Timing is a curious thing. Re: third paragraph.
While it is no surprise that I, much akin to most other intelligent people, hate Internet Explorer, I never expected it to rise. Well, that was until I started scripting again, from scratch. Now, I was raised on standards. I started out building accessible sites for those with disabilities. XHTML was my friend in 2000. I am all for standards. I am all for less tables, and more divs. Except that it has been a long while since I dared walk the div happy, scratch site path. Until last week. Now I find myself staring at a great design, 3 fixed columns (sorry fluid fans), with css hovers, and I am happy. I am confident. I feel satisfied. That is until I consult my old not so great friend Internet Explorer. Safari and Firefox are hanging out, enjoying their sleak looks, and W3C badges, but not IE. No. IE is going on an epic adventure down the page, and over to the side. Why? I don't know! I wish I did! I ask, why can't you just display the same as everyone else? Why must I learn your tricks and hacks? And so begins my horrid journey into cross-compatibility magic. Ugh. I don't remember feeling this hateful since... Netscape 4.7.
To add to the fun of all of that, I'm in the process of installing Windows back onto my Macbook. Through parallels this time. After my internal sound failing with the beta boot camp, I am avoiding having to send my baby back into the shop. And with parallels suggestions actually appearing in mac ads (oh, justin long!), I feel more confident in installing the beast that is Windows on here. I can't wait to see how my code is rendered in Windows. I'm excited, really. I'm actually excited about getting out of this rusty phase. On the plus side, I've been fixing display issues as they happen, as opposed to building the entire site, and then checking for cross-compatibility.
I'm sorry to those of you that don't give a damn about my qualms, I am just super lacking people in my area of interest to chat with.
Otherwise, things are awesome and happening, and overwhelming especially! Thank goodness I have G.R.A.W to vent out my stresses.
While it is no surprise that I, much akin to most other intelligent people, hate Internet Explorer, I never expected it to rise. Well, that was until I started scripting again, from scratch. Now, I was raised on standards. I started out building accessible sites for those with disabilities. XHTML was my friend in 2000. I am all for standards. I am all for less tables, and more divs. Except that it has been a long while since I dared walk the div happy, scratch site path. Until last week. Now I find myself staring at a great design, 3 fixed columns (sorry fluid fans), with css hovers, and I am happy. I am confident. I feel satisfied. That is until I consult my old not so great friend Internet Explorer. Safari and Firefox are hanging out, enjoying their sleak looks, and W3C badges, but not IE. No. IE is going on an epic adventure down the page, and over to the side. Why? I don't know! I wish I did! I ask, why can't you just display the same as everyone else? Why must I learn your tricks and hacks? And so begins my horrid journey into cross-compatibility magic. Ugh. I don't remember feeling this hateful since... Netscape 4.7.
To add to the fun of all of that, I'm in the process of installing Windows back onto my Macbook. Through parallels this time. After my internal sound failing with the beta boot camp, I am avoiding having to send my baby back into the shop. And with parallels suggestions actually appearing in mac ads (oh, justin long!), I feel more confident in installing the beast that is Windows on here. I can't wait to see how my code is rendered in Windows. I'm excited, really. I'm actually excited about getting out of this rusty phase. On the plus side, I've been fixing display issues as they happen, as opposed to building the entire site, and then checking for cross-compatibility.
I'm sorry to those of you that don't give a damn about my qualms, I am just super lacking people in my area of interest to chat with.
Otherwise, things are awesome and happening, and overwhelming especially! Thank goodness I have G.R.A.W to vent out my stresses.
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Beyond that I know not what to say.
I'm one of those people who are happy to use something without knowing how it works. Cotton. Computers. All the same to me. At least your woes are making the geeks happy, right?