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This is really one of the worst articles I've seen submitted here lately. I'm truly surprised that it is currently ranked up so high. The presentation of the a
by PommeDeTerre 14y ago
This is really one of the worst articles I've seen submitted here lately. I'm truly surprised that it is currently ranked up so high.
The presentation of the article is atrocious. The font alone renders extremely poorly in Firefox. It is just plain hard to read. Please just use a common font that will render well basically anywhere.
The inline "$3.99 ThanksGiving Offer" ad links peppered throughout the article are distracting, too. They really take focus away from the article itself (unless, of course, that is exactly what they were intended to do).
Then it has one part that goes, "It’s the WebP Image Format (see https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/) as shown here", with an image of the WebP logo that follows. The WebP logo image is a PNG, however! With a lead-in like that, I was sure it was going to be a WebP image demonstrating some of the format's benefits.
The various inline URLs that aren't hyperlinks are very annoying, too. They should obviously have been actual links.
Seeing stuff like "Microsfot" only makes the horrible article look even worse.
While I'm not expecting perfection, nearly everything about this article is sub-par. It's not what I wish to see when I come to HN.
When it comes to information, the Wikipedia article is so much better, yet it's still quite concise, too. For anyone interested, it is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP
- mistermcgruff 14y ago"Then it has one part that goes, 'It’s the WebP Image Format (see https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/) as shown here', with an image of the WebP logo that follows. The WebP logo image is a PNG, however!" <-- LOL!
- miniatureape 14y agoThe presentation doesn't bother me much, but the argument doesn't make much sense. > Asking web designers, bloggers, and non-techies to create multiple versions of their images in order to appease every Android, iOS device and desktop browser seems not only like a very non-standards approach, it’s also not a very practical one. I've never heard of FlashPix, but it seems like just a wrapper around a bunch of variously sized images. The creator still needs to make them and save them or use a program that does it automatically. And what happens when you request one? You either get them all and download a gigantic file, or the server has to somehow pull out just the part you need. This problem could be much more easily solved by the extensions to the img tag that allow various src attributes (ignoring the fact that we might not end up with the right one), media queries and using vector formats where possible.
- altrego99 14y agoIs it because of 1:53AM?