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Kickaha
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2005-09-25, 13:13

http://www.signlettersource.com/

Head there with Safari.
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Brad
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2005-09-25, 13:19



Safari can’t find the server.
Safari can’t open the page “http://www.signlettersource.com/” because it can’t find the server “www.signlettersource.com”.
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atomicbartbeans
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2005-09-25, 13:33

I laughed, then cried.

Then flipped off the screen.
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Brad
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2005-09-25, 13:35

Oh, okay. Now the page loads.

It must have been so popular that it was overloaded when I first went to see it.
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Kickaha
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2005-09-25, 13:37

Basically it's a 'this site only designed for IE' but then goes on to state that it uses CSS2, DHTML, etc, and that Mac browsers simply can't handle the standards.

Riiiiiiiiiiight.
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2005-09-25, 13:39

I'd turn on the debug menu and mimic IE just to see what it looks like but that's too much trouble.

At least their hearts are in the right place... It's just that their heads aren't.

If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong.
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2005-09-25, 13:45

"The same letters used by the Pros'". I see. Well, I don't want the kind of letter of a "pro" who can't even figure grammar out.
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atomicbartbeans
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2005-09-25, 13:47

And for God's sakes, it's "Mac", not "MAC".
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Brad
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2005-09-25, 13:49



Quality.
Attached Images
File Type: png quality-site.png (64.1 KB, 200 views)
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Kickaha
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2005-09-25, 13:50

Yeah, after all that... ASSTASTIC!
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2005-09-25, 14:00

AN needs an "Awful Link of the Day".
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2005-09-25, 14:01

It's almost as if they managed to export letters from words 3d text
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2005-09-25, 14:02

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To enjoy the full potential of the Internet we have listed links below to the more powerful browsers:
Download Microsoft Internet Explorer

Download Netscape
I...er...
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Kickaha
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2005-09-25, 14:07

The worst part is, I was looking for *iron-on* lettering, and ran across that site. Why it came up, I'm not entirely sure.
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2005-09-25, 14:11

Oh my, brad, show a shot of the sexy drop down menus!

Pinnacle of internet design right there on that site.
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2005-09-25, 14:13

Decided to send in a bug report w/ Apple. Not that it's their fault by any means but maybe they can contact the site owner and fix such stupidity.
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2005-09-25, 14:16

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Oh my, brad, show a shot of the sexy drop down menus!

Pinnacle of internet design right there on that site.
Well, speaking of sexy, they come in pink!

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2005-09-25, 14:16

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It's almost as if they managed to export letters from words 3d text
I wouldn't be surprised.

Must... kill... hate... WordArt...
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2005-09-25, 14:20

My eyes are offended.
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2005-09-25, 14:24

I get the feeling it was done by a group of small-town guys who figure that, well, IE is 'teh b3st' since it has the biggest marketshare, therefore, it must be the most compatible with these standards thingies.

Scary how many people think that, in real life.
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2005-09-25, 14:27

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Originally Posted by Kickaha
I get the feeling it was done by a group of small-town guys who figure that, well, IE is 'teh b3st' since it has the biggest marketshare, therefore, it must be the most compatible with these standards thingies.

Scary how many people think that, in real life.
Yeah, but that wouldn't explain
- their references to "Netscape Gecko 7" (what? There's Gecko, there's Netscape 7, there's even Netscape Gecko™, but there's no such version as Gecko 7 )
- their reference to the W3C
- their mention of Safari and Konqueror.
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2005-09-25, 14:29

*Very* small-town.
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Bryson
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2005-09-25, 14:33

Well, I had to:

w3c Validator results

16 Errors. Not so bad, but flawless? Nope.
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2005-09-25, 14:44

here's how they dismiss the MAC

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MACINTOSH

The Browsers listed above function flawlessly on the Windows Platform while viewing all areas of this website including test demos.

We have recently implemented limited support for both Konqueror and Safari browsers. Some issues in display may still apply.

The Macintosh platform has its own quirky issues. Programming and design compromises were introduced to deal with the Mac operating system and some versions lack full support for some w3consortium standards in regards to HTML and other CSS objects. In some cases the browser reacts differently or fail altogether while exposing some properties to DHTML scripting.

Although this website will recover intelligently from any such issues, it's practically impossible to test for all permutations of the Mac platform/browser/version/scenario.

When problems occur we rely on viewers to send us a report as best as could be explained and we take it from there to find a possible remedy.
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2005-09-25, 14:50

You also better make sure you're using one of these two well-known operating systems:
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iMAC / MAC ppc
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2005-09-25, 15:43

Pah... they call themselves MAC [sic] savvy... yet show no respect for Cyberdog...
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BenP
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2005-09-25, 16:18

Brad, is that Iridium on Safari or did you change it yourself?
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2005-09-25, 17:04

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Brad, is that Iridium on Safari or did you change it yourself?
I want to say it's firefox because Safari doesn't show the tab bar unless you have other tabs open, except that it appears FF doesn't do that either. I'd say it's FF even though I can't figure out what would make it do that.

If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong.
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Wyatt
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2005-09-25, 17:21

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I want to say it's firefox because Safari doesn't show the tab bar unless you have other tabs open, except that it appears FF doesn't do that either. I'd say it's FF even though I can't figure out what would make it do that.
Firefox has an option to do that in the preferences window.
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2005-09-25, 17:25

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I want to say it's firefox because Safari doesn't show the tab bar unless you have other tabs open, except that it appears FF doesn't do that either. I'd say it's FF even though I can't figure out what would make it do that.
You can set Safari to do that in Preferences
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