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*puhleezz* do yourselves the glorious big sloppy favor and BUY A MAC.
Absolutely the kewlest stuff since sliced bread. I know you Billy Box guys are sold on Linux, Windows, etc .... but Apple has got their stuff rightous with OSX.
And that ain't all .... just wait till Tiger comes out .... <devilish grin>
I would be willing to bet a months paycheck your giggle factor will increase ten-fold.
:>))
Thanks for the kind words. It burns my ass for this guy to disappear, nor have the decency to even reply to my email. What is worse, I paid this guy good money - exactly three days before he vanished.
Over and above the money, time, energy expended - now I'm faced with starting all over again. <:(
On Mac OS9, or OSX you can install and run as many browsers as you wish.
Hey guys, I could use some help here...
<signed desperate Raybo> :>)
Raybo: off topic but I would be gateful for your help. Could you tell me what the current situation is regarding IE5+ Mac. Is it now to be regarded as virtually dead as overall usage statistics suggest or are Mac orientated sites still getting a significant number of visitors using it.
Sure Paul,
I would say there are still a lot of folks who might not of migrated to OSX yet, for whatever reason. It could be the machine they are using doesn't support OSX, or they just don't feel comfortable with OSX yet.
Also, there are Application issues too. For example, I have three machines, two running OSX, and one using McOS9, which is my production machine - I still use 9, simply because there are applications that I depend on, that I use almost every day. Those apps have not been ported yet. Also, you can run OSX in what is called 'Classic' mode, which allows you to run apps that won't run in the cocoa environment, however I tend to keep OSX clean, and elect not to install 9 on my OSX machines - pure OSX. :>)
So, to answer your question, yes, those that are using MacOS 9 will most likely use Internet Explorer as their browser - I do myself. In those cases where users are running OSX, they will most likely use Safari web browser, as well as other browsers [aka FireFox, Netscape, Mozilla, etc]
Essentially, most of the usage statistics you read are going to be skewed in some way, so I wouldn't give them too much consideration. IE is going to be around for some time to come, so you definitely need to code for it.
Being a developer myself, I keep no less than three browsers installed, and 4 on my OSX machine to check cross browser compatibility.
Hope this helps you -
HI folks ...
This all started about a month ago when I found, what I thought to be a kind person to help us Mod our PunBB board. What started out as greatness ended in disaster when the guy we hired simply 'disappeared' - leaving me holding the bag. We were *that* close to finishng the project.
Anyway, I'm looking for someone who would like to make some extra bucks. We aren't 'made' of money, but will be more than willing to pay for this persons time in helping us convert our board, and Mod it. All the mods that we wish to use are located either here, or on punrez.org. I would prefer that this qualified person quote this job.
It is imperative that you be able to preview on both PC and OSX. If you're a Mac genius, that is all the better, as we are a Mac centric website.
I would prefer that we be able to preview your work on your server first. Once we get everything set up, then we can migrate to our server.
Only those who are really interested need apply, as we are now faced with fast-tracking the job since we are so behind now.
Please contact me off-forum for the other details
Looking forward to some replies -
Thanks in Advance!
I can only hope so :>)
Ardoi was a regular here, who was helping us work on our Forum. He was very good and replied regularly. As of a week and half ago, had has not replied to any of my email, and had not seen him post here, which he tended to do. I was wondering if anyone knew of him.
Anyone seen hide or hare of Ardoi lately? He's seemed to have vanished.
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The folks at pMachine also have a step up from it's origins, with a new FULL CMS called Expression Engine. You can data-model the entire backend.
Check'm out - both are par excellant.
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How about a MIRV ? :>)
Hi guys,
I have posted this issue elsewhere, and even pitched it on several reverse auctions. Unfortunately, I've had trouble with getting it done the right way, so I thought I'd post here just to see offhand if there are any OSX guys who wish to take this on.
I need a good CSS person to fix three items on my style sheet, so if you're that guy/gal, please let me know asap, as it't time sensitive. So far I have received bids around $30-50 - which I find reasonable to pay for a style sheet fix and addition.
