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Ask HN: Why is HN Christmas theme using the deprecated font tag?

20 points by dan-silver 11y ago

jklein11 11y ago
Because it works.
- lemcoe9 11y ago
  I like this response.
- jjuhl 11y ago
  Pragmatism. I like it.
pavornyoh 11y ago
I logged in and saw the red and got scared. I thought I was banned for a minute there. But it works.. I like it :)
- apryldelancey 11y ago
  I thought the same thing!
noonespecial 11y ago
Its not deprecated. Its... traditional!
- brudgers 11y ago
  And a memorable sunset.
tvanantwerp 11y ago
Today is the first day I've looked at the HTML for Hacker News. I feel like I've stepped into a time machine.
- nulbyte 11y ago
  Well, there's a handful of seconds I will never get back.
  - eudox 11y ago
    Now I'm curious about the html op="item" bit.
    - dang 11y ago
      "op" is Arc's idiom for web request type, so that attribute makes it easy for a scraper to tell what kind of page it's looking at. We added it for a Chrome extension we wrote to help with moderation. One of these years I want to open-source a stripped-down version of that Chrome extension, or better still make it an optional JS client that people can opt into. It's handy for browsing HN, if you like keyboard shortcuts and don't mind spawning tabs. Anybody know if there's a way for regular JS to spawn tabs, if the user is willing to give it the right permissions?
- iso8859-1 11y ago
  Goes to show that you can be mobile friendly even with table based layouts! This is one argument against that I heard.
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - stephenr 11y ago
    I'd hardly call hacker news "mobile friendly". It's almost a cruel joke how unfriendly it is on mobile devices.
- paulddraper 11y ago
  Spelling of time machines, you've also seen the UI. (which, FYI, is functional though non-pretty, just like the HTML)
overgard 11y ago
ASK OP: is your life significantly improved if they use a proper standards compliant tag for their festive buttons, or did you just think picking a nerd fight on christmas was just an awesome thing to do?
- salmonet 11y ago
  Excellent question that gets right to the crux of the issue
dang 11y ago
Every day is Christmas when it comes to HN using the font tag.

20 points by dan-silver 11y ago

jklein11 11y ago

Because it works.

lemcoe9 11y ago
I like this response.
jjuhl 11y ago
Pragmatism. I like it.

pavornyoh 11y ago

I logged in and saw the red and got scared. I thought I was banned for a minute there. But it works.. I like it :)

apryldelancey 11y ago
I thought the same thing!

noonespecial 11y ago

Its not deprecated. Its... traditional!

brudgers 11y ago
And a memorable sunset.

tvanantwerp 11y ago

Today is the first day I've looked at the HTML for Hacker News. I feel like I've stepped into a time machine.

nulbyte 11y ago
Well, there's a handful of seconds I will never get back.
- eudox 11y ago
  Now I'm curious about the html op="item" bit.
  - dang 11y ago
    "op" is Arc's idiom for web request type, so that attribute makes it easy for a scraper to tell what kind of page it's looking at. We added it for a Chrome extension we wrote to help with moderation. One of these years I want to open-source a stripped-down version of that Chrome extension, or better still make it an optional JS client that people can opt into. It's handy for browsing HN, if you like keyboard shortcuts and don't mind spawning tabs. Anybody know if there's a way for regular JS to spawn tabs, if the user is willing to give it the right permissions?
iso8859-1 11y ago
Goes to show that you can be mobile friendly even with table based layouts! This is one argument against that I heard.
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
- stephenr 11y ago
  I'd hardly call hacker news "mobile friendly". It's almost a cruel joke how unfriendly it is on mobile devices.
paulddraper 11y ago
Spelling of time machines, you've also seen the UI. (which, FYI, is functional though non-pretty, just like the HTML)

overgard 11y ago

ASK OP: is your life significantly improved if they use a proper standards compliant tag for their festive buttons, or did you just think picking a nerd fight on christmas was just an awesome thing to do?

salmonet 11y ago
Excellent question that gets right to the crux of the issue

dang 11y ago

Every day is Christmas when it comes to HN using the font tag.