Oh, trust me. I would be more than happy to learn all that is to be learned. I’m a guy who is constantly teaching myself new things. I’ve done everything from composing film scores, to prosthetic makeup! I just don’t want to get too deep into the constant pursuit of keeping up with very technical aspects, if possible.
Web development is one of the things I’m not keen on pursuing as a career or dominant hobby. I’m already very very involved in 2D animation, 3D modelling/animation, visual effects, and a bunch of other things that also require a lot of dedication and continuous learning of new things.
I’ve only had Pinegrow a few weeks, and I’ve taught myself Boostrap, and recently things like browser prefixes. I’m always interested in learning more. It’s just I have so many other things also requring the same time dedication… and they are more related to my actual career… (…they pay my bills).
Ya, I’m all too aware that there’s always a lot of compatibility and technical issues involved. As long as Internet Explorer is around, there will always have to be workarounds and compromises! It seems to strive to always throw a wrench in the system. And just trying to keep up to date on how to embed video, was enough to make me quit website building a few years ago.
I couldn’t agree more, Pinegrow IS awesome, not only in how reliable and powerful it is, but in how it allows me to both hand code, as well as get assistance with automation when I need it. Having the simultaneous code/visual editor/live displays is extremely valuable for learning and troubleshooting. I was hesitant at first to purchase an editor (since I knew I wasn’t a pro web guy, nor was panning on doing any sites other than my own, and maybe for some close client friends), but I’m really glad I did, as it’s been exteremely rewarding, and impressively stable.
I really suspect that the vertical stacking issue is mostly due to out-of-date browsers, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to fix that on my end. The iTouch won’t let me update it (as you say, it’s most likely linked to the OS itself). The OS is fully up to date (although, it’s an old device, so it’s an old OS, I think). And even if I could update the browser separately, the OS (as you pointed out) might not be able to support it.
As for the Nexus, I might be able to update the browser independently, but I have to get the recent password from the owner of the tablet, as the one provided is not being accepted. So, I just have to wait on that.
In the meantime, if I can get friends to check out the tests on their devices, I’ll have a better idea of how compatible things are. They MUST be okay, seeing as the code is standard and uncomplicated… otherwise, there would be more people than me having issues with the display.
A big thanks to Emmanuel, Rob and schpengle for baring with my fumbling around, trying to quickly learn all this… as well as their efforts and help. As before, all very much appreciated.
I’ll continue to post updates, just in case it may be of use to someone else who is travelling down the same path.