Re: designing for IE and NS

At 12:14 PM 5/24/2000, Wolfgang G. Wettach wrote:
>Bernie Mooney schrieb:
> >
> > Having said that, I have a thing or two to say to those who raised the idea
> > of "lack of knowledge" as a reason for my problem.:
> > "f**k off". It may be wonderful to spend that extra time screwing around
>
>Maybe a bit inappropriate in style and tone for a business mailing list,
>don't you think?



Yes, and I profusely apologize.

> >
>Without wanting to be derogative, maybe some of those comments mentioned
>above still could be right.
>Something like a back button has been supported by Netscape from 3.0 and
>earlier - just using javascript.

We've tried that and we even went to outside sources and we just couldn't 
get it to work in NS. And NS 3.0 is awful with javascript




>There are Microsoft-specific codes that won't work with NS - but if you
>stick to (or, forgive me to say that, learn) coding for Netscape, it
>will look fine with most MSIE users too.

We don't use MS "specific" or at least not to my knowledge. I guess I'm 
just going to have to bring someone on board that knows it already while I 
delve into it.  I know that my two partners are in the same boat as I am.


>Use standards -like Javascript- not derivative works -like JScript- and
>you just have to learn it once.


We do.

>You can have as many bells and whistles as you want (and noone confines
>you to 256 colours - who told you that?). There is a difference between
>browsers, operating systems and screen resolutions as to how a site
>looks like, in detail, though. If you want to make sure: Tools like
>http://www.websitegarage.com give you the possibility to test what your
>site looks like for others.

 From everything I've read about NS it says the colors are limited and you 
can see that when you try and design a custom color. that falls out


>You can even have flashy effects, that need plugins to show. But...
>don't make plugins a prerequisite to view (most or the best of) your
>site at all.
>
>Bad example: http://www.3w4u.de  - fuzzy site navigation in Flash only
>(you don't need German to see that)
>Good example: http://www.worldsite.ws - Straight homepage, but offering
>a bells+whistles Flash-intro on their front page, as a choice for those
>who want to look at it.
>
>Just my 2 cents, of course
>
>Wolfgang G. Wettach, CEO PeliCorn
>Wettach Haag Sporr & Co GmbH - http://www.pelicorn.de
>
>PS: If you can, try to make your website work with Lynx, too. (Also, not
>only, with Lynx) You'll get some extra happy customers. WGW

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