Personal Portfolio: www.blueeyelabs.com

[blue-eye-labs]

I was wondering if anyone would look through my site to make sure everything works for them, and comment on anything they think works well/doesn't work/could work better...
Just so that I know when I start to upgrade.
The address is: http://www.blueeyelabs.com

[infinityspiral]

Sorry, but some parts of this site do not display properly with Internet Explorer 7, this is because IE is a rubbish browser which can't display anything properly. If you want to use the internet properly then switch to an alternative such as Firefox, Safari or Opera. If you continue to use IE then you are a retard and shouldn't be allowed to use a computer.
If you want to impress someone with your portfolio take this line out. This is going to turn a lot of people off. Retard comment aside it shows a lack of understanding about designing for the web. Customers don't cater to you, you cater to customers. When someone is already using something saying its stupid isn't going to change their mind, they're just going to find someone that caters to them and what they're used to.

Also I had to manually hit the skip button to move on to the site, this might be how it's supposed to work but it seems broken to me.

[blue-eye-labs]

I added that line in a particularly bad mood, i'll take it off.
The loading bar at the beginning is an interesting problem because it works for me in Safari, Camino, Opera and Firefox, but not in IE6...
I will have a look at it, but it's weird...
let's face it though, IE is a rubbish browser and no-one in their right mind should be using it.
I haven't been able to implement all the pngfix scripts that I've found on the net, which is what really annoys me though...

[Mania]

Looks ok, but not in IE6.

Yes, IE is not the best browser for web designers and developers but it is good enough for most users. That is why still roughly 50% use IE6. Whenever possible we should advice people to at least upgrade to IE7 or make a switch to Firefox. However not optimizing your websites for IE6 because it sucks only hurts you and makes you look bad.

[blue-eye-labs]

as I might have said, I tried making pngs work in ie6, but they refuse...
the pngfix.js script that I see everywhere doesn't work, nor does the behaviour thing (.htc file things) in the css work... if someone could explain to me a reliable way of making pngs work in IE6 then please do.
(and I don't think IE is good enough for most users, because it has serious security flaws and renders html like a snail crawling a marathon)

[sstalder]

The design is really clean everywhere except the corners, really pulls my attention off your content. Try to get your corners to not be so pixelated.

[dtm32236]

the design is nice.

and IE loads quicker than FF 2 for me.

i think it's funny that you're a 'web developer', and then say that your website won't work in IE6 or 7 correctly (even though they're still the most commonly used browsers). to me, that sounds like terrible practice. don't get me wrong - i hate IE, but we still need to develop content that is compatible with it.

[blue-eye-labs]

If you had been slightly more observant, you would have noticed that
a) I didn't say that I don't work with IE, I bloody well test with IE 6 and 7 thank you, I merely said it's a rubbish browser,
b) I've already said that I'm trying to deal with the Internet Explorer png issues,
c) Being a web developer actually has more to do with adhering to standards, and in case you hadn't noticed, Internet Explorer does NOT adhere to W3C standards, and is a few years behind.

[Jeff Mott]

Being a web developer actually has more to do with adhering to standardsBeing a Web developer actually has more to do with getting the job done and working. If your site is broken for 80% of the browsing population, then it's not working, and your job isn't done.

And for the PNG issue, look into IE's AlphaImageLoader (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532969.aspx) filter. You'll end up with a line like this: #some-div { filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='path/to/pic.png', sizingMethod='scale') }. Play with it and read the MS docs to get it working for you. It isn't the answer for all situations, but it'll work for most.

[blue-eye-labs]

Being a Web developer actually has more to do with getting the job done and working. If your site is broken for 80% of the browsing population, then it's not working, and your job isn't done.

And for the PNG issue, look into IE's AlphaImageLoader (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532969.aspx) filter. You'll end up with a line like this: #some-div { filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='path/to/pic.png', sizingMethod='scale') }. Play with it and read the MS docs to get it working for you. It isn't the answer for all situations, but it'll work for most.

I found an interesting PHP solution, which still doesn't work, maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it's here: http://koivi.com/ie-png-transparency/
It seems very good, because it works with everything, seemingly, but maybe it will only work for CSS that is in the page itself... curious... the other thing was that maybe I'm using the wrong png type, one that can't be replaced or something? I use png-24, but must I use png-8 for it to work?

[Jeff Mott]

but maybe it will only work for CSS that is in the page itselfThat would seem to be the case, according to the website: "The method and code presented on this page does not work with external style sheets or style definitions in the HEAD of the document." Which means I'll never be using it.

This solution seems like overkill to me anyway. It tries to do automatically what I already do manually. But it really isn't so complicated that it needs to be automated.

maybe I'm using the wrong png type, one that can't be replaced or something? I use png-24, but must I use png-8 for it to work?Nope. In fact, you must use PNG-24.

[blue-eye-labs]

thank you, I will try and use the method you suggested before then.