About Web Design: Meta refresh uses; scary designs; operating system

Web Design In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks | Suggestions |   from Jennifer Kyrnin I'm still working on editor reviews this week - hopefully I'll be done soon. But while we wait for that, I wanted to share some stories from other readers about meta refresh tags and designs. Plus, this week's poll is about your operating system.   In the Spotlight Do you Use the Meta Refresh Tag? The meta refresh tag is one of the simplest ways to do a redirect on your Web server. And yet, it's not a good idea to use it that way. In fact, the meta refresh tag was originally meant to reload the same page you were on. It was intended to be used to create more dynamic pages with information that might change on reload.              More Topics CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor A very popular Windows editor Textarea, Select and Option Tag Attributes Expand the tags The body Element The content of your page The frame Element For frames CSS Style Property: text-shadow Decorate your text Direction An important design element Promote Your RSS Feed to Aggregators Get people to read your feed What Design Scares You? Halloween is gone, but there are still scary designs on the Web. What designs scare you the most?   Poll: What Operating System do you use? For many people their operating system is more than just the background program on their computer - it's a statement of who they are. Are you businesslike and serious? Then Windows is probably for you. Do you prefer to Geek out? Then you're probably on Linux. Or are you more artsy-fartsy? Then Macintosh calls to you. What operating system do you work on most of the time? And no, having all three on a dual-(triple-) boot isn't a choice. I'll go first. I am using Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with Parallels running Windows XP. How about you? Vote Now View Results     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Free Classes About Web Design and HTML  from your  Web Design / HTML  Guide It's easy to learn Web design and HTML online. And you might be surprised at the things you can learn for free. These online newsletter courses can help you improve your skills or teach you new ones. 1) XML Class 2) Become a Freelance Web Designer Class 3) Cascading Style Sheets Full Class   What should I write about? Are there Web design topics you"d like to learn more about? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think.   Home Allergy Center Quick Cleaning Tricks These easy shortcuts and tips will help keep rid your home of grime, dust and other allergens. More > Web Design / HTML Ads Free Templates 5 Page Layout HTML Web Design Design Own Website Web Templates Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Focus on JavaScript Perl Graphic Design Focus on Java Web Logs   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Web Design newsletter as adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=webdesign&e=adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.