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Web technologies are barbarianism. We've been laying out pages for hundreds of years. I suspect that this would be a much shorter article if Microsoft/Netscap
by jstewartmobile 7y ago
Web technologies are barbarianism.
We've been laying out pages for hundreds of years. I suspect that this would be a much shorter article if Microsoft/Netscape/Opera/et.al had consulted with experts in that business first, rather than re-invent the entire process from first principles.
Won't drop any shade on TBL for this mess though. V1.0 seemed more focused on information access than design.
- goto11 7y agoPage layout for print is very different than for screen. It was designers with a print background which insisted on writing "Best viewed on a 640x480 monitor with 24bit color. Please maximize your browser window for the optimal experience" on websites back in day. Actually I think the designers of CSS consulted traditional print too much, by adding confusing and useless stuff like "pt" measurements.
- jstewartmobile 7y agoPrint people at the time had no idea what 640x480x24 even means. That was all IT dorks and amateur self-styled "designers." (i.e. barbarians) The Bringhurst book was published 1992. Web tech learned zero from that book.