Re: [REQ] Z-art-further req

Erik K. Veland wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> > ekv...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > > Veronica Karlsson wrote:

[about: http://www.wigwam.org/Ascii/ ]

> > > > Yes, something has gone very wrong with your page!  :(
> > >
> > > It's designed to work with resolutions down to 640x480,
> >
> > So is my page. It works well in both 640x480 and 1280x1024, and
> > hopefully it works acceptably in anything between and beyond those
> > values.
[...]
> > > And I didn't think that it looked that bad on the screenshots
> > > you provided (except that the fonts on the random ascii art script didn't
> > > work on your system.)
> >
> > You used a proportional font for ascii art. Read the FAQ to figure out
> > why that doesn't work:
> 
> I know that....five years in the ascii art business I should know by
> know :P

Well, looking at your page I thought you were just yet another newbie...

> fact is, I didn't!

Fact is, you did!

> To make the script work, I couldn't use the PRE tag. (technical
> limitations in Java Script...)
> I had to use a font tag instead.

Why?

> The font tag works the way that if you don't have the first font it
> suggests, it looks for the next one, if you don't have that it goes to
> the next one and so on.

I know that. I also know a few very good reasons NOT to use the <font>
tag at all! Like I said before, if there's a <font> tag in your html
then you know you've done something wrong.

> (I've also done HTML since 1993 and have my own
> webdesign business, so I know my stuff).

Obviously you do not.

> Obviously you don't have any of
> the fonts it suggests. (Preformatted fonts as Monaco, Courier and so
> on.)

Oh, I have a font called "Courier". I also have Netscape 4, which lets
me TURN OFF HTML DEFINED FONTS! (from what I've heard, this is a very
popular feature).

> Check the HTML and see for yourself...
> 

OK:

http://validator.w3.org/

gives a LONG list of syntax errors. Fix those first!

This also invalidates your claim above that you "know your stuff". A
handful of errors on a page is ok, even from a professional, but not a
HUGE list like that!

> > Your logo is 96 characters wide. My browser showed a width of 75
> > characters.
> 
> The logo is in <PRE> tag...it works fine, just fitting in PCs with
> 800x600 and macs with 640x480. I've tried it with 17 machines, all
> looking good.

The unit for measuring preformatted text is "characters" (also: "rows"
and "columns"). You can't measure preformatted text in "pixels", and
expect other people to get the same result. Your logo is "96 characters
wide" (or "96 columns wide"), not "640 pixels wide" (apparently it was
much more than that on my screen, with the font I have chosen).

I played a little with your page:

http://jota.sm.luth.se/~e93-vkn/pics/temp/erik.html


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