Abbreviating colour instructions...

[dorayme]

In HTML 4.01 Strict and in CSS, is there any reason not to abbreviate
the construction #xxyyzz to #xyz? For example #ffffff to #fff

Basically, is browser support perfect for this?

dorayme

 

[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, dorayme quothed:

In HTML 4.01 Strict and in CSS, is there any reason not to abbreviate
the construction #xxyyzz to #xyz? For example #ffffff to #fff

Basically, is browser support perfect for this?

Talk about lazy...

 

[mbstevens]

With neither quill nor qualm, dorayme quothed:




Talk about lazy...

Lazy is good.
Keeps the code looking cleaner. I almost always abbreviate.
You still have a huge choice of color, and it allows making
reasonable adjustments easier when you're trying to find
colors that work together on a page. I think any finer
granulation would only be necessary if you were doing photo
touchup or the like.

In answer to doreme's question, I know browser support isn't
perfect. I have a hell of a time seeing abbreviated colors
in Lynx and Links, but it seems to work fine in Konqueror,
Epiphany, Galeon, Firefox, Mozilla, IE, and Opera.

 

[dorayme]

I know browser support isn't
perfect. I have a hell of a time seeing abbreviated colors
in Lynx and Links, but it seems to work fine in Konqueror,
Epiphany, Galeon, Firefox, Mozilla, IE, and Opera.

OK, and it works fine in my Mac browsers... So now I have to wonder about
this Lynx and Links? I know nothing about them, I expect I should find out
if many folk use such? Any particular types of communities more prone to use
these? (Like you, I like the abbr, to make the css look neater. It is also
easier to change.

dorayme

 

[mbstevens]

OK, and it works fine in my Mac browsers... So now I have to wonder about
this Lynx and Links? I know nothing about them, I expect I should find out
if many folk use such? Any particular types of communities more prone to use
these? (Like you, I like the abbr, to make the css look neater. It is also
easier to change.

Those are Linux/Unix text-console browsers -- it was a bit of a joke,
hence the smiley just after I made the crack. They are actually quite
useful if one is searching for information on the net. But, believe me,
no one who browses into one of your sites with one of them is going to
be the least worried about what colors you've set!

 

[Leonard Blaisdell]

From: mbstevens <[email protected]>
I know browser support isn't
perfect. I have a hell of a time seeing abbreviated colors
in Lynx and Links, but it seems to work fine in Konqueror,
Epiphany, Galeon, Firefox, Mozilla, IE, and Opera.

[/QUOTE]

OK, and it works fine in my Mac browsers... So now I have to wonder about
this Lynx and Links? I know nothing about them, I expect I should find out
if many folk use such? Any particular types of communities more prone to use
these? (Like you, I like the abbr, to make the css look neater. It is also
easier to change.

Did you see the winkey? Both Lynx and Links are text browsers. If you
want to admire the experience, the only way you can do it for Mac OS9 is
to download MacLynx. It's outdated, but it does a fine job of showing
you what your website probably looks like to search engines. It's also
lightning compared to a graphical browser in case you want quick results
instead of fluff and slow results. It takes some getting used to. It
isn't your traditional Mac app. Follow the directions at the bottom
after starting the app.

leo

 

[Toby Inkster]

Those are Linux/Unix text-console browsers -- it was a bit of a joke,
hence the smiley just after I made the crack.

No -- they are both cross-platform text-mode browers. Cross-platform to a
degree that makes most of the Mozilla developers wet themselves just
thinking about.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

dorayme wrote:

Those are Linux/Unix text-console browsers -- it was a bit of a joke,
hence the smiley just after I made the crack. They are actually quite
useful if one is searching for information on the net. But, believe
me, no one who browses into one of your sites with one of them is
going to be the least worried about what colors you've set!

<q>

A release of Lynx and pointers to Lynx for DOS386+ and Win32 are
available from several locations:

* http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/
* http://www.pervalidus.net/cygwin/lynx/
* http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm
* http://www.jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/

</q>

http://lynx.isc.org/release/

<q>

Links. The WWW Text Browser

for Unix -- OS/2 -- BeOS -- MacOSX -- Win32 (Beta)

</q>

http://links.sourceforge.net/

 

[dorayme]

Those are Linux/Unix text-console browsers -- it was a bit of a joke, hence
the smiley just after I made the crack. They are actually quite useful if one
is searching for information on the net. But, believe me, no one who browses
into one of your sites with one of them is going to be the least worried about
what colors you've set!

I see. Now I see. Duh! Can we just go back and forget this happened and have
it so I saw immediately the point and the joke? There may even be a world in
which this latter happens. I want that you should concentrate on it rather
than what actually happened.

dorayme

 

[dorayme]

Both Lynx and Links are text browsers. If you
want to admire the experience, the only way you can do it for Mac OS9 is
to download MacLynx. It's outdated, but it does a fine job of showing
you what your website probably looks like to search engines. It's also
lightning compared to a graphical browser in case you want quick results
instead of fluff and slow results. It takes some getting used to. It
isn't your traditional Mac app. Follow the directions at the bottom
after starting the app.

Thanks Leo, I am downloading as we speak, I want to see this in action...
Actually it may be greatly to my taste...

dorayme

 

[mbstevens]

Thanks Leo, I am downloading as we speak, I want to see this in action...
Actually it may be greatly to my taste...

They're really great. I like Links the best -- has some mouse support
which makes navigating a little quicker, and drop down menus. If
there's an image I actually want to look at, I have them associated with
the Linux 'display' program, which displays it when I click it with the
mouse. So you have the speed of a text browser with the ability to see
the images you really want to see. There's even a little javascript
support.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

They're really great. I like Links the best -- has some mouse support
which makes navigating a little quicker, and drop down menus. If
there's an image I actually want to look at, I have them associated with
the Linux 'display' program, which displays it when I click it with the
mouse. So you have the speed of a text browser with the ability to see
the images you really want to see. There's even a little javascript
support.

There's also a graphical version of Links.