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- jamble
Design note:
When building your nice websites, please, please, please do not forget under any circumstances to set a background colour for the body of your site in your css.
I'm by no means picking on anyone or anything but as someone who has their windows background set to grey instead of white, if you don't set the body bg colour, your site shows up in whatever colour my (or anyone else using non-white windows schemes) computer is using and therefore looks a bit toss.
An example of this would be the otherwise lovely looking Patagonia site:
Just thought I'd mention it :)
- kelpie0
you weirdo, set it to white you freak!
- TheBlueOne0
Who the hell has it set to grey? Morons get what they deserve...
;)
- jamble0
You never know, I have it set to grey because it's easier on my eyes.
There's certainly people who use some of the more horrific windows themes which have even more horrific colour choices so imagine how your site might look to them.
Either way, it's one line of css and it's up to you if you "fix" it or not ;)
- Complexfruit0
*quickly checks CSS to see if background color is set
- kelpie0
I want that jacket
- jamble0
I wish I was as cool as that dude. Sadly, I'm as grey and MOR as John Major. I just tell you lot I'm cooler than I am because you're on the internet.
- Elfangio0
Get a mac, problem solve!
- jamble0
Get a mac, problem solve!
Elfangio
(Nov 17 06, 02:36)I have a mac, it merely hides the problem.
- paraselene0
in this case, isn't hiding just as good as solving?
- UndoUndo0
kinda pointless if you set the background to grey to reduce the strain on your eyes then ask the designer to set it to white again?
- jamble0
kinda pointless if you set the background to grey to reduce the strain on your eyes then ask the designer to set it to white again?
UndoUndo
(Nov 17 06, 03:13)I don't sit and stare at peoples sites all day though.
Anyway, I figured it was a useful reminder to anyone who designs. If you use a mac.
By all means, anyone who doesn't want to do anything feel free not to. Those who do, feel free to do whatever you want.
- 23kon0
kinda pointless if you set the background to grey to reduce the strain on your eyes then ask the designer to set it to white again?
UndoUndo
(Nov 17 06, 03:13)
-----good point :)
- 23kon0
jamble, we are all just taking the piss. it definitely is a good point as a lot of people may not take this into accoutn when building a site. but at the same time, not a lot of people use other windows settings
- jamble0
I know you're all a bunch of gits and that the love is there really, today I will mostly be having a very short fuse.
- kelpie0
hey Kon, this is nothing, the fucker EMAILED me about it, grumpy grey screened shite...
- jamble0
you're lucky Kelpie, I was going to phone the rozzers about you.