IOTD
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Image of the day: (from Scott Andrew[^]) Best animated popup ad ever[^] A list is only as strong as its weakest link. - Don Knuth
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Image of the day: (from Scott Andrew[^]) Best animated popup ad ever[^] A list is only as strong as its weakest link. - Don Knuth
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Image of the day: (from Scott Andrew[^]) Best animated popup ad ever[^] A list is only as strong as its weakest link. - Don Knuth
Hmm, that certainly wasn't deserving of its title. I did find something more interesting on the same site though; http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html[^] I have been here a year and this is probably the best signature I've ever had.
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Hmm, that certainly wasn't deserving of its title. I did find something more interesting on the same site though; http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html[^] I have been here a year and this is probably the best signature I've ever had.
Simon Walton wrote: _http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html\[^\]_ What a sucky way to sell a product "ooooh X can't do this, but I can, so choose me!" Anyway some of them are "wrong".. 7. A simple piece of JavaScript in a IE link can give you all the control over text you want 8. Same as above 9. Simple enough to write a simple JavaScript link that provides this ability 10. Come on, a: 1% of all people care about this (us nerdy web developers) and b: a simple piece of Java... you know the story 11. Some JavaScript could do this..... 13. Windows XP can theme IE... I personally do not like apps skinning themselves, should follow the desktop skin 14. More javascript 17. Umm IE6 has cookie management.... 19. Use a firewall instead 21. Not that it is any good... still default to 3rd party download managers and on and on. All these little things can be achieved with IE6, most of the code is already out there. Well done Mozilla for shipping with it because it does make a difference, but it is nothing to feel all smug about. (I care about the daftest things way too much, don't I?)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
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Simon Walton wrote: _http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html\[^\]_ What a sucky way to sell a product "ooooh X can't do this, but I can, so choose me!" Anyway some of them are "wrong".. 7. A simple piece of JavaScript in a IE link can give you all the control over text you want 8. Same as above 9. Simple enough to write a simple JavaScript link that provides this ability 10. Come on, a: 1% of all people care about this (us nerdy web developers) and b: a simple piece of Java... you know the story 11. Some JavaScript could do this..... 13. Windows XP can theme IE... I personally do not like apps skinning themselves, should follow the desktop skin 14. More javascript 17. Umm IE6 has cookie management.... 19. Use a firewall instead 21. Not that it is any good... still default to 3rd party download managers and on and on. All these little things can be achieved with IE6, most of the code is already out there. Well done Mozilla for shipping with it because it does make a difference, but it is nothing to feel all smug about. (I care about the daftest things way too much, don't I?)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonPaul Watson wrote: 7. A simple piece of JavaScript in a IE link can give you all the control over text you want 8. Same as above Post, please, if it's not too much trouble - this is something that would really come in handy when i need to use IE on... certain sites that hard-code font sizes... Paul Watson wrote: I care about the daftest things way too much, don't I? Yes. And it's just slightly unsettling to hear someone advocate javascript instead of built-in solutions. But if you can do that font zooming thing, all will be forgiven... :-D Shog9 ------
The Army's on Ecstasy, so they say - I read all about it in USA Today. They stepped up urine testing to make it go away, 'cause it's hard to kill the enemy on ol' MDMA...- Oysterhead
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Paul Watson wrote: 7. A simple piece of JavaScript in a IE link can give you all the control over text you want 8. Same as above Post, please, if it's not too much trouble - this is something that would really come in handy when i need to use IE on... certain sites that hard-code font sizes... Paul Watson wrote: I care about the daftest things way too much, don't I? Yes. And it's just slightly unsettling to hear someone advocate javascript instead of built-in solutions. But if you can do that font zooming thing, all will be forgiven... :-D Shog9 ------
