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Posted by dorayme on 08/14/07 03:15
In article <Xns998C226A115E0Q78XD91A@127.0.0.1>,
Franklin <frank.says@no.spam.com> wrote:
> On Tue 14 Aug 2007 02:19:54, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au>
> wrote in alt.comp.freeware:
>
> > In article <Xns998C1335C1DEFQ78XD91A@127.0.0.1>,
> > Franklin <frank.says@no.spam.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I agree. HTML is not hard at all.
> >
> > This would be more convincing if it was not being said by folks
> > who's business is html. It would also be more convincing if it
> > was not being merely said but demonstrated. And how can it be
> > demonstrated easily?
> >
> > The problem is this, once you are familiar with it and have taken
> > very good advice, you can use that handy device called hindsight.
> >
> > I am not here discussing the merits of Albert's efforts. I am
> > pointing out that it is no use whatsoever repeating endlessly how
> > simple it all is deep down.
> >
>
> It's not that HTML is simple deep down, it is simple high up.
>
> The markups are for the most part quite straightforward. A utility
> like a generator becomes useful for repetitive tasks or those of
> awkward alignment.
>
> This is not just because of hindsight.
I am not defending generators. I hate the very ground they stand
on. HTML mark up, taken an element at a time or in even smaller
chunks is dead simple. That does not make website making dead
simple.
--
dorayme
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