View Full Version : Anything you would like to see changed or added to our website?
Cat88Extreme
03-19-2003, 06:47 PM
The title says it all. I've been working a decent amt on the website lately and figure if you guys have anything you would like changed or added I should ask now.
OSUStallion
03-19-2003, 07:14 PM
MORE FREE BEER!! WOOOOO
honestly that thing that scrolls in the middle of the screen is way to fast. Even when I am sober.
Cat88Extreme
03-19-2003, 07:16 PM
What browser do you use Tony? If you use Netscape that could be the problem. I've been looking for a fix for netscape so it scrolls slowly for both browsers.
I use msn as my browser and its still really fast its even fast in IE!
LinkMan
03-20-2003, 12:11 PM
Yea, even in IE 5.5 sp2 on Win2K on an old slow PII400, it scrolls Fast.
(Haven't tried Mozilla yet, but once I get it installed I can let you know about that one too.)
And thanks for actually asking the *users* of your site! :)
Cat88Extreme
03-20-2003, 01:26 PM
Yea, I'm having problems with the cross browser compatability (ie: different versions of a specific browser and the differences between using IE or Netscape as your browser). Unfortunately not all browsers read code the same way. If you have IE 6+ browser then the text should be slow enough to read easily. I am currently looking for a cross browser compatable code for the scrolling text. I really like this idea because I can fit a lot of information in a small area of our website, so I'm going to do my best to get it working for everyone.
My biggest problem is the coding I've found that will work makes for much harder updating of information and limited content within the scrolling (no images/etc).
Keep the suggestions coming.
Cat88Extreme
03-20-2003, 01:59 PM
Question?
Would you just prefer to scroll the text on your own using the scroll bar to the right of the box the text is within. That I can do easily by just eliminating the scrolling effect code.
LinkMan
03-20-2003, 06:22 PM
Yes, I would!
If you just make the first text line something like "Ohio News -- Updated 20 March 2003", and let us scroll ourselves, that'd be a great compromise. 'Cause w/out the compatible scrolling code, it's hard to read it that fast... and I'm not going to IE6 unless I absolutely have too, though installing VisualStudio.NET may force the issue for me :-/
Cat88Extreme
03-20-2003, 07:19 PM
Ok, that change has been made. I will leave it that way until I find viable coding for cross browser compatibility.
Any more suggestions????
I think I speak for Kris as well when I say:
Dont care, Dont care, Dont care...
Yup- that's right, Ive had enough of you computer tech geeks complaining about MS Dos and IE8.whatever and Lotus 1, 2, 54, corel draw 15.8, bob vila's home design ver. 48.1 , Pentium VIII 56 gHz printers and of course...your lil floppy discs. You can firebomb the site for all I care cuz my computer and my car are having contests to see which one can F-up the most in any given week (its close but the computer is winning so far) and I'm lucky to even get the pages to load. Looks fine to me- though I prefered the simpler versions. IMO too many links, scrolling stuff, and...um, I dunno. I think it's my time of the month so dont mind me:ugh:
Bexcat
03-20-2003, 11:49 PM
Did my eyes see correctly???? You're going to install .NET Mark???? Yay! :evil: Got plenty of reference books I could lend you ;) (actually, no you can't use them! They are my programming bibles, along with the forums).
... Slade...stop your whining :goofy:
Jason,
A few tips: Make the graphics smaller (screen size and image size), if you are using Photoshop 6 or higher, when saving do a Save for Web... will optimize the graphics way better then just plain old saving. For pages that are not picture pages you should try to limit the total size of pics on the page to 15k for those slow modem people. Another idea to get more pics on a page and not loose out to slow download speed is to make the pics smaller and have a link to get a larger view (www.physicalsteel.com (http://www.physicalsteel.com )has examples of this if I'm not clear).
Also watch your color contrast. The dark blue font used in some places is very hard to read and any people with bad eye sight or any sort of color blindness may have issues. In general when using a dark background you want to make sure to use extremely bright font colors, or bold a lot or use large font sizes. It is much harder for the eyes to decipher dark backgound, light text than it is for the light background/dark text, so you loose some flexiblity with color choices in this format.
Go to www.webmonkey.com (http://www.webmonkey.com)- they have a lot of information for cross browser compatablity - sizing, dhtml, etc. Article I always keep handy is: Sizing up the browsers (http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a.html?tw=design) (watch page width - I had to scroll right on a few pages on 800x600 resolution!).
Becky
TeamNFC
03-22-2003, 05:13 AM
Mother of God does no one remember this is a Car Club anymore? Never have I been more confused in all my life. I am glad I keep to the basics with computers. Games, Chat, and porn. God bless America!
Anyway yes I know what time it is.
F Baghdad!
Kris
LinkMan
03-22-2003, 02:31 PM
Becky said w/ an evil grin:
You're going to install .NET Mark???? Yay!
Heh, already got the .NET framework installed (a 20 Meg install, AND a 6 Meg bug fix!! sheesh...), needed that to play w/ a .NET version of a LiveJournal client.
I am toying w/ the idea of installing VS.NET, already got VS6 Enterprise, but sorta kinda want to see the new interface (my VS.NET is a Professional version w/ a time limit) but I don't want to have to install all the crap (like IE6, booooo!) that VS.NET claims it needs first.
Now of course, my IDE of choice is JBuilder 7 Enterprise, got that too, and I've got Sun's J2SE 1.4.1 and J2EE 1.4beta installed already... along w/ the application server. Just wish I could afford the upgrade to JB 8...
If I had the cash I'd personally go with either an RB38TT or a 2JZ with a single T upgrade and Naaaawz. Then I'd route the Electrical supply to the rear and hook up a set of JLs but keep that on the DL. Oh, and all this would be version 2.0 betta and include a horizontal female end connector for my male member. Thank you.
(insert emoticon of a head exploding)