Comments on: Wallpaper statistics (updated)… http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html about standards, webdesign, usability and open source Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Green http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-362 Bill Green Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:12:52 +0000 #comment-362 Hey, Just wanted to thank you for all the wallpapers and buttons you've made for firefox. I must admit, the 'Black' wallpaper looks wonderful with the slate theme on Microsoft Windows Codename "Longhorn", almost as if they were made for eachother! Hey, Just wanted to thank you for all the wallpapers and buttons you’ve made for firefox. I must admit, the ‘Black’ wallpaper looks wonderful with the slate theme on Microsoft Windows Codename "Longhorn", almost as if they were made for eachother!

]]> By: Alex Beynenson http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-170 Alex Beynenson Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:04:17 +0000 #comment-170 In my experience, short of very fine (highly unnoticable) pixel-pushing, IE can handle standards-compliant HTML and DOM without any problems at all. Just because Firefox is sexier in appearance and behavior, doesn't mean IE can't stand its own. And for a browser that hasn't had its rendering engine updated in a long time, I'd say that's quite a feat! In my experience, short of very fine (highly unnoticable) pixel-pushing, IE can handle standards-compliant HTML and DOM without any problems at all. Just because Firefox is sexier in appearance and behavior, doesn’t mean IE can’t stand its own. And for a browser that hasn’t had its rendering engine updated in a long time, I’d say that’s quite a feat!

]]> By: rakaz http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-106 rakaz Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:34:25 +0000 #comment-106 Enzo: thanks for the suggestion. I've updated the message for IE users. Enzo: thanks for the suggestion. I’ve updated the message for IE users.

]]> By: Enzo http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-102 Enzo Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:52:39 +0000 #comment-102 "A friendly little message for our misguided IE-using friends..."<br /> <br /> Personally I think you should leave out the word misguided. Be more polite and you're more likely to have a positive impact on IE users. Be negative as I think you are then I think you will likely alienate IE users which is not what you want to be doing when you are trying to convince them to change browser.<br /> <br /> From:<br /> "A friendly little message for our misguided IE-using friends...<br /> This website is standards-based and won't display properly in Internet Explorer. <br /> You might want to try Mozilla Firefox instead... "<br /> <br /> to *something like*:<br /> <br /> "It appears you are using the Internet Explorer web browser."<br /> "Our site relies heavily on web standards and unfortunatly Internet Explorer does not yet fully support web standards. Therefore your browser may not display this website correctly. We recommend that you download and try out a standards complient browser such as Mozilla Firefox." "A friendly little message for our misguided IE-using friends…"

Personally I think you should leave out the word misguided. Be more polite and you’re more likely to have a positive impact on IE users. Be negative as I think you are then I think you will likely alienate IE users which is not what you want to be doing when you are trying to convince them to change browser.

From:
"A friendly little message for our misguided IE-using friends…
This website is standards-based and won’t display properly in Internet Explorer.
You might want to try Mozilla Firefox instead… "

to *something like*:

"It appears you are using the Internet Explorer web browser."
"Our site relies heavily on web standards and unfortunatly Internet Explorer does not yet fully support web standards. Therefore your browser may not display this website correctly. We recommend that you download and try out a standards complient browser such as Mozilla Firefox."

]]> By: SmiiiFF http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-92 SmiiiFF Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:29:07 +0000 #comment-92 I love the wallpapers.<br /> I'm using the black one.<br /> <br /> could you also make black versions of the forum and msn avatars? I love the wallpapers.
I’m using the black one.

could you also make black versions of the forum and msn avatars?

]]> By: z1on0101 http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-91 z1on0101 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:46:29 +0000 #comment-91 ok, i found that those things are called "conditional comments"<br /> <br /> i'd better not talk about this here - email me ok, i found that those things are called "conditional comments"

i’d better not talk about this here – email me

]]> By: z1on0101 http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-90 z1on0101 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:42:10 +0000 #comment-90 oh hey, your IE thing works with IE for Windows, but not with IE for Mac. oh hey, your IE thing works with IE for Windows, but not with IE for Mac.

]]> By: z1on0101 http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-89 z1on0101 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:19:10 +0000 #comment-89 ok, i see your code there - AWESOME!<br /> <br /> where did you learn how to make a browser-specific message?<br /> <br /> (i'm new to html) ok, i see your code there – AWESOME!

where did you learn how to make a browser-specific message?

(i’m new to html)

]]> By: rakaz http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-87 rakaz Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:32:06 +0000 #comment-87 z1on0101: Just fire up IE and visit this website :) It's a red banner on top of the website shown only to IE users. z1on0101: Just fire up IE and visit this website :) It’s a red banner on top of the website shown only to IE users.

]]> By: z1on0101 http://rakaz.nl/2004/10/wallpaper-statistics-updated.html/comment-page-1#comment-86 z1on0101 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:51:33 +0000 #comment-86 How did you send a special message to IE users only? How did you send a special message to IE users only?

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