I couldn't agree more. HTML is so basic that you have no excuse to not do it in the ballpark of right (accessibility can be tricky and right is not always compl

I couldn't agree more. HTML is so basic that you have no excuse to not do it in the ballpark of right (accessibility can be tricky and right is not always completely clear, but in 90% of cases you should have a good idea). Using a solid css reset solves most of your visual issues with using semantic elements/structuring following proper standards. Use the reset and then write css however you want to. The current state of the web (being nothing but an advertising platform for the most part) is what is driving a lot of people to other protocols. A return to sanely structured CONTENT over pretty/fancy/neat/whatever looking would be, in this writers opinion, a wonderful thing. I know in a perfect world we'd have both, but that is not how things have played out for the most part. Maybe the next thing, that replaces the web eventually, will get it right. :-/