Major facelift for portal
Had to refurbish the whole site prototype because of one trivial flaw: Flash doesn't cooperate with CSS position that well. (See screenshot below.)
I'm nearing the homestretch -- in fact, crunchtime is less than two days away -- and yet, I have this nagging feeling that if I can't find a quick workaround to this, I'm better off trashing the design. I'm being a bit dogmatic about CSS, I know, but I can't have it any other way. I've made a commitment to stick to standards, and I'm going to make the site as usable and accessible as possible.
The users should not be made to suffer because of poor design and ill-conceived adhockery. So back to the drawing board. Good thing I've got several other templates ready. The nice thing about standards-based design is that I can retool the site without so much as touching the semantically valid (I hope) content. Heck, I could even add CSS skins, if I could afford the time -- and if users can handle the sophistication. Might as well hang on to this principle, because in the end, real satisfaction can be derived from seeing clients use your site easily and effectively.
I'm nearing the homestretch -- in fact, crunchtime is less than two days away -- and yet, I have this nagging feeling that if I can't find a quick workaround to this, I'm better off trashing the design. I'm being a bit dogmatic about CSS, I know, but I can't have it any other way. I've made a commitment to stick to standards, and I'm going to make the site as usable and accessible as possible.
The users should not be made to suffer because of poor design and ill-conceived adhockery. So back to the drawing board. Good thing I've got several other templates ready. The nice thing about standards-based design is that I can retool the site without so much as touching the semantically valid (I hope) content. Heck, I could even add CSS skins, if I could afford the time -- and if users can handle the sophistication. Might as well hang on to this principle, because in the end, real satisfaction can be derived from seeing clients use your site easily and effectively.
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