New Wipeout-Game.com

[Dogg Thang]

So isn't that really Safari's problem and they should be fixing their browser rather than you having to fix your website?

[infoxicated]

Yes and no - this isn't a standards issue, more an interperatation of the page by the rendering engine issue. I've fixed it now - it might not even have been a problem initially, but recently I was trying to trim the fat from the site and remove unneeded layers to bring the page weight down and get it rendering extra fast.

However, I had trimmed out the styles for the mainPanel box that holds all the content below the navigation, because Firefox, IE, and Opera didn't need the information from those styles to be stated implicitly. F, I, and O rendered the content of that box "protected" from the influence of objects outwith it. Safari was rendering the content in the box after the subnavigation list, making the first box of the mainPanel - the smallElement containing the Team Allegience stats - align itself to the left of the last list item.

To fix it I had to add the value "clear: left" to the mainPanel to explicitly state that "this box and everything contained in it is seperate from the layer above". F, I, and O assumed this to be the case - Safari just needed telling.

It actually looked far worse of a problem than it was - I worked it out in a couple of minutes after realising it only affected the first line of content inside the mainPanel. My initial solution was to tell the first item contained in mainPanel to clear: left, but this wasn't particularly elegant. Once I realised I could apply the clearance to the mainPanel itself and Safari was happy with that, I didn't have to apply it to the child elements of mainPanel.

So in two or three weeks time, when the next version of the site makes it through the arduous process of getting from my machine to the production server, Safari users should have the same experience as the rest of us.

[wich]

I see exactly the same thing that tapioca mentioned in konqueror and in opera on the linux platform. The Ranking tables, datacast archive and team performance page are just as messed up layout wise.

Also the text in the skin gallery flows out of the box around it:



One feature request from me: it'd be awesome if we could get a ranking overview page once logged in, something simple like a table with all tracks on one axis and all events and speedclasses on the other and list the ranked position of the logged in player in that table. Might even link player names in the normal ranking tables to some profile page which has this ranking overview. Would be cool to see how some of the other players are doing in the rankings without having to traverse all the different events, speedclasses and tracks in the ranking tables.

[infoxicated]

That fix for Safari should fix the issue in the browsers you mention above, Wich.

I'll revisit the gallery item text, though.

[wich]

Yeah, I would guess so. Safari and konqueror use essentially the same rendering engine and given that it looks exactly alike in opera I'd say the cause is the same. Thanks for giving this the attention that it needs so swiftly, not all web admins are as courtious to the non-windows non-{ie,firefox} using crowd.

But any chance my feature request will be fulfilled somewhere down the line? Were there perhaps already similar plans for a future update? Anyway, not asking when it'll be finished or anything, just asking whether you'd be interested to pursue this in the future.

[infoxicated]

I'll see what we can do, but it wont be for some time as I'm about to be off for a while.

[wich]

Thanks, cool to hear you're interested.

Going on a much deserved vacation?

[P52Smith]

One more thing, could you make it possible to search ship skins by team as well as user, makes it easier to find skins for a specific ship?
Would be much appreciated

[infoxicated]

Apparently we cant do that because it puts too much load on the server - I wanted it to work that way too.

Going on a much deserved vacation?

Not as such, no... I'm being put to sleep for an operation on my knee tomorrow and I don't know when I'll be able to walk again, so I'll be off work for at least a week.

I hope I can walk properly again for going to Amsterdam next month, or else I'll have to cancel.

[P52Smith]

Shame

Hope you get on alright in hospital

[wich]

Ouch, that sucks man, hope you'll be up and about again soon. Don't forget to bring your PSP so you can have your fix while recovering

[infoxicated]

I'll be recovering at home, so I'll be surrounded by my laptop, my PS3 and my PSP.

That and some coding books so I can swot up a bit.

[Dogg Thang]

Coding books? Ah, you're one lucky guy. Hope it all goes well for you and you're back on your feet soon!

[P52Smith]

Another thought
Could you at least make it so we can scroll to a specific number and/or have more skins on a page as it is virtually impossible to scroll through over 1200 skins in blocks of 9.
1200/9=133 (more or less) meaning there are over 133 pages to scroll through 1 at a time, boring!

Please consider it

[Frances_Penfold]

Sorry to give you some more work… But thanks from the (pretentious) 3% community

Exactly what I wanted to say as well

As an aside, have any of y'all been trying out "webkit"?

http://webkit.org/

I gather this is an open-source version of Safari that will be integrated into future official Safari releases (or something like that). It's wicked fast-- the daily releases can be downloaded and tested.

Rob, hope your surgery goes well and is relatively pain-free!

[Lance]

Not as such, no... I'm being put to sleep for an operation on my knee tomorrow and I don't know when I'll be able to walk again, so I'll be off work for at least a week.

I hope I can walk properly again for going to Amsterdam next month, or else I'll have to cancel.

Skating is a dangerous pastime. I'd rather drive fast in cars.
With no seatbelts.

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I like that skinny little MacBook cuz it's purty.....
hey! wait! Where are all the connectors?!

[stin]

Hey foxy, no football for a while!

What have you done with your knee?

Back on Topic

Is any chance in near future to upgrade New Zones from four packs?

stevie

[infoxicated]

What have I done to it? Years of skateboarding, some american football, and lots of general carelessness. I knew I was having the operation at some point, but sort of hoped it would fall after the European Convention... hopefully there's enough time to recover, although I apparently I wont be able to drive for weeks.

Back on topic, yes - all of the zones and all of the tracks will be in place for the next update. The profile data is being stored, it's just not being displayed right now, plus there's an issue with the Mirage team that we need to resolve. Fingers crossed that the next release of the site will complete the job with regard to WipEout Pulse.

[Mobius]

Just looking at the thumbnail Foxy put up...

Anyone notice the address? Psygnosis lives!

[infoxicated]

I was going to blur the address out initially, but figured someone would get a kick out of it.