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# Cool!!
But it looks like the mirror is haunted... It's reflection jumps further :) </needless_pickiness> :)
(I helped save b3ta! bloid ....dloibbloiddloibbloid...., Thu 6 Jun 2002, 14:57, archived)
# yeah
I could fix it in flash. However it was from the time when I was trying to make stuff only using HTML.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 14:58, archived)
# Ahhhh...
The puritan days of yore? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! bloid ....dloibbloiddloibbloid...., Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:00, archived)
# yep
I stopped being puritan when I realised only designers/techies gave a shit about how you made something. 99% of people just want to see something that they like.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:01, archived)
# oooh, can you convince tomsk of that?
he's a bit html hardcore at the moment and it's really annoying - he spends forever pootling away on the computer in the evenings and he gets terribly frustrated at trying to make things work and look exactly the same in all browsers ever invented...
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:13, archived)
# I'm a puritan too
and as a puritan, can I say:

BAAAH HUMBUG!
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:16, archived)
# it's down to the priority of goals
ask yourself, "Is the challenge to make something that works on every browser, or do I wish to engage people?" They are not mutually exclusive, but picking technology over engagement will limit the appeal of your work.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:20, archived)
# I've also learnt that making
interactive games in server-side DHTML is not worth it because its too slow...

Never mind, I'm still proud of Web Minesweeper :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:21, archived)
# It's lovely...
... but you picked technology. No one actaully wants a web based minesweeper ... If you could pour the same effort into something people want ...
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:24, archived)
# Ahhh
but by cleverly doing something that nobody actually wants, I've saved myself the hassle of people using up all my bandwidth.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:29, archived)
# that is a very good point ...
I salute you.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:30, archived)
# *sigh*
I fear I will not tempt him away from the computer with that argument.
Ah well, I'd better stick with the delicious cookery and personal gorgeousness...
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:23, archived)
# a much stronger argument
all round.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:25, archived)
# *blushes*
*silently congratulates self on having successfully compliment-fished*
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 6 Jun 2002, 15:36, archived)