I don't find I need to develop in one and switch. That's what I usually do and find that's what's recommended in many books. Pages always validate unless you're saying that the validators will fail to catch errors and say a page validates as valid XHTML Strict when it isn't.
I find that making sure you use a strict XHTML doctype definition, IE behaves remarkably well. I can do all my layout and text styles in CSS and use the !important hack occasionally in style sheets rather than use conditional statements. Of course I can't use attribute selectors and so forth, but one day, one day...
There is, of course, some compromise, but it sure beats developing with tables, which is just a mess.
"The only thing more pathetic than a PC user is a PC user trying to be a Mac user. We have a name for you people: switcheurs."
Wow, a complete asshole. I'm afraid people aren't so cut and dry as you seem to think they are. Different people take to different things, even "creative" people. If I were to take your line of reasoning I'd have to conclude that Mac users are condescending pricks, but that would be ridiculous. You sir are a platformist, and platformism has no place in a civilized world.
Not only is he a platformist, he's an applicationist. What's next, judging and generalizing people, and calling them idiots, by using the food they eat as criteria?
The iPhone reminded me of a newer and improved (in certain areas and specs) NeoNode, which was launched in July of 2004. Of course it's dated now, but it had what many consider to be "innovative" features then. Such considerations are, of course, relative. Of course, this system is open rather than closed.
Your Treo has accelerometers and a proximity sensor? It has a Dock Connector? It has a full web browser (not some shrunken down "baby browser")? It has a touchscreen interface? It has a virtual keyboard so you don't have to press 7 four times to get an S? It syncs with iTunes?
This product, the Neonode has a lot of these features. Some features it doesn't of course, and the importance of features varies from individual to individual, hence we have people who say that for what the iPhone (from Apple) offers that's important to them, is already provided by other devices, and for quite some time in some cases. Syncing with iTunes is a definite minus in my book, as an example of different perspectives. I refuse to buy an iPod because of that reason alone. I'll stick to my iRiver, with it's superior sound and, to me, simple interface.
I realize that was PART of what he was saying, and I have no problem with that and indeed, entirely agree. However, the implication was that the latest version hasn't changed, AC.
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Final Cut Pro is the best thing to have happened to Premiere, at least as far as Windows users are concerned.
As a Windows user I'd say Vegas Video was the best thing to happen to Premiere, and FCP for that matter. We already had a serious but affordable video editing suite (with spectacular sound editing as well.) I hated the old Premiere, like so many others, but the new one looks quite good.
The simple answer is no. I bought my Mac specifically for Final Cut because Premiere was such a miserable editor. I cut a feature on Premiere and easily lost 1/3 of my time to crashes.
Is the current Mac OS competition for Unix and Linux based operating systems? The simple answer is no. I switched to Linux from Mac OS because with Mac OS I lost a lot of data, removable media drives crashed, and hard drives disappeared. Not to mention, the OS itself didn't have preemptive multitasking. If you asked me to use Mac OS again I rather work fast food than do it. Linux is a joy to work with. Why go back to a Yugo when you already own a Ferrari? I can now, actually run multiple programs effectively and I can even use 64 bit chips!
Oh wait, things have changed on the Mac since that time? It's Unix based? It has proper multitasking? It runs on fast chips now? Performance has improved? Imagine that!
But lets pretend that despite the fact that years have passed, the application, the OS, etc. hasn't been completely rewritten. It's the intelligent response.
Complex column 3 layouts in CSS are about 20x harder to understand and maintain than tables ever were.
How so? They are dead easy, in either fixed, elastic, or liquid forms. Very little code is required and adjustments can be made quickly. I use 2 - 4 column css layouts all the time.
I'd argue the opposite. Tables can get very complex. CSS positioning makes layout a breeze for all the sites I develop, in Safari, IE 6 +, and Firefox. I'll never go back willingly, though I have to painfully update content on some old sites. The ability to change layouts quickly and make adjustments side wide is spectacular. I'm happy I'll never have to use tables for layout again.
People are used to the complexity of tables and using spacers. When they get to CSS it's a different paradigm. I'd argue it's far simpler than using tables for layout.
Oh I apologize. I didn't see that. All I saw was something about how you'd have to use a hack to get it working in an OS that isn't even out yet for the general public.
To me it looks like an attempt for the search engines to get content providers to make the search engine's job that much easier.
