Re: Start -> Shut Down -> Log Out

2006-07-13 Thread Foofy
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:51:21 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: I'm not talking about "multi-column layout", I'm talking about general grid layout. You should be able to define a complex page layout, at the top level, completely in CSS, just as easily as you can define a complex table. Including ro

Re: Start -> Shut Down -> Log Out

2006-07-12 Thread Foofy
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:50:34 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: tables for layout in inappropriate ways, and CSS doesn't seem to have a way to specify grid layout in the CSS file... But that's what you missed. You can specify table layout for any elements, but since IE doesn't support these p

Re: Start -> Shut Down -> Log Out

2006-07-12 Thread Foofy
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:50:34 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: > (insert hate about CSS taking the whole "no tables" things too seriously > and refusing to have grid layout as an option, just to turn it up to 11) Actually it does, it's just not supported in IE so nobody bothers with it. Tha

Re: Start -> Shut Down -> Log Out

2006-07-12 Thread Foofy
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:54:04 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: (insert hate about CSS taking the whole "no tables" things too seriously and refusing to have grid layout as an option, just to turn it up to 11) Actually it does, it's just not supported in IE so nobody bothers with it. That or p

Re: Windows XP

2006-07-06 Thread Foofy
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:04:08 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: It's not like you don't want it to come up NEXT time when it's not you but an email worm that's kicked off the install. Well, if it comes up two dozen times it's because you're installing two dozen different drivers. There's no r

Re: Windows XP

2006-07-06 Thread Foofy
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:55:10 -0400, Earle Martin wrote: ...and repeat TWO DOZEN FUCKING TIMES. Because Microsoft is TOO FUCKING RETARDED TO PROVIDE A "DON'T ASK ME AGAIN" button. System Properties->Hardware tab->Driver Signing-> "Ignore - Install the software anyway and don't ask for my app

Re: the Criminally Ungood Printing System

2006-07-03 Thread Foofy
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:48:50 -0400, H.Merijn Brand wrote: A4), just so see that awful message on the display that the paper size mismatches, just because every fucking printerdriver upograde *resets* to that never-used format of Letter, or any not-named software upgrade To be fair, Letter i

Re: oops i just quit

2006-06-25 Thread Foofy
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:42:09 -0400, Foofy wrote: It seems native on Windows at least, which is why it looks like whatever Windows theme I'm using. The two screenshots are using the same setting in Opera but a different theme in Windows. That said, I hope anyone involved wit

Re: oops i just quit

2006-06-25 Thread Foofy
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:35:16 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: A Windows theme isn't a native UI. A native UI actually calls the native toolkits, hooks into native extension and input control mechanisms, just like a non-skinned app. It seems native on Windows at least, which is why it looks l

Re: oops i just quit

2006-06-24 Thread Foofy
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:26:11 -0400, Peter da Silva wrote: Skins? Skins? There's no "native UI" option? There is, but it's a bit ugly, depending on platform. Screenshots: http://foofy.aspyre.net/temp/opera_native_themes.png

Re: tabs in source code

2006-06-20 Thread Foofy
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:56:13 -0400, David Cantrell wrote: A, the language that has twice the brackets of Lisp with half the functionality. Lovely. It's kind of sad because XSLT does have its uses and is more straightforward in _some_ cases. Too bad it's a whore to type. That said,

Re: tabs in source code

2006-06-20 Thread Foofy
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:58:39 -0400, Jeremy Stephens wrote: I hate tabs in source code. If you must use them, expand them into spaces please if you think anyone will ever want to read it. I hate spaces as tabs. There's a reason they're called spaces and not "one-eigth a tab." That said,

Re: tabs in source code

2006-06-20 Thread Foofy
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:13:11 -0400, Sean Conner wrote: XSLT anyone? [1] There are quite a few lines I wrote in XSLT that exceed 200 characters (even if flush left, they would *still* be in excess of 200 characters). I just put each attribute on its own line. Easier to read and edit.

Re: Windows for teletubbies

2006-06-16 Thread Foofy
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:16:13 -0400, John Handelaar wrote: Me, I hate top-posting. I hate un-snipped replies. :P