Posted by Synapse Syndrome on 01/21/08 22:24

"dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:doraymeRidThis-F86145.08582122012008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
>
> OK lets look at a typical page:
>
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2244122,00.html>
>
> It uses a transitional doctype. Perhaps this is ok. Some people
> will wonder what it is transitioning from. But still it has lots
> of errors. I saw a count above 80.
>
> There are some css ones too. Perhaps these latter things are not
> that important and due to various hacks to ward off greater
> dangers...
>
> But there are some nasty looking things like body {font-size:
> small...} which do not auger well. It is not a good thing to
> start the day with. The authors actually admit (in a comment on
> body):
>
> "For most browsers we want to default to font-size small, but for
> IE 5 PC we want to use x-small, as it's font sizes are one size
> out"
>
> Now, I am not saying that a table layout is a terrible crime - it
> is not - but you cannot have a table layout like this site uses
> these days for non tabular material and trumpet too loudly its
> good design, much less hold it up as an example.
>
> Not saying the site is incompetent. It is not.

The basic template for that page is actually pretty old, and it was a while
ago that I saw the site being used as an example. It is the main front page
that has recently been redesigned (and made to fit a 1024 screen width, from
800).

ss.

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