Toast wrote:I still got a question about the design thou how far apart is standards between IE 7 and FF 2 - 3 and Opera since these are the browsers that matter fuck the older versions out there since we can put up a recommended browser list or something later on.
We dont need to support every browser out there but this part i let you guys to discuss what to support and dont support
Well they are about
this far apart. IE8 can render the site quite nicely without that fix file included but IE8 is no means any kind of salvation because the layout for the main page is basic, so if we were to do something fancy at some point even IE8 would goof it.
I seriously have not had a look at this site on any other browser besides Firefox 3 in ages. I have simply exhausted my desire for design these days I don't even bother to think how the site would look good because I know that even if I did the brainstorming part and concepts I'd never actually do the layout.
At some point in time I used to enjoy designing websites a lot, though, I always stuck with the same basics. As of right now and probably for days to come when I look at this site, or any other site for that matter, I rather think of the functionality of the site and how could that functionality be best enhanced than the sites visual design.
In other words you could say that I have found my place as a web developer rather than a designer or a hybrid of the two (which is what I used to be), because even though I know how to create website layouts it just isn't for me because when I do it I feel like I get nothing but frustration (towards certain browser mainly) out of it.
Also just so for the record the present style on ADCPortal main site is not "deployment ready" in my book. In other words it is not up to my own standards. Basically I dislike how it looks but I can't force myself to make a completely new one because it would never be finished as things are now.
One obvious example of why the present style is "incomplete" or broken is the way how the tabs with their sharp corners clash with the rounded corners of the main container the tabs emerge from. Which is why poy's suggestion about them was spot on.
Now it looks like I have written a book, once again swaying from one thing to next and next. But I suppose one thing I want to say here is that if you really want ADCPortal to look good separating the web design aspect from the rest of the developement might be something to consider at this point in time.
People may think that doing such a thing is impossible but it isn't and that has been proven. phpBB's MVC, and the whole phpBB framework (yes there is one), is first rate which is what the site uses as well.