The Army's on Ecstasy, so they say - I read all about it in USA Today. They stepped up urine testing to make it go away, 'cause it's hard to kill the enemy on ol' MDMA...- Oysterhead
Shog9 wrote: Post, please, if it's not too much trouble - this is something that would really come in handy when i need to use IE on... certain sites that hard-code font sizes... LOL, yes "certain" sites :rolleyes: I will post the code up once I have figured it out... it is not so simple, but still doable :-D Shog9 wrote: Yes. And it's just slightly unsettling to hear someone advocate javascript instead of built-in solutions Well gee, Windows XP sucks because it does not have Half Life built into it. Oh wait you mean you can buy HL seperately? Ohhhhh... ;) Point being virtually everything Mozilla does that IE doesn't can be overcome by going to any download site and installing a little app, or writing some JavaScript. I was more angry that the guy who made the list could only think of the benefits of Mozilla as an "IE doesn't have this" concept. He should be praising Mozilla and letting everyone come to their own conclusions about the difference between it and IE. It reminds me of the mud slinging matches in US politics. Instead of saying positive, good things, they are basing their entire arguement on things they have that the other guy does not have. How lame.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul Watson -
Paul Watson wrote: 7. A simple piece of JavaScript in a IE link can give you all the control over text you want 8. Same as above Post, please, if it's not too much trouble - this is something that would really come in handy when i need to use IE on... certain sites that hard-code font sizes... Paul Watson wrote: I care about the daftest things way too much, don't I? Yes. And it's just slightly unsettling to hear someone advocate javascript instead of built-in solutions. But if you can do that font zooming thing, all will be forgiven... :-D Shog9 ------
The Army's on Ecstasy, so they say - I read all about it in USA Today. They stepped up urine testing to make it go away, 'cause it's hard to kill the enemy on ol' MDMA...- Oysterhead
Shog9 wrote: Post, please, if it's not too much trouble - this is something that would really come in handy when i need to use IE on... certain sites that hard-code font sizes... Ok I am seriously hacked off now... :laugh: I just spent a good few hours coding up my own version of this zoom in/out feature. Mine was working fine but there was a small bug... So I searched for the bug and what do I find? Someone has already written the damned thing, and in fewer lines :rolleyes: So here are two BRILLIANT favelets (just drag them onto your IE links bar and say Yes to the warning): [Zoom In](javascript:void(s=document.body.style);void(z=s.getAttribute('zoom'));if(z){s.setAttribute('zoom',(parseInt(z)+50)+'%');}else s.setAttribute('zoom','150%');) [Zoom Out](javascript:void(s=document.body.style);void(z=s.getAttribute('zoom'));if(z){s.setAttribute('zoom',(parseInt(z)-50)+'%');}else s.setAttribute('zoom','50%');) It is bizarre because this functionality is built into IE (via the zoom attribute) but the IE interface does not have it as a default. Anyway. I got those two favelets from Yourhtmlsource.com[^] Lots of other nifty ones there as well. *still hacked off, lol*
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul Watson -
Shog9 wrote: Post, please, if it's not too much trouble - this is something that would really come in handy when i need to use IE on... certain sites that hard-code font sizes... Ok I am seriously hacked off now... :laugh: I just spent a good few hours coding up my own version of this zoom in/out feature. Mine was working fine but there was a small bug... So I searched for the bug and what do I find? Someone has already written the damned thing, and in fewer lines :rolleyes: So here are two BRILLIANT favelets (just drag them onto your IE links bar and say Yes to the warning): [Zoom In](javascript:void(s=document.body.style);void(z=s.getAttribute('zoom'));if(z){s.setAttribute('zoom',(parseInt(z)+50)+'%');}else s.setAttribute('zoom','150%');) [Zoom Out](javascript:void(s=document.body.style);void(z=s.getAttribute('zoom'));if(z){s.setAttribute('zoom',(parseInt(z)-50)+'%');}else s.setAttribute('zoom','50%');) It is bizarre because this functionality is built into IE (via the zoom attribute) but the IE interface does not have it as a default. Anyway. I got those two favelets from Yourhtmlsource.com[^] Lots of other nifty ones there as well. *still hacked off, lol*
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonWell, thank you much Paul! I modified the links to increase/decrease by 25% rather than 50%, but i'm amazed by how easy this is - and curious as to why MS doesn't provide access to it by default. :suss: Shog9 ------
Rather hammer futiley at the locked door than just sit and ignore it. Obviously finding a way to get through the locked door would be even better though. - Paul Watson, My Ignorance
