[PLUG] Starting up a web page

Jason R. Martin nsxfreddy at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 21:52:46 UTC 2006


On 2/28/06, Elliott Mitchell <ehem at m5p.com> wrote:
> >From: m0gely <m0gely at telestream.com>
> > Unless you want to be a web developer then forget the books.  Use a
> > program like NVU and be done with it.  It's a WYSIWYG editor and should
> > be easy enough to use.  Most small company sites that I do end up being
> > an online business card and rarely see updates.  This sort of thing
> > would be great for NVU.
>
> There is no such thing. Different browsers, or different settings will
> cause HTML to be rendered differently. In fact if you can possibly avoid
> it, you really shouldn't be overriding the browsers defaults. Sometimes
> they're customized heavily, of note people with poor eyesight will use
> larger fonts and colors with more contrast, if you override you may piss
> people off.

That is why you use CSS.  If used properly, someone who has trouble
with the design you created can simply turn off the CSS and get the
boring but easy to read browser defaults.

> All too often keeping things simple is best. Are you trying to look
> snazzy, or are you trying to get information across?

Yes.  They are not mutually exclusive.

Jason



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