Madtown Robotics New Site

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Just uploaded some of the resources:

-Chris (1114) Calculators (with his permission, of course)
-JVN Calculator since I find it extremely Helpful
-AjK's Motor Sheet
-A free CNC Feed and Speed Calc.

MORe is on iT's way. It you would like to include some other resources, please feel free to email me, thank you (Credit is given to the creator btw).

for the items you pulled from CD media, don't upload the items and link to them. Instead, link to their page in CD media. That way, people will see the description, comments, and most importantly, any updates.

Also, I'd recommend you link to Dr. Joe's Chain Path visualizer... Great stuff.

[Tom Line]

Site has major formatting issues in internet explorer 6.

Looks good in firefox!

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

Site has major formatting issues in internet explorer 6.

Looks good in firefox!

Sorry Tom, but as a person who does website design I have to say, UPGRADE ALREADY! Some of us hate having to account for a browser that is no longer supported. Plus, it is not as secure as later browsers.

Let me say, the site looks nice. Just not in Chrome (and thus, I assume, Safari since they use the same rendering engine) Did you validate your CSS and HTML? I would suggest validating your HTML(http://validator.w3.org/) and then your CSS (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/) Valid HTML and CSS should render properly in any (modern) browser.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Sorry Tom, but as a person who does website design I have to say, UPGRADE ALREADY! Some of us hate having to account for a browser that is no longer supported. Plus, it is not as secure as later browsers.

Here-here! Especially with that ugly PNG-transparency bug in IE6, I really don't think it's worth it to try to accommodate an outdated browser. They're already working on IE8, so the least you could do is upgrade to 7.
Same with FF. I designed mine for FF3. That's just the way it goes.

Don't get me wrong, if there are just a couple of issues, go for it. But don't make your whole design work around older browsers.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

Here-here! Especially with that ugly PNG-transparency bug in IE6, I really don't think it's worth it to try to accommodate an outdated browser. They're already working on IE8, so the least you could do is upgrade to 7.
Same with FF. I designed mine for FF3. That's just the way it goes.

Don't get me wrong, if there are just a couple of issues, go for it. But don't make your whole design work around older browsers.

It depends on your audience, like I said, I don't like doing it, I have to for work. We encourage users to use ie 7 right now but their hardware might not run it so we have to support down to ie 5 or something like that. It is a nightmare!

Be careful designing for FF3, yes it is great but realize that a portion of us use Webkit based browsers and the VAST majority use IE based.

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

It depends on your audience, like I said, I don't like doing it, I have to for work. We encourage users to use ie 7 right now but their hardware might not run it so we have to support down to ie 5 or something like that. It is a nightmare!

Be careful designing for FF3, yes it is great but realize that a portion of us use Webkit based browsers and the VAST majority use IE based.

I figured I'd get a response or two like that.

I would love to upgrade, or use firefox/chrome. Unfortunately, I am at the mercy of a corporation with several hundred thousand employees, and they are all stuck in the boat I am. Firefox/chrome is not allowed, and the computers are locked down to prevent any changes. Not too much I can do about it.

I do not know the requirements for the competition. I hope none of the judges operate under the same restrictions we do here at Ford.

[synth3tk]

Yeah, I didn't think about people who couldn't upgrade.

And when I said I code for FF3, I don't mean explicitly over IE. Just in preference of FF2.