Friday June 3, 2005
I've worn my eyes out wandering around the web trying to find a solution to the problem of non-ubiquitous fonts and cross-browser incompatibilities. Embedding font resources in web delivered pages is starting to sound like something the infamous (and insecure, I know, I know) IE does, if not better then at least does, and everybody's favourite underdog does not.
I use FF and now that I'm building a site for Stephanie I'm more aware of the limitations between the two major browsers. She'll be using shared computing resources for a while which means viewing and updating her site through IE. Most non-technical non-administrative people and businesses still do.
As I wandered and found the usual close-but-not-quite-working "free" solutions, I started to think (in the heat of the afternoon) that I would have to give up on the current look of headings on her site. It wasn't a happy thought. Even if she hasn't blessed it yet, I think she'll like it. Here's a screen shot (since right now I'm the only one who can view it the way it was intended). It's the headings in the sidebar that are the issue BTW.
Life has improved a bit since I stubbornly poked at the web until it gave up what I hope are the goods. Dynamic text replacement sounds terribly promising - no? Yes. It even works. Major bonus. At least it works on that demo page. Just a script and a couple of style sheet changes and voila! Problem solved. Woohoo! (Presuming it is that simple.)
The wandering has been facilitated by the waiting of the past two days. Yesterday the medical supply people were coming at some unspecified time to pick up the bath chair. And today, well, today the neighbour's roofing contractors moved my car out onto the street as we'd all agreed. But the guy who moved it forgot to move it back when the job was done. It took a while for me to decide that the break in noise wasn't just a lunch break after all. When I called to remind them, I received a second callback asking whether I had a spare set of keys. According to a third person, the fellow who forgot to move the Jeep had taken off for the weekend. And so I wait (still) for this third person to arrive.
Let's hope this saga doesn't get any longer than the keys being returned next week.
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