Web Standards & Stuff
I just found this blog on web standards today. It was kind of funny because Moluv.com is one of the worst offenders. hehehehe.
The author goes on to slam design portals in general because he/she doesn't understand them, and because they don't conform to web standards. I hate to break this to you friend, but most of these sites are simply collections of bookmarks, or favorites. Plain and simple. They are not paid for or funded. They are built with the sweat equity of their creators, primarily for the use of their creators. The added benefit is that other people appreciate the effort which may generate a little notoriety.
If you don't get it, that's fine. Create your own bookmark site, or use sites like Del.icio.us to keep track of your notable sites or use the browser's built in functions. Slamming a design portal is like getting mad at a fine artist for not standardizing on a brand of paint or canvas size. Sillyness.
I still get the point, though. Web standards are important. But, like jaywalking laws, they really should only be enforced where it makes sense. Oh, and isn't there a standard for how much information you should be allowed to put on one HTML page? If there is, our friend at Fawny seems to be a big fan of having users scroll through several hundred yards of text without supplying any navigation. I bet he jaywalks too. :-)
The author goes on to slam design portals in general because he/she doesn't understand them, and because they don't conform to web standards. I hate to break this to you friend, but most of these sites are simply collections of bookmarks, or favorites. Plain and simple. They are not paid for or funded. They are built with the sweat equity of their creators, primarily for the use of their creators. The added benefit is that other people appreciate the effort which may generate a little notoriety.
If you don't get it, that's fine. Create your own bookmark site, or use sites like Del.icio.us to keep track of your notable sites or use the browser's built in functions. Slamming a design portal is like getting mad at a fine artist for not standardizing on a brand of paint or canvas size. Sillyness.
I still get the point, though. Web standards are important. But, like jaywalking laws, they really should only be enforced where it makes sense. Oh, and isn't there a standard for how much information you should be allowed to put on one HTML page? If there is, our friend at Fawny seems to be a big fan of having users scroll through several hundred yards of text without supplying any navigation. I bet he jaywalks too. :-)
posted by moluv at 9:06 PM
1 Comments:
I do use Delicious, as I'm sure you saw from the very page you read (and my personal homepage). The intended purpose of design portals is not being met, and even if you think they are mere link dumps, they must comply with Web standards, which, in all cases but one I surveyed, they don't.
Give me, as the kids no longer say, a break.
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