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Front Page is horrible. (But that said, I don't have a lot of non-Dreamweaver experience in Windows, so I can't recommend anything else)
For graphics, Illustrator and Photoshop do completely different things. If what you need is a photoshop analogue, look at Photoshop Elements instead -- it's a simplified version that costs much less and does everything you'd commonly need to do for web work.
The Gimp is a very powerful and free (open source) graphics program, but it's difficult to learn to use (at least for me).
Also, I don't remember if you still need Xfree86 or somesuch to run it on a Mac.
Crap. I am so confused. (Yeah, what else is new?)
A web browser (IE 6) should never cache an .asp page, right? A web server (IIS) should never cache the result of a .dll component, right?
eta: Nebber mind. I am an idiot, but not for reasons related to the questions here.
The Therac is (and I devoutly hope will remain so) the all-time champeen.
What. The. Fuck.
I broke something on this very complex web application we wrote for a client. So I reverted half a dozen files to their original state. Except the application was still broken. I debugged and found the error in a script file which is included in the main file like so:
<SCRIPT src="SCRIPTS/combos.js"></SCRIPT>
It was erroring because the main page still had the new version of combos.js, even though I could look at that file directly and see that it was now the old version. So I killed IE, restarted the application - same thing. (Did this several times.) It was acting like it had cached combos.js. Finally I just renamed combos.js on the server, which produced an (expected) error on the web client. Then I renamed it back, and at this point the browser was loading the correct (old) combos.js.
WTF? Are javascript include files supposed to be cached? I've done this sort of thing before without a problem....
eta: A quick google shows that javascript include files are cached. Huh. Any idea how to prevent this, or how to force a reload of the include file if it's been changed?
how to force a reload of the include file if it's been changed?
tommyrot, I've found IE to be pretty brain-dead when it comes to detecting changes to webpages. You might try going into Tools > Internet Options > Settings (under Temporary Internet files) and select "Every visit to the page" rather than the default "Automatically". In theory this will reduce your browsing performance, but I've never really noticed any change in practice.
Firefox 1.5 beta just did an upgrade on my XP box. it's now beta 2.
Big changes are afoot for both the iBook and PowerBook lines: [link]
Without getting into specific dates at this time, sources familiar with Apple's Macintosh hardware roadmap say the company is striving to unveil a completely redesigned set of Intel iBook laptops just in time for next year's K-12 educational buying season, which takes place around April or May.
and
Expected to make its debut even earlier than the new iBooks will be Apple's first Intel-based PowerBook, sources added. The new 15-inch PowerBook will carry over many of the design elements and styles that have made its aluminum PowerBooks so successful, but will be about 20- to 25-percent thinner than today's model.
Also, no more 12" PowerBook. Why is that? I'm considering buying a PowerBook early next year, and I was leaning towards the 12" one, as I like the size of my 12" iBook.
I'm sorry about the loss of the 12" -- I'm a big fan of having teeny laptops rather than something I have to lug around in a suitcase. But if the thinness and (I hope?) lighter weight make up for it, I may be able to forgive.