Chapter 1. Dynamism and Detection

In This Chapter

• Project I: Generating Platform-Specific Content

• Project II: Printing Copyright Information and Last-Modified Date

• Recap

• Advanced Projects

Okay, you've landed the job programming the Web site for Shelley Biotechnologies. At the moment, the site is very static, and your new boss has brought you onboard to bring it up to speed with the competition. Before you begin your work, however, your boss wants you to resolve an issue that has been raised by some people who have been browsing the site. It seems that people who are using Macintoshes are not seeing the text in the same way as people who are browsing the site on a Windows-based machine (see Figure 1-1). Upon further investigation you find out that the font size is displayed differently on the two platforms, and even though the problem isn't the end of the world, the boss is a stickler for details. This looks like a perfect place to start using JavaScript.