ENIGMA site v3 draft4, and why IE sucks

Posted by a2h on Jan. 19, 2008, 12:51 a.m.

So, I listened to the comments made on the previous drafts, and I've fixed these:

- The header isn't subtle (referring to the tabs) - posted by

- The page should stretch the whole height, it looks ugly when there's little content - posted by

- Hue of header/site doesn't match logo - I noticed myself

- Logo too blurry - posted by many people, redone by a friend of mine

- Padding too small.. increased to 4px - posted by many people

And there we have our changes. Also, I've removed the small XHTML/CSS etc buttons at the bottom, since I think text looks better when the design doesn't have footerbg.png… so yeah. I've made some good changes, and also the logo has a nice drop shadow too. Enjoy, and if you have any extra comments/problems etc don't hold back from posting! Anyways, you're prolly asking for the link right now so here it is, in all its glory. But wait! There's a comparison there! And that explains the second part of the blog title.

Because of the request to have the page stretch the entire height, I had to change the header image so that it was no longer transparent, but instead had a layer under it that had the background colour of the page. Unfortunately, IE7 didn't want to render the hue of the image properly, and there is the reason why IE sucks. And there's heaps of other reasons that everyone who uses a decent browser should know.

Blawg end!

Comments

edmunn 16 years, 11 months ago

A2H, the site i design for enigma>yours.

Face it.

edmunn 16 years, 11 months ago

This is war A2H. =P

http://64digits.com/users/edmunn/enigma_screenshot_with_slices.png

It's still in development, i need to know the enigma font. <_<

And of course, the blue slice lines won't be included on the website. =P

OL 16 years, 11 months ago

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Moar padding plz! It's not a sin to use it a lot.

Exactly, I don't know how many times I've told people. MORE PADDING!

eagly 16 years, 11 months ago

The reason its showing up darker is because IE has problems rendering PNGs. Change that background bit to a GIF and your problem is solved.

s 16 years, 11 months ago

PNG>GIF

Still, edmunn has a more consistent design I'd think, the blunt white in A2C's is a bit too blunt, imo

RetroX 16 years, 11 months ago

@Dr.T: I heard that.

eagly 16 years, 11 months ago

Serprex: Yes, PNGs are good, but if they're going to cause problems, its best to go with GIFs, unless you save the image with Paint.

firestormx 16 years, 11 months ago

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/pngopacity/ <– IE can render PNG transparency; you just gotta force the png into an activex object…ish.

ZtheGreatest 16 years, 11 months ago

wowwee… dont get me involved…

ZtheGreatest 16 years, 11 months ago

looks like a badass game