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[.jeff]

aardvark,

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> From: aardvark
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> no... unless i saw it and forget it out of sheer
> horror...
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it's creepy how well the faces line up eh?

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> i thought you also said padding was an issue... and at
> low resolutions, it gets kinda wonky, too...
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oh boy is it an issue.  padding doesn't actually do what we want.  we need
to use margin.  i'll put it back on just so you can see what i'm talking
about.  check this out in nn4:

http://test.evolt.org/article/wuss/20/15177/

ummmm, pretty overlayed graphics, yummm.

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> ok, why are we using <small>?  it's no smaller for me
> than if you dumped it and *just* used the sidebar
> class...
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incorrect.  using <small>, at least with some of the stylesheets, is
definitely a couple of pixels smaller.

view the article above using granite.css.  i've left the "received" section
wrapped in <small>, but removed <small> from the "given" section.  see the
size difference?

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> also, inconsistencies in indenting make it hard to
> read...
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inconsistencies where?  the author block?  or the content flowed to the left
of the author block?

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> and do you think we're being a little <strong>-happy in
> there?  none of those need to be pronounced strongly, so
> would a CSS style be more appropriate?
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perhaps.  i'd just like to avoid styling these things as much as possible.
since the items to the left are labels or identifiers for the information to
the right it seemed right to denote that by wrapping the items on the left
with <strong>.  i've removed it from the "received" section to see what it
looks like.  i don't know if i like it better or not.

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> should we remove all table padding attributes and rely
> on CSS?
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i don't know that that will solve any of our problems.

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> and for those who haven't seen how it may look with code
> blocks alongside:
> http://test.evolt.org/article/kiss_the_monkey/18/16861/
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that looks pretty good, at least in ie6.  i'm almost afraid to see how badly
nn4 butchers it.

just looked, and yup, the textarea overlaps the author block.  some of the
stylesheets have a lineheight set for .content so the text disappears
underneath the textareas, pictures, etc.

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> um, then how do i get back to the airport?
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i can "arrange" to have someone take you back.

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> at least that guy on ebay just kicks your ass...
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huh?

later,

.jeff

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