[Gllug] [OT]Reforming wayward web designers

[David Damerell]

On Thursday, 7 Oct 2004, Garry Heaton wrote:
>Meyer acknowledges that getting complex layouts to work with CSS-P is
>sometimes more trouble than it's worth, given the state of browser
>implementation.

What you're missing here is that no reader actually wants to struggle
with complex layouts. Abuse of logical markup may be necessary to
produce an unusable design; well, that's two reasons not to do it,
then. 

>Usability is very important, and I'm not arguing against web standards per
>se, but Jakob Neilson isn't the only end of the equation in 2004. If CSS-P,
>without reams of Tantek/midpass filter hacks (Zen garden), leaves you with
>only 2/3 column layouts as a viable option then clients who want a
>sophisticated design are going to pass you by.

This is not a new fact; however, from my point of view, the fact that
the DDA may well force these idiots to select more usable designs can
only be good.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?
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