This will be my first foray in doing an all tableless design. While the style to draw the page is all tableless, naturally, I have had to use html tables where necessary [ie: pulls from sql, etc].
1) Things look fine on almost every browser except IE 6.0 on PC.
For some reason, the second I put a div tag in my page, the CSS breaks, and forces the content side of the page to render below the page fold. - This occurs right after our righthand navigation, so I am certain it's an issue with my style sheet.
2) I'm using a CSS drop-down menu in our header. This renders correctly on all browsers, except under FireFox, the menu 'flickers' [for the lack of a better term]. When it drops down, the menu jumps around and the page is showing through the menu itself.
At first, I thought it would be setting it to transparent [or something weird as that], but that is not the case here.
I am considering a new scheme here, so the menu is subject to change.
3) ... and finally, I am having trouble validating. My header and footer is flushed to 100% of the browser space, but my content and nav needs to stand off a few pixels. The only way I have been able to accomplish this is to use a marginset in the body tag, which obviously negates my validation. [xhtml transitional].
I have done everything I can do till I'm blue in the face, and it's time to bring out the armor. I just need someone's help who knows this stuff. :>)
I have posted these issues on several good forums, but nothing has come out of it. I have tried all responses' suggestions, tips, etc., but wind up with exactly the same problem(s) above, especially where IE 6 is concerned.
I'm at a point where I'm hammered doing other work, so what I would like to do is pay someone to fix these sore-spots for me, and explain what they had to do to correct.
Rather than reply to this forum, please send me an email if you're interested.
Thanks!
Just delete your cookies having to do with punbb, and you should be fine. I intuited this was the trouble I was having, and deleted my cookies - but when I was still unable to login, I posted this thread. It was only later I discovered that I had not deleted all of them - only some [perhaps another board elsewhere] - but after doing so, I was able to log in fine. In summation, just be sure you delete all the cookies that point to the url of where your punbb is installed. :>)
Man, The duke, I'm jealous. :>)
I've only recently started playing with more php development, so unfortunately my "real" programming skills will have to go park somewhere.
My background has been in the desktop/prepress industry [20 or so years]. I've written a couple of articles specifically to the differences between Mac and PC in the prepress arena, altho they would be terribly dated, if not answer your question directly.
I have heard that a lot of folks switched - but I have not seen any hard data either - I would be interested in that as well. As much web development as we have hired out, I always like to pose the question, and almost all of my friends who previously were using Linux [of some kind/flavor] intend on making a Mac purchase soon. That is only a pitance, but in my small camp, that really means something.
oh .... did I say I like Macs? <g>
I prefer an operating system that comes with nothing but the operating system.
Your're a man after my own heart, minimalist/conservatist to the very end. :>)
I guess what I should of re-emphasized is the fact the developer tools on OSX are free [we'll, not *totally* free, but you know what I mean]. You don't have to spend any more money to start developing right away. Once you purchase a PC, not only do ou have to purchase the IDE's, you have to be at Microsofts beck&call. That costs, in some cases a lot more than the expediture of your machine. That's sad! To be fair tho, it's that way with pretty much anything you do, and is the same way on either platform. [Have you ever bought Adobe's suit of products lately?]
Turn that around for the moment. Look at the number of developers that were sought after, during the '2000', or millenium crisis. There were guys who could develop, then there were guys who *really* developed - just no one was using their methods or language anymore because it was considered outdated, if not obsolete. None of the younger guys knew that stuff, so companies spent a lot of money hiring in older people from the market. It was pretty strange.
And, yes, there is no denying there are more PC's in this world than Macs. I won't argue that point. My thrust was where the market sectors are in particular, so in that context I still maintain the Mac is the better of the two.
Well, I told you my viewpoint would be a little biased ...... :>) LOL
I'm just happy to see kimmiewon wanting to get into programming/development to begin with, I think that is very cool. Hey, kimmiewon! - Did I ever tell ya about that .....
:>)
what's his name?
- OH!! .... U s e r n a me :>)
doh!!
Jeez, Rickard, I wouldn't give that guy a second thought. At the same time however, it's nice that you brought it up - when you shoulder your feelings like that, IMHO is just shows that you really care about punBB and it's userbase.
