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Damn impressive: SSCrabble is a fully-functional [single-player] version of the game which uses only CSS, XHTML and Javascript — no Flash and no Java applets. One neat advantage of this apart from the small size and low CPU demand, is — due to the CSS using relative sizes — you can resize the text in your browser to suit your visual needs.

Clever stuff from The Man in Blue, and I have to say his weblog design is one of the most pleasing I’ve seen. Beautiful shading and shadow effects, and nice touches like custom images relevant to each entry.

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#1

bsag | 2004 / 01 / 30 – 17:19

Holy cow! That’s mad. But fun. This is even more extreme CSS madness, but less fun or useful. I love the Man in Black’s postmodern peeling wallpaper.

#2

David | 2004 / 01 / 30 – 17:32

Re #1: I also like, by the same chap, the CSS House.

The Man in Black? Johnny Cash? You meant the Man in Blue I take it? ;) [This is the second time that misunderstanding-Man-in-Black-for-comic-effect gag has been made this week!]

#3

richard | 2004 / 01 / 30 – 21:41

I’ve downloaded that game so I can study it in more detail. Very cool.

Though the best computer version of scrabble that I ever came across was that supplied with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k that I was given one christmas in the early eighties. It had many nice features that I’ve yet to see duplicated elsewhere.

#4

bsag | 2004 / 01 / 30 – 21:57

Re #2: Oops, yes - a bit of a musical slip there (or subliminal advertising for the late Johnny Cash - take your pick :-)

#5

David | 2004 / 01 / 30 – 23:24

Re #3: You want to get yourself down to World of Spectrum — grab an emulator [Spectacular is probably the best for PC, I don’t know about Linux], get a few classic games and immerse yourself in nostalgia. :)

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