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poi Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: France Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 11-29-2004 19:23 I made a new skin for 256b.com, and would like to hear your comments and critiques. If anybody has a clue to fix the problem with the LIs in IE I'll be pleased. Otherwise I can live with that for a while since the content is fully accessible anyway. I don't know yet if I'll let several skins available or only change it for special events. If I make a style switcher with a cookie thing, it'll certainly land in the goodies section.
DmS Maniac (V) Inmate From: Sthlm, Sweden Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 11-30-2004 20:59 Well, using Safari 1.2 the top menu each link is only visible in it's "hover/active" state. When just viewed it's white rectangles only so visually it's not 100% accessible... Other than that, well, looks ok, a tad weak on the contrast with the grey against the white bg perhaps. It could use a bit more "spice" methinks. Actually, the links page is probably the most visually "alive" page, it has something that draws the eyes, the rest is sort of... lacking focus. /Dan {cell 260} {Blog} -{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-
Rinswind 2th Maniac (V) Inmate From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence Insane since: Jul 2000	posted 11-30-2004 23:08 The text might be a bit darker an i don't like white backgrounds personally but other than that i like it. ------------------------------ Support Justice for Pat Richard (Edited by Rinswind 2th on 11-30-2004 23:09)
poi Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: France Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 12-02-2004 16:00 I've darkened a bit the texts. DmS: that's for that kind of things I wish I had a Mac. I'll try to fix the navigation problem by positioning it in absolute and using a margin-top to place the maincontent below it. Do you have an idea of how I could spice up the pages ? The main pages are the home of course, but more important the demo sheets e.g. : eXcentricity by Assembler Bot / ? 3D BLOB by MZ1453 / gunnars farvebio (gfb) scx255 by Peci / scoopex
DmS Maniac (V) Inmate From: Sthlm, Sweden Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 12-02-2004 20:57 I'll have to think a bit about the spicing In the meantime, I've noticed lately that coding towards firefox and this <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> doctype actually takes care of 99.9% of the mac troubles. Add a one step up in textsize to compensate for the difference in screen resolution on mac and you should be home free. This example: http://www.dmsproject.com/test/all_css/ looks & works virtually identically in IE & FF on PC and Safari on Mac. Cheers/Dan {cell 260} {Blog} -{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-
poi Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: France Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 12-02-2004 21:04 [quick_post_before_dinner] I've altered the CSS to bring the updates I talked about in my previous post. Is there still a problem with the navigation in Safari 1.2 ? Thanks for the inputs. I'll check your page after dinner [/quick_post_before_dinner]
DmS Maniac (V) Inmate From: Sthlm, Sweden Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 12-02-2004 21:18 Nope, no difference... Sorry Just to clarify, if you think of the navigation as rollover images, it's the standard image that comes out as a white block while the rollover works fine. /D {cell 260} {Blog} -{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }- (Edited by DmS on 12-02-2004 21:22)
poi Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: France Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 12-02-2004 22:40 no difference You'd be CareBear if you could post a screenshot of what you get in Safari. Yes, the navigation is the list featuring : home, random, submit, links, goodies, contact & the search form.
DmS Maniac (V) Inmate From: Sthlm, Sweden Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 12-03-2004 10:33 I'll grab a screenshot once I'm at home, after all, who can resist becoming a CareBear LOL /Dan {cell 260} {Blog} -{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-
DmS Maniac (V) Inmate From: Sthlm, Sweden Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 12-03-2004 23:48 OKi poi, here you go: http://www.dmsproject.com/test/asylum/poi256b.jpg 176Kb 1024x768... As you mouseover the menu, the text appears. Whooot! I'm a CareBear now /Dan {cell 260} {Blog} -{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-
poi Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: France Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 12-04-2004 00:47 " who can resist becoming a CareBear " Some one with a stone heart Doh! it looks like Safari ignores the background-repeat:no-repeat; rule on the #navigation li a, and also all background rules applied to form elements but that's not really a surprise. Form elements are so/too? dependent of the OS and browsers. " Whooot! I'm a CareBear now " Yes you are!

Topic: New skin.\$

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poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 11-29-2004 19:23

I made a new skin for 256b.com, and would like to hear your comments and critiques.
If anybody has a clue to fix the problem with the LIs in IE I'll be pleased. Otherwise I can live with that for a while since the content is fully accessible anyway.

I don't know yet if I'll let several skins available or only change it for special events. If I make a style switcher with a cookie thing, it'll certainly land in the goodies section.

DmS
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Sthlm, Sweden
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 11-30-2004 20:59

Well, using Safari 1.2 the top menu each link is only visible in it's "hover/active" state.
When just viewed it's white rectangles only so visually it's not 100% accessible...

Other than that, well, looks ok, a tad weak on the contrast with the grey against the white bg perhaps. It could use a bit more "spice" methinks. Actually, the links page is probably the most visually "alive" page, it has something that draws the eyes, the rest is sort of... lacking focus.

/Dan

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-

Rinswind 2th
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence
Insane since: Jul 2000

posted 11-30-2004 23:08

The text might be a bit darker an i don't like white backgrounds personally but other than that i like it.

------------------------------
Support Justice for Pat Richard

(Edited by Rinswind 2th on 11-30-2004 23:09)

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 12-02-2004 16:00

I've darkened a bit the texts.

DmS: that's for that kind of things I wish I had a Mac. I'll try to fix the navigation problem by positioning it in absolute and using a margin-top to place the maincontent below it.

Do you have an idea of how I could spice up the pages ?

The main pages are the home of course, but more important the demo sheets e.g. :

DmS
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Sthlm, Sweden
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 12-02-2004 20:57

I'll have to think a bit about the spicing

In the meantime, I've noticed lately that coding towards firefox and this
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> doctype actually takes care of 99.9% of the mac troubles. Add a one step up in textsize to compensate for the difference in screen resolution on mac and you should be home free.

This example: http://www.dmsproject.com/test/all_css/ looks & works virtually identically in IE & FF on PC and Safari on Mac.

Cheers/Dan

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 12-02-2004 21:04

[quick_post_before_dinner]

I've altered the CSS to bring the updates I talked about in my previous post. Is there still a problem with the navigation in Safari 1.2 ?
Thanks for the inputs. I'll check your page after dinner

[/quick_post_before_dinner]

DmS
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Sthlm, Sweden
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 12-02-2004 21:18

Nope, no difference... Sorry

Just to clarify, if you think of the navigation as rollover images, it's the standard image that comes out as a white block while the rollover works fine.
/D

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-

(Edited by DmS on 12-02-2004 21:22)

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 12-02-2004 22:40

no difference
You'd be CareBear if you could post a screenshot of what you get in Safari.

Yes, the navigation is the list featuring : home, random, submit, links, goodies, contact & the search form.

DmS
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Sthlm, Sweden
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 12-03-2004 10:33

I'll grab a screenshot once I'm at home, after all, who can resist becoming a CareBear

LOL
/Dan

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-

DmS
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Sthlm, Sweden
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 12-03-2004 23:48

OKi poi, here you go:
http://www.dmsproject.com/test/asylum/poi256b.jpg
176Kb 1024x768...
As you mouseover the menu, the text appears.

Whooot! I'm a CareBear now
/Dan

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{ ?Computer games don?t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we?d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.? (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.) }-

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 12-04-2004 00:47

" who can resist becoming a CareBear "
Some one with a stone heart

Doh! it looks like Safari ignores the background-repeat:no-repeat; rule on the #navigation li a, and also all background rules applied to form elements but that's not really a surprise. Form elements are so/too? dependent of the OS and browsers.

" Whooot! I'm a CareBear now "
Yes you are!

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