IMPORTANT: Do you have Japanese fonts installed?

[two_heads_talking]

Wow, I never realized that being computer illiterate was the same as being disabled.. In that case, I need to see my disability officer about some compensation.

It's not about computer illiteracy. Where's that mentioned?

it was supposed to be a joke, thus the smilies..

[chikara]

Wow, I never realized that being computer illiterate was the same as being disabled.. In that case, I need to see my disability officer about some compensation.

It's not about computer illiteracy. Where's that mentioned?

it was supposed to be a joke, thus the smilies..

Unfortunately computer illiterates just don't understand emoticons

[two_heads_talking]

it was supposed to be a joke, thus the smilies..

Unfortunately computer illiterates just don't understand emoticons

but I am computer illiterate and I understand emoticons.. perhaps I am the exception here? lol

[kayuu]

it was supposed to be a joke, thus the smilies..

Unfortunately computer illiterates just don't understand emoticons

but I am computer illiterate and I understand emoticons.. perhaps I am the exception here? lol

I think maybe Chikara was talking about you not understanding emoticons, because I'm certainly not computer illiterate... being a computer science student and all. *confused*

[richvh]

Rather than obsessing over what percentage of your potential audience has appropriate fonts installed, why not provide a link to a server that will do the image replacement for you? LIke this one?

[Sairana]

Rather than obsessing over what percentage of your potential audience has appropriate fonts installed, why not provide a link to a server that will do the image replacement for you? LIke this one?

He's not obsessing. He's gathering data for his class...

Too bad he feels attacked here. I guess Flash was just an A-bomb word for this thread... I'm sorry...

[Harisenbon]

Too bad he feels attacked here. I guess Flash was just an A-bomb word for this thread... I'm sorry...

tis a shame he feels attacked, but I've found that people who are very vocally against something will often get into arguments with other very vocal people.

[Hmm.. For some reason I had phrased that much better before I hit the reply button, but now it just sounds all wonky. Ah well]

Like all technologies, there is a time and a place for flash. People who decry flash as the bane of the internet are (in my experience) either college students or professors. Or are trapped in 1995.

[two_heads_talking]

Rather than obsessing over what percentage of your potential audience has appropriate fonts installed, why not provide a link to a server that will do the image replacement for you? LIke this one?

He's not obsessing. He's gathering data for his class...

Too bad he feels attacked here. I guess Flash was just an A-bomb word for this thread... I'm sorry...

Wow, I wish I could read minds too.

[Sairana]

Wow, I wish I could read minds too.

Do you see obsession where I don't? He just put up a poll and responded to comments. If deduction counts as mind reading, I oughtta be charging by the minute.

[two_heads_talking]

Wow, I wish I could read minds too.

Do you see obsession where I don't? He just put up a poll and responded to comments. If deduction counts as mind reading, I oughtta be charging by the minute.

Be careful with deduction, it's only a heart beat away from assumption.. and charging for assumptions is bad practice.

[kayuu]

Like Sairana said, I am literally just gathering data for my project so that I can pass the damn degree! All decisions have to be justified, even the insignificant ones. This decision is pretty much insignificant, but I thought I'd add in a justification so that I don't miss out on any potential marks and I decided to come here and do it properly instead of making it up (which I could very well have done). My project is actually on natural language processing, formal grammar implementation and parsing - it has very, very little to do with web design/development, or even Japanese for that matter.

Richvh - my project will probably never see another Japanese student in it's entire lifespan (which is until April) so I am not looking for a solution. I am only looking for statistics. If I wanted a solution, I would've asked for a solution. I've said multiple times now, I already have a solution, should I need one. The only thing I need right now is statistics which is the only thing I asked for.

Thanks to everyone who has answered the poll.

Also, I'm a premenstrual female.