Comments for Scrunchup http://scrunchup.com The Web Magazine for Young Designers and Developers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on CSS Nuggets in Scrunchup by John McFarlane http://scrunchup.com/issue-2/css-nuggets/comment-page-1/#comment-196 John McFarlane Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:57:52 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=484#comment-196 Awesome article Anna, some really great tips for everyone. keep up the great work! Awesome article Anna, some really great tips for everyone. keep up the great work!

]]> Comment on Matt Haff’s Web Design Toolkit by matt.haff http://scrunchup.com/issue-6/matt-haffs-web-design-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-192 matt.haff Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:55:25 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=822#comment-192 Jack, First off, I appreciate the feedback and let me start by saying that this is my toolkit and it's what works best for me. I stopped searching for web development apps once I began using Dreamweaver 8 and I personally think that Dreamweaver CS4 is worth the $399. While I haven't used all of the programs that you mentioned I have used some of them and they didn't even come close to the capabilities and functionalities of Dreamweaver. If on a tighter budget then these might actually be worth looking into: Aptana, Coda, Textmate, Espresso, BBEdit On the other hand don't fool yourself into thinking these programs will get you by: Notepad++ - Maybe if you wanna design a site like this: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net Komodo - Actually it's only free for 21 days then you have to pay $145 Textwrangler - not built for developing websites, only for editing an existing file. Jack,

First off, I appreciate the feedback and let me start by saying that this is my toolkit and it’s what works best for me. I stopped searching for web development apps once I began using Dreamweaver 8 and I personally think that Dreamweaver CS4 is worth the $399.

While I haven’t used all of the programs that you mentioned I have used some of them and they didn’t even come close to the capabilities and functionalities of Dreamweaver. If on a tighter budget then these might actually be worth looking into: Aptana, Coda, Textmate, Espresso, BBEdit

On the other hand don’t fool yourself into thinking these programs will get you by:
Notepad++ – Maybe if you wanna design a site like this: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
Komodo – Actually it’s only free for 21 days then you have to pay $145
Textwrangler – not built for developing websites, only for editing an existing file.

]]> Comment on Matt Haff’s Web Design Toolkit by Jack F http://scrunchup.com/issue-6/matt-haffs-web-design-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Jack F Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:22:47 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=822#comment-191 Sorry, but whilst Dw is the industry standard, for students it's incredibly difficult to afford. If you are on a tighter budget, might I suggest: Windows: Notepad++ Aptana Komodo (all free) Mac: Coda ($60) Textmate ($60) Aptana (free) Espresso ($50) Komodo (free) BBEdit Textwrangler (free) Sorry, but whilst Dw is the industry standard, for students it’s incredibly difficult to afford. If you are on a tighter budget, might I suggest:
Windows:
Notepad++
Aptana
Komodo
(all free)
Mac:
Coda ($60)
Textmate ($60)
Aptana (free)
Espresso ($50)
Komodo (free)
BBEdit
Textwrangler (free)

]]> Comment on Matt Haff’s Web Design Toolkit by Web Designer Friendly Processes | Church & Web Design http://scrunchup.com/issue-6/matt-haffs-web-design-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Web Designer Friendly Processes | Church & Web Design Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:49:10 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=822#comment-190 [...] had the honor of writing this article in complete detail at ScrunchUp.com, if you wanna get the rest of this go check out the full article. If you like what you read, [...] [...] had the honor of writing this article in complete detail at ScrunchUp.com, if you wanna get the rest of this go check out the full article. If you like what you read, [...]

]]> Comment on Matt Haff’s Web Design Toolkit by matt.haff http://scrunchup.com/issue-6/matt-haffs-web-design-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-189 matt.haff Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:07:28 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=822#comment-189 Thanks Tom! Wufoo has saved me a huge amount of time and money by being able to quickly make a custom form with all of the built in functionalities. That's a pretty good resource you've got there, looks like a lot of time well spent. Thanks Tom! Wufoo has saved me a huge amount of time and money by being able to quickly make a custom form with all of the built in functionalities. That’s a pretty good resource you’ve got there, looks like a lot of time well spent.

