MrSchpfmut

All features aside, you guys have touched on nearly all of em hehehe... I personally use Firefox but have the 3 bigs, FF2 IE7 and OP9, at my disposal for testing. As a hobbyist developer I couldn't be happier with how closely these modern browsers actually are to each other. With css designing being all the rage, as it should be, the main three contenders are quite accurate when rendering pages but there are some limits and disagreements between them. One of the latest things I've been toying with are adjacent selectors (written in css as... #name + div { value } ) allows you to assign properties to underlying elements. IE7 definitely honors these but has a minor hiccup determining what is actually an "adjacent" element. The problem I've had arises when there is a nested div inside #name. I'm not 100% sure if IE7 simply looks for the next instance of a <div> or not, but thats the results I seem to be getting. IE7 will also not generate content with ":before" and ":after" pseudo classes, they are simply ignored. The ":hover" pseudo class is probably the coolest thing to come across for web design because it kills a LOT of need for javascript ( "onmouseover" anyone? ). Opera9 is quite the picky browser though hehehe... I have a case where hovering the child of an element does not hold the effect of hovering the element itself. Wether or not this is the exact case, opera definitely disagrees with FF2 and IE7 Weird, far out, lame examples, minor nuances, I know... I've been experimenting with a page recently that has brought up these issues and I'll have it on my Xisto page pretty soon http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/... But i'm sure whatever browser you're not designing in is where your own issues will show up.

Well Sudoku isn't exactly a new game but it's quite challenging and rewarding. The wikipedia page has some great strategies to help get you by. Definitely start off by cross-hatching to find the dead give aways then move up to counting 1-9 in areas, rows, and columns. You're on your own for the very advanced puzzles as I can stare at them for an hour and complete a very small portion hehe... Medium and some Hard ones are enough for me thanks. Two good sites that have free puzzles http://www.websudoku.com/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Count-to-nine also has a feature that lets you print out your own custom puzzles.

I don't condone downloading free music online unless it's from the artist/label themselves, but I do have to say something that you hopefully already know...if you use any sort of peer-to-peer software, do NOT use it to download software as you are nearly guaranteed a new paperweight consisting of your computer.Anywho, buy your cds (or tracks online) and support the artists you listen to.peace

Nice tutorial Cassie, but Wtjy brings up a good point. I do have another minor addition that will help preserve "edit-ability" in case you need to go back and make changes to your cut-out. Once you've created the outlining path with the pen tool and have the necessary layer selected, right-click near your drawn path and choose 'Create Vector Mask' (must be in pen tool still) (P) This will save you from needing to rasterize your path and physically deleting the background. The vector mask automatically knocks out the background and remains editable if you need to make changes. Use the direct selection tool (A) to make changes to the path itself. Any changes are immediately visible. Hope this helps!

Chimzee, winrar is used to extract files from a .zip or .rar file.You can uninstall it from your control panel using 'add / remove programs'Nice project Scion. Haven't had a chance to pick it up but i may do so in the near future.

What's cheesy about learning from w3schools? I write everything in Notepad, and i mean everything, so i occasionally need a quick reminder of available properties. One site that really helped open some doors for me is MaxDesign (http://css.maxdesign.com.au/index.htm). They have hoards of information and examples on lists, floats, and selectors. They break down everything very nicely for beginners and have documentation on the up-and-coming techniques which are just beginning to see the light of day. I'd be surprised if no one has mentioned Eric Meyer's site (http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/) but I will anyways hehehe. His Css/Edge section is focused more towards the advanced user, but he has fathered some amazing techniques solely using css.

Does anyone play Lumines Live on the 360? IMO, it's a better game than Tetris and I've been a fan of that for about 20 years hehehe... For those who haven't played, you're given square blocks to place in the playing field. These squares consist of 4 smaller pieces, each having one of two colors. The basic goal is to erase entire squares by matching "at least" 4 same color pieces in a 2x2 space. At least is key in that sentence because if you match 6 pieces in a 3x3 space, they overlap and you get two completed squares. This method, which is far less confusing as I may have made it sound , becomes exponential by stacking multiple pieces on/next to each other. Ok, enough of my explanation... Here is a short time-trial run, which at the time of the video's post, led the xbox live leader boards. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ There is also an arcade mode where you are rewarded for large combos, erasing all blocks of one color, and erasing all blocks together. Here's an example of me playing. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Sadly, the game is pretty much abandoned by its players because the online mode is usually very laggy. However if any of you play Lumines Live, let me know and we'll throw down for sure! My gamertag is KF Kimimaro, and i'll welcome friend requests for this or just about any other game. peace!

I was hoping to at least check them out because it sounded to good to be true... Well, aside from the 10mb limit.Apparently it is because they're not accepting registrations anymore.Go figure, HA!

I don't have enough credits for the Xisto account yet, but I like the idea of it's community participation.I've had a geocities account since before yahoo bought them (really) and I haven't touched it in years due to the previously mentioned side panel. Angelfire is likely 100x more annoying than geocities. :blink:My most recent free host (cjb.cc) was actually quite similar to Xisto, as far as the community driven aspect... But it was purchased then basically left for dead by the new owner. Sad, i really liked the place.Well here's to me on my way to being approved for an account, and i look forward to sharing knowledge with everyone.peace

Good suggestions from all. Here's another method I personally use with a negative margin. (I like the math! ) Works in IE6/7, FF, & Opera #name {position: absolute; left: 50%;width: 600px; margin: 0 0 0 -300px;} You can use position: relative; if you are centering to a parent element, rather than the browser's window.