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From: Al Sparber
Date: Jun 12, 2006 10:10AM

From: "Jared Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >


> Thank you all for your comments, especially the constructive ones.
> I'll do my best to reply to some of your comments.
>
>> It's mentioned that the main tabs employ background images and that
>> if
>> CSS is disabled, the plain text of the tabs is visible. But if
>> only images are disabled, then the tabs cannot be seen because of
>> the indent.
>
> I'm aware of this and will likely be changing it by (unfortunately)
> adding
> an extra, empty span within the navigation to contain the background
> images. We tried to avoid extraneous divs and spans where possible,
> especially within the template. This case probably necessitates
> something
> being done, though the number that browse full featured sites with
> graphics off and styles enabled is very small (though not small
> enough for
> us to neglect them).

Thank you. I'll be interested to see your deployment. It is a pleasing
design and overall improvement, in my opinion.

--
Al Sparber
PVII
http://www.projectseven.com

"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that
repairs are scheduled for next Tuesday".