Re: Re: [E-devel] web page

[Chris b. R. <ch...@da...>]

On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 08:20:46PM -0500, Corey Donohoe muttered...
: * Ben Ford (be...@ka...) wrote:
: > 
: > No, I see a web that has been made *incompatible* by big business.  If 
: > we play their game it will continue to get worse.  *We* are the ones who 
: > have to do somehting about it.  You and me and all the other little web 
: > designershave to stand up and say, "Fuck you Microsoft, Fuck you 
: > Netscape.  I write standard code and if you can't render it properly 
: > then fuck you."  Eventually, if enough people do this, then the browsers 
: > *will* start to get better.
: > 
: > Every web page I see now is 3 times longer than it needs to be and is 
: > hacked beyond belief just to get it to fucking render in all browsers.  
: > That is bullshit.
: > 
: > Look at www.intel.com in IE, then look at it in any other browser.  Then 
: > you'll be saying, "why can't I have nifty alpha-blending and shit.  They 
: > are discriminating against me!"
: > 
: > -b
: Dude it's about having information about Enlightenment.  It should work in
: everything.  Just because other people might make incompatible shit doesn't
: mean you have to stoop to their level and cater to one thing. 

I agree. 'links' should be the defacto standard for web design. It's also
friendlier on us brits with 28.8 modems.

regards

chris
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