Kudo's dood.
I am just starting my degree in computer science and am having a hard time deciding to buy a new pc or mac. There are very strong opinions either way. The school supports pc's but, I don't want to limit my possibilities with just using one OS. Any information you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
Ok, I couldn't help but pipe in here.
As the main administrator for macscripter.net, you should know that I will probably have a biased viewpoint. :>)
To make things clear, what a lot of the statistics don't tell you is, exactly where that 2-5% really is.
The Macintosh userbase is predomiently in the Graphics/Prepress market, where the Mac holds a solid 99% market share. While there will certainly be Billy Boxes in those environments, much of the time it is purely to open up and convert MicroSoft Punisher .... er, uh ... 'Publisher' files - and even then only to convert them so they print correctly on ImageSetters.
That was around 18 years ago, and that still holds true today. With one huge exception, and that is the advent of OSX. With OSX, you get so much built right in. php/mysql/perl/mach kernal and all is right there when you purchase your machine. I might also add that there are a *lot* of linux people migrating to OSX, because it offers so much for them out of the box.
As per programming and development, you might be surprised to know that Xcode is entirely free [the developers tools cd ships with each new mac or is included in the software upgrade purchase], so this suite of development tools is what everyone has been pining for. If you wish to develop for both Mac and PC [as well as linux] you can also purchase Real Basic, which has wonderful compilers for those platforms. With the next release of OSX Tiger, this development environment will only get better with Xcode 2.0 and Automator.
Since I'm a fanatic about Applescript in general, just know that applescript in general be be used as a 'glue' to allow you to do all kinds of things, that are just not available on the PC.
While it might not be as important to some, OSX does have a very clean GUI, and it's quite intuitive. There is so much more about OSX that is beyond the scope of this thread. But I can safely tell you that you will have a *lot* more fun developing for the Mac than PC bar none.
I am sure there will be others here who will take issue with my statement, but after working on both platforms for some time myself, I know I wouldn't give it a second thought in purchasing a Mac over a PC any day. :>)
If you think about it for a moment, one of the reasons why the PC market is such as it is has more to do with saturation of the market place than anything else. PC manufacturers don't own the Operating System, Microsoft does. That is the primary reason why PC's are so cheap, as there are many companies that make machines with Intel on the Inside. Please don't make the assumption the the PC is better just because there are so many of them around running Windows.
Here is another example. In a given setting, think of those secretaries who use MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all day long ... it doesn't take long to realize that is where the largest base of PC's are in use is in the Office place. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and I don't blame business owners for making that business decision - it all that person is going to do is run MS Word all day long. On the other hand, please consider the facts and basis for market share, as it's the sector of that market share that really matters most.
My 2 cents. :>)
Hi all ...
We are updating our website, so as a matter of expediting things, we are interested in having someone help us modify our PunBB forum [uses Pen's OSX theme].
I have it installed on our test server now, but there are some things I would like to change about it, plus add some other PunBB Mods that we will need.
If anyone is interested and like to make a few extra bucks, let me know. Please reply with an amount in US$ you feel you would need to charge me. I would prefer paying through Paypal, however will consider an alternative means of payment, and will have to know that in advance.
I would do this myself, but I'm already hammered with other things that I must get done. Your doing the template and adding the Mods will be welcomed and help me get things rolling. :>)
It is my hope someone would like to do this. We are under a pretty tight deadline to go-live, so your expedience and prompt reply will be much appreciated.
For more information and a development spec, please contact me off forum.
TIA
k, thanks
and yes, I did delete all my cookies on IE :>)
ok, I give up - where is the FAQ?
I was able to login using Mozilla - but will not allow me a login using IE 5.1 for mac
I've just installed 1.15, and everything went smooth. However, after install - the system will not allow me to login.
Has anyone had issues with this?
TIA
sorry Rickard, <sheepish grin>
I need to go to sleep. :>)
I was using a script to post some stuff on our board - and indeed it uses bbcode, NOT html -- which I had originally thought. That triggered my question. Never mind! :>)
Ice cream
U scream, iScream, we all scream for ice cream :>)
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