Website Validation + What Does It Look Like on Another Screen?

[tharden3]

Yes I was too harsh and please accept my apology.

It's ok, don't worry about it.

I found some software that I think will help me out. If I find anything on Google that can solve the issue, I'll post it here in the thread... or at least an answer to some extent. Don't want any advertising on Bytes.

[David Laakso]

I have used this jQuery [1] menu successfully a couple of times without cross-browser issue or incident. An accordian menu though, not a flyout. See what you think. If you use it get the latest ver jQuerry to go with it as I think the download uses an older version.

http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/jquery-accordion-menu-redux2/

[tharden3]

I have used this jQuery [1] menu successfully a couple of times without cross-browser issue or incident. An accordian menu though, not a flyout. See what you think. If you use it get the latest ver jQuerry to go with it as I think the download uses an older version.
http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/jquery-...n-menu-redux2/

That's really neat! I'll have to play around with that. Thanks for the help.

[Markus]

Browsershots.or g may be helpful for you, tharden.

David, please do not take that tone with posters.

- markus.

[tharden3]

Browsershots.or g may be helpful for you, tharden.

David, please do not take that tone with posters.

- markus.

That is extremely helpful. Thanks for the tip Markus.

[David Laakso]

Browsershots.or g may be helpful for you.

Perhaps. Providing you are willing to wait hours to get a static grab. And are sufficiently satisfied that any or all of the below are working as intended in the os/browsers you are testing...

--If your page is too deep you won't know what's going on below the fold.
-- Regardless of depth you will not know if dynamic content is functional or useable.
-- You will not know if there is vertical cross-over, horizontal-crossover, float-drop, content shooting out height restricted containers, or a zillion other problematic conditions that can only be tested with font-scaling and testing by setting a high minimum font-size.
--You will not know if the page works in a window greater of smaller than yours unless you know enough to check the right boxes in the first place
-- You will not know if the page is functional for mouseless users.
--You will not know if the link states are working properly

And these above are just for starters.

Solutions?

Never, ever, trust static screen grabs much less deploy a clients site based on thinking bcause it looks ok in a grab that it will actually work in the intended os/browser.

Always ask an experienced and well seasoned operator to check your work cross-browser, long, long before even thinking about deploying it. One way to do this is to post for a cross-browser site review.

It is a given, when posting publicly, on any public forum or list that you are open to frank and honest opinion, or downright nasty intentional hostility. Each of us is in the position to know and separate the wheat from the shaft-- to pick the good from the bad, and to come up perhaps a better and more knowledageble designer and developer.