Re: Netscape: font size

From: chris leeds (chris_at_nedp.net)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:54:49 -0400

you win! that's the best answer. ;-) 

--
The email address on this posting is a "black hole".  I got tired of all the
spam.
Please feel free to contact me here:
http://nedp.net/contact/
--
"Jack Brewster" <jack@removethis.andthis.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:#ywjzxKKEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The only folks here who work for Microsoft usually have MSFT in their
name.
> The rest of us just have no lives so we like to hang out here and answer
> questions. ;)
>
> As to whether or not FP can make a site that is completely cross browser
> compatible, yes, it can.  But there is a burden on the user to understand
> what they are trying to do and understand their tools' capabilities and
> limitations.  Just because I go out and buy top of the line wood working
> tools doesn't mean that I'm going to turn out the quality of work that
Norm
> Abrams (http://www.newyankee.com) can.  It's up to me to learn how to best
> use the tools to achieve my desired results.
>
> FrontPage is a great application and I use it every day to do professional
> production work.  But I also have about 14 different browsers and browser
> versions on my computer because no program can tell me how things are
going
> to look.  I have to check that myself.  Frequently I'll find something
that
> works just fine in IE, Netscape, Mozilla and Firebird/fox only to find
that
> Opera isn't displaying as expected.  Is that Microsoft/FrontPage's fault?
> No.  Is it a bug in Opera?  Maybe.  But it could just as easily be a bug
in
> all the other browsers and Opera is the only one getting it right.  Crazy,
I
> know, but it's the nature of the business.
>
> If someone wants to do professional work, then they need to learn about
the
> medium they've chosen to work in.  Websites, woodworking, needlepoint,
> speech writing.  It's all the same.  Until someone has studied, practiced
> and yes, even failed, it's unreasonable to expect them to do the job right
> every time.  That same truth is only magnified when applied to software.
> Applications are unable to think, experience, and adapt like we can.
>
> Sorry, that turned into a rant.  I'm not normally like that but I do get
> tired of people bashing on FrontPage as if they expect it, or any
> application, for that matter, to be the silver bullet for web design.
Maybe
> someday applications will be that smart, but for now anyone building a
> website really does need to spend time learning about websites and web
> technologies in general, not just learning to use a program.
>
> --
> Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP
>
> "Fidelio" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:78C6C878-1244-49F5-BF0E-73C2E195E87D@microsoft.com...
> > I'm just here trying to ask for help with Fonts.  I don't mean to
> criticize FP.  But you say I have to know which features to use and not
> use...well, when they programmed FP, maybe they should have taken that
into
> consideration with other browsers.  This is supposed to be a program for
> creating websites.  But if you can't create a website that has all browser
> compatibility, then what is the program good for?  You can't use it for
> professional websites, because businesses need to have
cross-compatability.
> >
> > It seems as though most or some of you may work for MS, so I understand
> why you may take offense to criticism.  And I really do appreciate the
help
> I receive on here.
> >
> > But I do believe that if the creators of FP would have taken these
things
> into consideration, I wouldn't need help.  The whole point of my using FP
is
> because I'm not very html literate, and don't really aspire to be.  I use
FP
> because I don't like writing html, I like laying things out easily, the
way
> FP allows me to.
>
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Browsers for those IE-only sites
    ... On 6/22/05, Gérard Milmeister wrote: ... >> Having failed at using certain websites with Opera, Konquerer, and ... > Opera, KHTML and Gecko. ... Any other browser uses one of these engines. ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Browsers for those IE-only sites
    ... > Having failed at using certain websites with Opera, Konquerer, and ... I feel the need to install yet another browser on my FC3 box. ... Opera, KHTML and Gecko. ... force the web designer make a better web site, or you must try to run IE ...
    (Fedora)
  • Accessing FP Webs via home network with FPSE 2002?
    ... I build websites with FrontPage on my computer equipped with XP Pro and IIS ... When I try to open the FP web in a browser ... The folder 'http:///' isn't accessible. ...
    (microsoft.public.frontpage.extensions.windowsnt)
  • Re: Netscape: font size
    ... As to whether or not FP can make a site that is completely cross browser ... FrontPage is a great application and I use it every day to do professional ... Opera isn't displaying as expected. ... Websites, woodworking, needlepoint, ...
    (microsoft.public.frontpage.client)
  • Re: Netscape: font size
    ... But Jaaaaccckkkk "my" needlepoint looks the same to everyone with 20/200 eyesight! ... But I also have about 14 different browsers and browser ... Is it a bug in Opera? ... Websites, woodworking, needlepoint, ...
    (microsoft.public.frontpage.client)