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28th February 2004
Updated the Code Style font survey results with the latest submissions and third place ranking of the Verdana font in the "hot fonts" include file. Added Safari 125, Firebird 0.5 MultiZilla 1.6.0.0.e and Galeon 1.3.8 to browser validation script and distinguished a range of Gecko based browsers in the browser look-up table:
- Firefox versions 0.7 and 0.8
- Chimera versions 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7
- Camino version 0.7
- Netscape 7.0b1 and 7.1
Increased the field width of all standard feedback forms and adjusted the table column proportions to 30%:70% to accommodate.
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21st February 2004
Added a FAQ: Site Design link to the local navigation panel for the FAQ section and corrected a fragment anchor link. Restored the contents of the Anchor Points: Fonts and foundries to the main body of the document rather than a server side include.
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15th February 2004
Added numerous new answers to the FAQ section, as follows.
Cascading Style Sheets
Drop-down menus
JDBC
Java servlet "how to"
Javascript "how to"
Linux font survey
Site design
Site help
Site manager
Web font survey
Included the FAQ: Site Manager links in the Custom error 400, bad request article for cross reference and re-arranged the links to bring the HTTP error questions to the top of the list. Also removed the Drop down menu FAQ and FAQ: Site Design links from their parent FAQ sections and replaced with "see also" links.
Strengthened the RSS references in the Help and Frequently Asked Questions section. Updated a Linotype link in the Anchor Points: Fonts and foundries listing. Corrected a bad Anchor Points: Cascading Style Sheets link to the CIWAS FAQ.
Set auto-reload properties for servlet classes and files on the production host to false to improve performance.
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1st February 2004
Recorded media dependent style sheet conformance results for the Safari browser in screen mode, awaiting results on print mode rendering to complete and publish. Simplified the server side include format of the test case documents.
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