This entire "list etiquette argument" could have been avoided if Jukka hadn't broken what is the most fundamental rule of lists... be civil...
He criticism was harsh and unwelcome and would do far more harm to the CSS cause than any somewhat confusing and perhaps inconclusive discussion concerning "white vs #fff". He could have easily asked if Tedd had any examples posted, and, if not, he could have civilly asked if he would. Is there also an appropriate rebuff for Jukka for starting the fight in the first place? (It's always the one who throws the second punch that gets punished, isn't it...) Rick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Robinson Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:20 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] [ADMIN] Re: white or #FFFFFF? Sigh. I went off to peel some mangoes and didn't get round to posting the message that follows this. And I return to find it all kicking off. All I have to add to my message is that people should not engage in arguments about list etiquette on the list. Since it's part of the list etiquette not to do so. http://www.css-discuss.org/policies.html Jukka's comment may have been somewhat harshly worded but what he said is correct. In fact I had just written to Tedd offlist saying much the same thing. I repeat my request to Tedd to post some sort of example because either: a) it really is a bug (and if so, we really should know about it) b) it's not a bug but rather an oversight on Tedd's part and without resolution future searchers of the list archives / internet will find these misleading suggestions that have been bandied about. Alex "Let the Mango" Robinson css-d moderator My original message (still scintiallating and worthy of repeated reading) follows: >> White won't work, but #FFFFFF will, why? > >Please stop wasting time with the issue, unless you can provide URLs >of sample pages that demonstrate the problem. If you think you have >really _isolated_ the problem, then it should be easy to set up the >demo pages. But I'm pretty sure it's just a misunderstanding. Jukka is absolutely spot on. If you can't post the actual page(s), make a copy of what you're working on, remove the bits you need to, and post that (preferably to a server rather than as text in your post). It may even help you track down what's going on. You know, the whole reduce to the simplest possible code that triggers the problem thing ;) http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/mys-bug.html (This goes for everyone, not just Tedd) If someone can provide an actual working example of #FFFFFF working but white not, can they please post it? And not spew uncorroborated and unreferenced info about mixing values on to the list... At 10:27 -0400 10/7/07, tedd wrote: >That sounds reasonable and the second read makes me think what I've >found is just one of a million other peculiarities re IE 6 that has >probably been found in some form or another before. So have you fixed the problem or are you still experiencing it? I can't tell from your post. If you are, please do post a reduced test case for us to see. Alex "#ffffffey on the moon" Robinson css-d moderator ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
