Steve Carroll wrote:
> On Jan 11, 1:01 am, Sandman <
m...@sandman.net> wrote:
>> In article
>> <
61368dc7-9a97-4805-82a9-94a2a575c...@u25g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
>> Steve Carroll <
fretwiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jan 10, 2:03 am, Sandman <
m...@sandman.net> wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> <
19e30c3a-9bf9-4c61-bf47-438cd5030...@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
>>>> Steve Carroll <
fretwiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> The site:
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>>>>>
http://courseweb.yc.edu/csa144/mglasser/index.html>>
>>>> That is one ugly website... :(
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>>> Well, I wasn't gonna go there... still won't because of the
>>> subjectivity. That said, I'm not gonna walk on eggs shells for Snit
>>> or anyone else using DW so I'll ask you your opinion of something
>>> that first crossed my mind on this:
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>>> Do you think it's possible that a person using DW, who doesn't code
>>> well manually, is more likely to encounter this kind of issue and
>>> not be able to fix it (or, in Snit's case, believe it isn't
>>> fixable)?
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>>> My two cents: I've seen this stuff on a number of occasions.
>>
>> If you mean the vertical scrollbar thing, then I think it's a moot
>> point. There are few sites where a horizontal shift is that important
>> to suppress.
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>> I've done it on a few sites and if it is needed, a few seconds of
>> googling will give you the solution (CSS overflow) and adding that to
>> the site is irrelevant to whether you're coding it yourself or using
>> a beginners tool such as DreamWeaver.
>
> I see your point... but I've seen more people using DW not even be
> aware that there are fixes for stuff like this when needed. In fact,
> the very thread we're posting to got created due to a DW user not
> being aware there even was a fix.
Snit keeps claiming he did know now that ZnU told him all about it and you
showed him the list of sites that use the solution.
I have nothing against DW the tool,
> I actually took a look at it and almost bought it. My main observation
> is the type of developer it seems to foster the creation of. I
> dunno... maybe I've just been exposed to an abnormally large amount of
> these kinds of developers.
DW is a beginners tool and it keep beginners ignorant. Do not use it.