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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	:) Love a direct debate and direct communication. [quote] ?! Who disables their CSS by default? Where did you research this? [/quote] Some friends hell bent on security on simplicity (the kind of "I Linux because I am an elite (friggin' dork) who loves black text on a white background"). [quote] I'm not saying it would never happen, but let's be honest here, they're expecting a degraded experience aren't they, so why cater for them? [/quote] Excellent point. [quote] In general with CSS one should always be mindful of what issues there will be with the _likely_ devices it will be viewed on. [/quote] _likely_ is the problem here. A rule of thumb in development is : "never assume your users will _likely_ do things you expected". In real world, they NEVER EVER do, the very first days a new software is published, whatever it is, you'll see the bug reports AND hacks posted somewhere. I treat webdesign as software design. [quote] CSS image rollovers for one have always been possible since CSS 2. [/quote] My point here is the "stacking" of technologies, and of elements subject to evolution within a given technology (eg. evolving implementations of CSS for a given browser). That's another development paradigm : "the more abstraction layers you had on top of a given functionality, the more opportunities for (unexpected) failure(s). Reduce complexity to maximize robustness." One thing you can easilly confirm with my previous works is that they are compatible with a broad range of platforms, and that their structure resists time quite well. It does because of rules like the above ones. And a consultancy rule of thumb (or NLP principle) : "if what you are doing works, STICK TO IT. Do whatever it takes to get the job done." :) My only problemso far has been the input of poi, you, a few others, which comes from a web designer perspective, and web designers are not my clientele - but they are my best source for advice regarding web stuff. [url=http://www.beyondwonderland.com][img]http://www.beyondwonderland.com/images/logo_golden.gif[/img][/url] Loading...
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