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Why I use HTML (instead of xHTML) |

Sean of Elementary Group Standards asked me, as part of a CSS Spring Reboot 2006 questionnaire, why I used HTML 4. Was using HTML instead of xHTML a concious choice on my part? Absolutely.
While the other people who were questioned managed to keep it nice and concise, I managed to write up a whole bucket […]

Using tables may cause bodily harm |

Go to site. Look at design. Not bad is it? Quite alright. Model’s quite alright too and doesn’t distract from the products too much.

Now increase text size. (use ctrl + plus or ctrl + scroll wheel up) Ignoring the fact that most of the text remains at exactly the same size, look what it’s […]

On the slagging of buzzwords |

Since the September that never ended (the point where the unwashed masses - us - got on the internet), the web has been rife with buzzwords. New buzzwords came and old buzzwords went, or worse, kept on lingering waiting to be revived (I’m looking at you Web 1.964beta). Amongst all this madness some people, trying […]

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