According to http://decoder.americom.com/cgi-bin/decoder.cgi it might be:
You can get by with one machine.
Get a Mac G4, max out the disk and memory, install Virtual PC, make disk images of the default versions of each MS OS, back them up, because you'll be referring to them and testing different versions of browsers, OS, plug-ins, etc. on them.
On OS X, you'll get Safari, MS IE, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
You can put linux on Virtual PC, or dual boot the mac, but you can install Gnome & KDE under fink, and Mozilla is cross-platform.
Code your pages to the standards and learn where each browser has bugs. It's a lot easier to code a workaround to something where you know you're dealing with a specific bug than it is to emulate broken behaviour in a working browser.
Visit http://www.positioniseverything.net/
Read up on the browser specific stylesheet hacks.
Only use them as a last resort.
If you're browser detecting, or mandating a browser based on what you think you know about it, then you've missed the points.
People will update browsers. Eventually your pages will be used on browsers that haven't been invented yet.
All your clients will care about is that their site isn't working.
a) I doubt my 'this country' is the same as yours.
b) I'm not applauding anything.
c) I'm saying that a devaluation in the dollar is doing much more to protect American programming jobs than misguided protectionism that may have a short term benefit, but will result in the rest of the world overtaking you.
Why does everyone immediately start up the old "those evil foreigners are 'stealing' our jobs and the even eviler bosses are letting them!" argument? For years the USA has been getting a free ride on exchange rates since everyone has to have dollars to buy oil. An overly strong dollar makes all imports (including foreign programmers) incredibly cheap, but makes exports expensive and hard to sell.
The dollar has plummeted on currency markets, so steel workers and programmers should start being thankful that their work is more competitive.
And everyone can be thankful that they have a chance to be patriotic and "buy American" now that all those pesky imports have become so expensive again.
The United States hasn't had anything approaching "an open door" for quite some time now. Your visa controls are pretty stringent and activelty policed. The qualification criteria for most countries are youth, training, marriage, but most of all, a sponsoring company with a specialised position.
I don't have the data to hand, but (as far as I remember), various councils in the UK had to pass bylaws prohibiting the removal of sand and rocks from public beaches. At the time, natural effects were discounted. There was/is a major fashion for rockeries, and almost industrial levels of removal for sale to landscape gardeners/members of the public. A side effect was that this hastened erosion.
:)
All beaches are pretty closely monitored for water/sand quality & changing currents as part of the EU ratings system, so it's usually quickly apparent when and why something happens to one.
This is given the geography of the British Isles, where an average beach would be lucky to rate as a cove on the scale of continental coastlines.
And it's just occured to me that here, the main source of sand is a cherished public amenity, whereas the US has large inland sand deposits
Reuse is becoming cheaper than disposal for lots of things.
Things might be different over there in the land of the freely available, but here in Europe, the push to recycle has as much to do with not generating waste. We're running out of space to put the stuff, and noone wants incinerators built near them, so every attempt to build one gets held up in court for years.
And yes, sand for glass is pretty damn cheap, but in some places, it can be a lot easier to turn old glass into new glass than to find a new quarry, or beach that isn't vanishing due to everyone driving down and taking sand and rocks for their gardens.
The economic arguments aren't all focused on costs of production, or sustainable use of resources anymore (since we're supposed to have learnt the lessons by now).
Nice flat panels and all, but haven't macs been able to do this since, like, forever. Does nobody else remember Radius Pivot monitors. Full A3 resolution! Rotatable monitor that maintains orientation of the image. The MacOS supported multiple monitors for as long as I can remember (System 6?). I remember an early version of F-18 demoing at macworld with a 3 monitor setup, and I think we managed to trick out a 9500 with PCI video cards for a museum installation once.