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This is the website of John Walker, cofounder of Autodesk: https://www.fourmilab.ch/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/ There are lots of good articles on there, but th

This is the website of John Walker, cofounder of Autodesk: https://www.fourmilab.ch/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/ There are lots of good articles on there, but the site uses frames. Does that detract from the quality of the content? No. Paul Graham's site: http://www.paulgraham.com/ http://www.paulgraham.com/ Has a HTML 4.01 Transitional doctype and uses tables for layouts. Does that detract from the content? No. Hell, you're on hacker news. It doesn't even define a doctype and also uses tables for layouts.

plugnburn 11y ago
You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No one is an authority for me. > This is the website of John Walker, cofounder of Autodesk If he's a cofounder of Autodesk and can't make a decent website himself, how hard would it be to pay someone who can? > Paul Graham's site Even worse than the former. Someone, stop that pain, tell him finally how to adjust screen resolution over 640x480! > Does that detract from the quality of the content? Yes. It shows the real attitude to the target audience. > Hell, you're on hacker news. It doesn't even define a doctype and also uses tables for layouts. Correct, but at least it has some CSS and doesn't look like a hello-from-nineties.
- LukeB_UK 11y ago
  > You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No one is an authority for me. You're mistaken, I'm actually using these people as examples of their technical ability. People may have a website, but not be web devs. Judging people and the contents of their site on the way their site looks is just wrong.
- devishard 11y ago
  > You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No one is an authority for me. That attitude is a pretty good way to ensure you learn nothing from anyone. I hope for your sake you grow out of it!
- coldtea 11y ago
  >You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No, he is obviously giving counter-examples of content in poor markup, and how that doesn't stop it from being great content. Whoooosh...

plugnburn 11y ago

You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No one is an authority for me. > This is the website of John Walker, cofounder of Autodesk If he's a cofounder of Autodesk and can't make a decent website himself, how hard would it be to pay someone who can? > Paul Graham's site Even worse than the former. Someone, stop that pain, tell him finally how to adjust screen resolution over 640x480! > Does that detract from the quality of the content? Yes. It shows the real attitude to the target audience. > Hell, you're on hacker news. It doesn't even define a doctype and also uses tables for layouts. Correct, but at least it has some CSS and doesn't look like a hello-from-nineties.

LukeB_UK 11y ago
> You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No one is an authority for me. You're mistaken, I'm actually using these people as examples of their technical ability. People may have a website, but not be web devs. Judging people and the contents of their site on the way their site looks is just wrong.
devishard 11y ago
> You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No one is an authority for me. That attitude is a pretty good way to ensure you learn nothing from anyone. I hope for your sake you grow out of it!
coldtea 11y ago
>You are obviously trying to do some appeal to authority, which doesn't work on me. No, he is obviously giving counter-examples of content in poor markup, and how that doesn't stop it from being great content. Whoooosh...