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Web Designers Ignoring Standards and Support IE Only

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the doesn't-that-burn-your-bottom dept.

An anonymous reader says "According to this story on news.com, it is becoming harder for users of Microsoft-free systems and browsers to view the web. This seems to be a new call to arms from the standards groups, and it is something we should be thinking about. Without help from web designers, using browsers like Mozilla and Opera will effectively cut off our ability to view web sites 'correctly.'" My pet peeve is when sites hype and announce new-and-improved sites, and then they come out and they are simply a gigantic flash application.

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  1. Re:Standards according to who? by News+For+Turds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You make a very good point. Unfortunately it will be modded down because it is somewhat pro-microsoft. :(

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    -- You are such a fucking fag
  2. Flash filter = good!! (flashswitch.com) by BlueF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slightly offtopic, but I can't help but sharing this awesome little utility that helps me avoid so much of the obnoxious, invasive flash on the web.

    Check out www.flashswitch.com

    Or for a great web filter, that catches just about everything other than flash, try www.webwasher.com.

    I can't bear to surf with out them.

  3. HTML IS NOT CODE!! by crouchingpenguin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See subject. It irritates me to no end to hear web designers (who sometimes refer to themselves as developers) call html (and/or the html generated by their favorite tool) code. HTML is markup. Like formatting a word document. Yes there is some creativity involved, but it is far from actual programming.

    my 2c