On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:02:42PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 12:52:49AM +0000, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > > Don't be a total idiot. You don't need to draw each block individually, > > Simon's initial graphic did have blocks drawn individually, or at least > > colors reused. > > Nice climb-down Matthew, I almost didn't notice you admitting that you > were wrong. Almost. I don't care at this point. > > > > rather you split the bar up into several components (4 in my proposal > > > IIRC), each representing the number of blocks in each of the 4 states I > > > outlined. > > More than four. > > 1. Not tried yet. > > 2. Trying. > > 3. Failed, retrying. > > 4. Got. > > 5. Failed repeatedly, given up on this one. > > As I have repeatedly stated, (3) is unnecessary, those blocks can just > be left as (2) (you are still "trying" them after-all). They could be. However to an advanced user the proportion of (3)s can be relevant information, especially if they get progressively darker as they are retried and become closer to death i.e. (5). > > > If you can't see what's wrong with using javascript to implement the UI, > > then it's not worth my time to try to explain it to you. > > Christ Matthew - what has got into you today?! You are being a complete > arrogant condescending asshole - and what makes it so funny is that you > keep losing your arguments! > > My suggestion was to take advantage of Javascript if it is available, > but to get-by without it if it isn't. If you can't tell me what is > wrong with this then you are obviously wrong and you know it, but you > are childishly trying to disguise that fact with arrogance and > condescension. It won't work. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/
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