Which is wonderful. Web developers can use a standardized file to help optimize search engine support, makng their job that much easier, rather than developing these types of guidance or sitemap files separately for each search engine. Afterall, most of my clients, and I'm hazarding a guess here I know, but most clients want their site to be able to be found via a search engine from time to time. It benefits everyone it seems. Nice attempt indeed.
Why is it "FUD" to point out that Zune's installer isn't Vista-compatible? Microsoft already admitted it. Running in XP compatibility mode isn't a valid workaround for the public, and it also doesn't work 100%.
Probably because by the time the general public gets the release of Vista intended for them, it will be compatible. I was completely unaware that people outside of business sectors were using Vista now. I guess Toronto has been left out.
Well, Microsoft made Vista, and they made Zune, so why should you have to resort to hacks to get it working?
Surely you realize that when Vista is released to the general public and becomes an officially supported OS by MS that this will not be the case. Surely you must, otherwise, you're just spreading FUD.
Creating circles is a basic tool that is welcome by many photo manipulators. I can think of several uses for circular shapes, such as masks, design effects, etc. Photoshops vector tools have been a welcome addition for creating a variety of effects with photographs. We don't use them to draw vector circles for publishing (either to the web or to print) or for vector based illustrations, but they are invaluable as photo manipulation tool to many.
And 60% of ours are on Windows while the remaining 40% are on Macs (used to be roughly 90% Mac/10% Windows.) So to each their own and it really doesn't matter what you use. We get the work done and collaborate without any problems. Each operator just uses what they like.
It's in an office, a rather large print company, as well. The operators count, not the box.
The most common sloppy coding issue that people using dreamweaver's 'design mode' (only) create, is the font tag. Sometimes it nests multiple font tags that can grow rather large in bytes, and introduce bandwidth and storage overhead, and overall sloppy HTML.
Just turn off the use of the font tag. You have to actually force it to use a font tag these days, and have for at least the last two versions.
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I don't find I need to develop in one and switch. That's what I usually do and find that's what's recommended in many books. Pages always validate unless you're saying that the validators will fail to catch errors and say a page validates as valid XHTML Strict when it isn't.
Using Dreamweaver is not the problem. It's the designers, entirely. Many designers/developers, etc. use Dreamweaver and know all about CSS.
Interesting read. I've experienced none of those problems but will keep them in mind. As for validation, of course, I always make sure they validate.
I wouldn't knock conditionals. Many developers use some variations to achieve the results they wish.
I find that making sure you use a strict XHTML doctype definition, IE behaves remarkably well. I can do all my layout and text styles in CSS and use the !important hack occasionally in style sheets rather than use conditional statements. Of course I can't use attribute selectors and so forth, but one day, one day...
There is, of course, some compromise, but it sure beats developing with tables, which is just a mess.
There's clearly someone who is entirely tasteless here.
"The only thing more pathetic than a PC user is a PC user trying to be a Mac user. We have a name for you people: switcheurs."
Wow, a complete asshole. I'm afraid people aren't so cut and dry as you seem to think they are. Different people take to different things, even "creative" people. If I were to take your line of reasoning I'd have to conclude that Mac users are condescending pricks, but that would be ridiculous. You sir are a platformist, and platformism has no place in a civilized world.
Not only is he a platformist, he's an applicationist. What's next, judging and generalizing people, and calling them idiots, by using the food they eat as criteria?
What a snob.
Nice to see arrogance and platformism is alive and well. labeling and generalizing people by the computer they use. What's next, their skin colour?
The iPhone reminded me of a newer and improved (in certain areas and specs) NeoNode, which was launched in July of 2004. Of course it's dated now, but it had what many consider to be "innovative" features then. Such considerations are, of course, relative. Of course, this system is open rather than closed.
I've never measured my penis with a ruler, imperial or metric. I prefer using various parts of the female anatomy instead.
Your Treo has accelerometers and a proximity sensor? It has a Dock Connector? It has a full web browser (not some shrunken down "baby browser")? It has a touchscreen interface? It has a virtual keyboard so you don't have to press 7 four times to get an S? It syncs with iTunes?
This product, the Neonode has a lot of these features. Some features it doesn't of course, and the importance of features varies from individual to individual, hence we have people who say that for what the iPhone (from Apple) offers that's important to them, is already provided by other devices, and for quite some time in some cases. Syncing with iTunes is a definite minus in my book, as an example of different perspectives. I refuse to buy an iPod because of that reason alone. I'll stick to my iRiver, with it's superior sound and, to me, simple interface.
