Web Design

Yes, I know that anyone who has ever developed a webpage has their own little rant. I am not particularly enraged over the stupid lack of standards, though. Rather, one person’s opinions have caused me to become seething in anger.

This person feels that every web site must look the same on every browser. Honestly, that is not possible. Even the simplest fucking “Hello, world!” website, with nothing more than a p tag would be rendered differently on different browsers. There are so many browsers, and so many interpretations. What the fuck? I’d like to see her fucking make a site that looks exactly the same on IE and lynx. Try that, you fucking fascist asshole!

I’m okay with trying to make my site more available to people with disabilities. That’s one of the reasons this site uses CSS, in fact. I’m considerate to those viewing my site. But that can be taken to an extreme. What the fuck? “It doesn’t look the same on Netscape and on IE.” I don’t give a shit! Does the information not go through? Do you have any problem clicking on the fucking link? So maybe the fonts are a bit bigger in Netscape than on IE. Maybe the tables are drawn a bit wider. The scrollbar on the side always appears for IE, yet it only appears when the page is longer than the screen on Netscape. The icons on the top of the window are different sizes for Netscape and IE, and, heck, are a different size depending on the version of IE / Windows also! Do you think your incredible HTML skills can fix stuff like that? Do you think you can make your pages look precisely the same on every browser, down to the very last pixel?

One of the things that just pisses me off the most is that most of her own pages don’t even conform to her “standards”. Mind you, these are not simple sites of offices that nobody has ever heard of, these are sites that represent the fucking University itself. If your browser doesn’t support CSS, as one of mine doesn’t, then you’re screwed! If your browser doesn’t have a version that’s higher than 4.0, then you’re screwed! It doesn’t even let you try to view the site. You just kicked right out! Fuck you if you’re not using IE or Netscape! Mozilla? Konqueror? OmniWeb? Dillo? Links? Opera? What the fuck are those? Never heard of them! Fuck them, I couldn’t give two fucks about these lunatic browsers! Oh, but wait… your page doesn’t look the same under Netscape and IE! You’ve committed a horrible horrible sin! Nope, I won’t approve posting your site up as an official University site until you get your act together.

Why don’t you fucking go fist yourself and get on with your life? Leave me the fuck alone!