Re: Feedback on left right scrolling

Kehvan - thanks for that information and for the download. I'm glad I've had
just simple sites to deal with personally, since most of my work is research
for content development. We can only imagine what boundaries would be broken
if all browsers showed the same thing. But that's spitting in the wind. I'm
sure of it.

Linda

----- Original Message -----
From: Kehvan M. Zydhek <kehvan(at)zydhek.net>
To: Linda Goin <info(at)goinhome.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>;
<mab(at)OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Feedback on left right scrolling


> Hi Linda,
>
> Regarding WebTV, consider that ANYTHING designed larger than about 550px
> wide will be compressed, including graphics if necessary. There are two
font
> styles (serif, sans-serif) and two or three sizes for them. Frames display
> but do not lock, and if you have NOFRAMES content, that displays RIGHT
ALONG
> WITH THE FRAMES CONTENT (kinda weird). All links are selected with a big
> yellow box that frequently hides surrounding graphics or text.
>
> I would recommend downloading the free simulator from
> http://developer.webtv.net/design/tools/viewer/ (it's 4.2MB for Windows,
> 5.8MB for Mac), and take a look at some of your pages with it. Some pages
> won't look too bad, and others will likely surprise you. I've only
recently
> begun including WebTV in my design philosophy, so not all of my stuff is
> compliant yet. One thing to keep in mind if you DO start writing for
WebTV:
> It claims to be able to do CSS1/2 -- it's lies. It lies HORRIBLY! Don't
> believe it! NETSCAPE 4.x does a better job! :-)
>
> Enjoy!
> Kehvan

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