]]> Comment on Matt Haff’s Web Design Toolkit by Tom Shivers http://scrunchup.com/issue-6/matt-haffs-web-design-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Tom Shivers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:59:15 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=822#comment-188 Great stuff Matt, especially wufoo. One tool I've been creating is to help web designers better engage their online audience, check it out: <a href="http://www.capturecommerce.com/audience-engagement.php" rel="nofollow">research, tools and services to help designers engage their target market</a> Great stuff Matt, especially wufoo. One tool I’ve been creating is to help web designers better engage their online audience, check it out: research, tools and services to help designers engage their target market

]]> Comment on Simple steps towards building an accessible site (part 2) by Russell Bishop http://scrunchup.com/issue-5/simple-steps-towards-building-an-accessible-site-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Russell Bishop Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:16:16 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=680#comment-186 Some excellent points raised here, which is great, as accessiblity is crucial in this industry. I find that improving your website's accessibility is really just abiding to a set of rules. Grea thing is this eveentually because part of your natural worklflow and - hey presto! We've accessible websites with ease! Cheers for the article Ms. Swan! Some excellent points raised here, which is great, as accessiblity is crucial in this industry.

I find that improving your website’s accessibility is really just abiding to a set of rules. Grea thing is this eveentually because part of your natural worklflow and – hey presto! We’ve accessible websites with ease!

Cheers for the article Ms. Swan!

]]> Comment on Simple steps towards building an accessible site (part 2) by ihenix http://scrunchup.com/issue-5/simple-steps-towards-building-an-accessible-site-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-177 ihenix Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:00:05 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=680#comment-177 Hi Stelt - you are right in that kids also fall into (or overlap into) this category. I say overlap as I always think kinds have an easier time learning and difficulties are soon overcome. Typo's fixed! Thank you. Hi Stelt – you are right in that kids also fall into (or overlap into) this category. I say overlap as I always think kinds have an easier time learning and difficulties are soon overcome.

Typo’s fixed! Thank you.

]]> Comment on Simple steps towards building an accessible site (part 2) by stelt http://scrunchup.com/issue-5/simple-steps-towards-building-an-accessible-site-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-176 stelt Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:22:29 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=680#comment-176 What about young kids? Many use the web well before their school years. They have some of the limitations mentioned, even though most quickly grow (though often for a very, very long time, but usually temporarily) out of them. typos: "In may countries" ; instead of ' What about young kids? Many use the web well before their school years.
They have some of the limitations mentioned, even though most quickly grow (though often for a very, very long time, but usually temporarily) out of them.

typos:
“In may countries”
; instead of ‘

]]> Comment on Simple steps towards building an accessible site (part 2) by John Faulds http://scrunchup.com/issue-5/simple-steps-towards-building-an-accessible-site-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-164 John Faulds Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:12:30 +0000 http://scrunchup.com/?p=680#comment-164 Just to point out that it's not just IE6 that won't resize text sized in pixels if you use the View / Text size option; IE7 & 8 do the same thing - <a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200902/ie_8_still_does_not_resize_text_sized_in_pixels/" rel="nofollow">http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200902/ie_8_still_does_not_resize_text_sized_in_pixels/</a>. Granted that 7 & 8 also include page zoom, but you can't assume that everyone will use page zoom over the other text sizing option, particularly if the user is already familiar with how it worked in IE6. Just to point out that it’s not just IE6 that won’t resize text sized in pixels if you use the View / Text size option; IE7 & 8 do the same thing – http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200902/ie_8_still_does_not_resize_text_sized_in_pixels/.

Granted that 7 & 8 also include page zoom, but you can’t assume that everyone will use page zoom over the other text sizing option, particularly if the user is already familiar with how it worked in IE6.

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