I realize that was PART of what he was saying, and I have no problem with that and indeed, entirely agree. However, the implication was that the latest version hasn't changed, AC.
Final Cut Pro is the best thing to have happened to Premiere, at least as far as Windows users are concerned.
As a Windows user I'd say Vegas Video was the best thing to happen to Premiere, and FCP for that matter. We already had a serious but affordable video editing suite (with spectacular sound editing as well.) I hated the old Premiere, like so many others, but the new one looks quite good.
The simple answer is no. I bought my Mac specifically for Final Cut because Premiere was such a miserable editor. I cut a feature on Premiere and easily lost 1/3 of my time to crashes.
Is the current Mac OS competition for Unix and Linux based operating systems? The simple answer is no. I switched to Linux from Mac OS because with Mac OS I lost a lot of data, removable media drives crashed, and hard drives disappeared. Not to mention, the OS itself didn't have preemptive multitasking. If you asked me to use Mac OS again I rather work fast food than do it. Linux is a joy to work with. Why go back to a Yugo when you already own a Ferrari? I can now, actually run multiple programs effectively and I can even use 64 bit chips!
Oh wait, things have changed on the Mac since that time? It's Unix based? It has proper multitasking? It runs on fast chips now? Performance has improved? Imagine that!
But lets pretend that despite the fact that years have passed, the application, the OS, etc. hasn't been completely rewritten. It's the intelligent response.
They bailed on it from lack of interest from consumers.
Complex column 3 layouts in CSS are about 20x harder to understand and maintain than tables ever were.
How so? They are dead easy, in either fixed, elastic, or liquid forms. Very little code is required and adjustments can be made quickly. I use 2 - 4 column css layouts all the time.
I'd argue the opposite. Tables can get very complex. CSS positioning makes layout a breeze for all the sites I develop, in Safari, IE 6 +, and Firefox. I'll never go back willingly, though I have to painfully update content on some old sites. The ability to change layouts quickly and make adjustments side wide is spectacular. I'm happy I'll never have to use tables for layout again.
People are used to the complexity of tables and using spacers. When they get to CSS it's a different paradigm. I'd argue it's far simpler than using tables for layout.
Oh I apologize. I didn't see that. All I saw was something about how you'd have to use a hack to get it working in an OS that isn't even out yet for the general public.
To me it looks like an attempt for the search engines to get content providers to make the search engine's job that much easier.
Which is wonderful. Web developers can use a standardized file to help optimize search engine support, makng their job that much easier, rather than developing these types of guidance or sitemap files separately for each search engine. Afterall, most of my clients, and I'm hazarding a guess here I know, but most clients want their site to be able to be found via a search engine from time to time. It benefits everyone it seems. Nice attempt indeed.
Why is it "FUD" to point out that Zune's installer isn't Vista-compatible? Microsoft already admitted it. Running in XP compatibility mode isn't a valid workaround for the public, and it also doesn't work 100%.
Probably because by the time the general public gets the release of Vista intended for them, it will be compatible. I was completely unaware that people outside of business sectors were using Vista now. I guess Toronto has been left out.
Well, Microsoft made Vista, and they made Zune, so why should you have to resort to hacks to get it working?
Surely you realize that when Vista is released to the general public and becomes an officially supported OS by MS that this will not be the case. Surely you must, otherwise, you're just spreading FUD.
Creating circles is a basic tool that is welcome by many photo manipulators. I can think of several uses for circular shapes, such as masks, design effects, etc. Photoshops vector tools have been a welcome addition for creating a variety of effects with photographs. We don't use them to draw vector circles for publishing (either to the web or to print) or for vector based illustrations, but they are invaluable as photo manipulation tool to many.
And 60% of ours are on Windows while the remaining 40% are on Macs (used to be roughly 90% Mac/10% Windows.) So to each their own and it really doesn't matter what you use. We get the work done and collaborate without any problems. Each operator just uses what they like.
It's in an office, a rather large print company, as well. The operators count, not the box.
The most common sloppy coding issue that people using dreamweaver's 'design mode' (only) create, is the font tag. Sometimes it nests multiple font tags that can grow rather large in bytes, and introduce bandwidth and storage overhead, and overall sloppy HTML.
Just turn off the use of the font tag. You have to actually force it to use a font tag these days, and have for at least the last two versions.