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Web design rant

July 18, 2007 Posted by Michael

I lived through the browser wars. I remember “best viewed in…” logos on Web pages. Those days sucked and I never want to go back. So, why oh why, am I still seeing the following in 2007?

A page coded as 100% valid XHTML Strict (yes, strict!) being told the code is “incorrect” by the code checking software.
A newly launched library Web site that took piles of cash to develop with an XHTML Transitional DOCTYPE yet the homepage has 267 validation errors.
A government Web site that looks like this in IE

but like this in Firefox

ARGH!!!

About Michael

Michael Sauers is currently the Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission in Lincoln, Nebraska and has been training librarians in technology for more than 15 years. He has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller. He earned his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael’s tenth book, Blogging & RSS: A Librarian’s Guide, Second Edition was published October 2010 with three more books to be published in 2012. He has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs Web sites for authors and historical societies, takes many, many photos, and reads more than 100 books a year.

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4 Responses to Web design rant

Frederick says:

July 18, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Usually this is because the developers mistakenly care more about working with the browser specific tags used in IE than actually creating proper code.

Those sad days are far from over.
Web Design London says:

April 24, 2009 at 1:35 pm

they may not be over, but it’s better than it was.
Facebook Application says:

October 30, 2009 at 8:11 am

Web Design have still scope today and many designer working on that area
Australian Development Company says:

May 26, 2011 at 11:52 pm

Working on this project is still continuing and it has a great scope.