"One would think, if the driver had a 16-inch kitchen knife
(o what-ever ridiculous size blade) stuck in his neck, that they would have been able to get the prints off of that…"
I imagine they're planning to compare the prints on the knife or the credit card with the…
"Some people with sight problems can’t distinguish between certain colors but otherwise their vision is fine. Greens next to blues, for example, might be a problem. I was just wondering if the red bar with white font was readable to those sight-disadvantaged or not - given the bleed of the…
[quote]A quick question about the colors of fonts, did japantoday run a usability/accessiblity test to see if those with sight problems can see them?[/quote]
I imagine this site would work just fine with a text-to-speech reader, and seriously, if your vision is so bad that you can't make out these…
Just a bit of technical nitpicking, but the main paige fails W3C validation with 7 errors, mainly due to unescaped ampersands (i.e. &). E-mail me and I'll be happy to provide a quick ASP script to handle that.
DanTheManInJapan at 09:52 AM JST - 27th March
"1. Move the picture of the day to the top left corner and embed the weather report on the right hand side of the tabbed navigation bar."
I actually like this idea, although I'd be more inclined to move the Picture of the Day to the top of the right…
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 09:52 AM JST - 27th March
DanTheManInJapan at 08:24 AM JST - 25th March
"But if it does… I’m looking for a few investment partners for Taka’s salary man liposuction clinic/hostess bar."
Whoa, count me in! Sounds like a winner.
Posted in I'm worried that the overweight will be shunned in the workplace and these new rules will make no one want to hire them. at 08:24 AM JST - 25th March
DanTheManInJapan at 08:12 AM JST - 25th March
"One would think, if the driver had a 16-inch kitchen knife (o what-ever ridiculous size blade) stuck in his neck, that they would have been able to get the prints off of that…"
I imagine they're planning to compare the prints on the knife or the credit card with the…
Posted in U.S. Navy asked to provide sailor's fingerprints over cabby murder at 08:12 AM JST - 25th March
DanTheManInJapan at 07:02 AM JST - 25th March
Wow, I'm surprised that they waited this long to ask.
Posted in U.S. Navy asked to provide sailor's fingerprints over cabby murder at 07:02 AM JST - 25th March
DanTheManInJapan at 10:48 PM JST - 24th March
"Some people with sight problems can’t distinguish between certain colors but otherwise their vision is fine. Greens next to blues, for example, might be a problem. I was just wondering if the red bar with white font was readable to those sight-disadvantaged or not - given the bleed of the…
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 10:48 PM JST - 24th March
DanTheManInJapan at 10:35 PM JST - 24th March
Actually, I used a SPAN tag with an inline style. It displayed as expected until I refreshed the page.
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 10:35 PM JST - 24th March
DanTheManInJapan at 10:26 PM JST - 24th March
Hah! So is embedded HTML a "feature"? :)
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 10:26 PM JST - 24th March
DanTheManInJapan at 10:24 PM JST - 24th March
[quote]A quick question about the colors of fonts, did japantoday run a usability/accessiblity test to see if those with sight problems can see them?[/quote]
I imagine this site would work just fine with a text-to-speech reader, and seriously, if your vision is so bad that you can't make out these…
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 10:24 PM JST - 24th March
DanTheManInJapan at 04:46 PM JST - 24th March
Doh--first sentence should read "(i.e. &)"
I like the AJAX submit form, too :) Just noticed that.
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 04:46 PM JST - 24th March
DanTheManInJapan at 04:44 PM JST - 24th March
Just a bit of technical nitpicking, but the main paige fails W3C validation with 7 errors, mainly due to unescaped ampersands (i.e. &). E-mail me and I'll be happy to provide a quick ASP script to handle that.
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantoday.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
From a technical standpoint, I like it; totally DIV-based layout, clean…
Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 04:44 PM JST - 24th March