Comments on: Why poorly designed websites persist http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-poorly-designed-websites-persist/ the home of peter chng Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Peter Chng http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-poorly-designed-websites-persist/#comment-126 Peter Chng Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:21:41 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-poorly-designed-websites-persist/#comment-126 I agree, in principle. In some way, I'd like to see browsers <em>only</em> support validated markup. However, I don't think that's practical, as we can't expect everyone to fix their markup - nor would I expect these tough rules to suddenly make people switch their minds, as I mentioned in my article. If browsers suddenly stopped working with invalid code, then, we'd suddenly find a lot of angry users out there who are wondering why sites like MySpace don't work. (Maybe that would be a good thing... ;) ) The main problem is that while us tech people understand the need for validation, 99% of the world doesn't - and that matters. Overall, I think we need to discourage people from using HTML (when they aren't willing to spend the time to learn it), by offering good WYSIWYG editors, or for social networking sites, offering a good site builder that doesn't allow the user to insert their own HTML. Facebook has done this, resulting a site with a good design that looks consistent - far better than MySpace. I agree, in principle. In some way, I’d like to see browsers only support validated markup. However, I don’t think that’s practical, as we can’t expect everyone to fix their markup - nor would I expect these tough rules to suddenly make people switch their minds, as I mentioned in my article.

If browsers suddenly stopped working with invalid code, then, we’d suddenly find a lot of angry users out there who are wondering why sites like MySpace don’t work. (Maybe that would be a good thing… ;) )

The main problem is that while us tech people understand the need for validation, 99% of the world doesn’t - and that matters. Overall, I think we need to discourage people from using HTML (when they aren’t willing to spend the time to learn it), by offering good WYSIWYG editors, or for social networking sites, offering a good site builder that doesn’t allow the user to insert their own HTML. Facebook has done this, resulting a site with a good design that looks consistent - far better than MySpace.

]]> By: Martin Payne http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-poorly-designed-websites-persist/#comment-125 Martin Payne Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:12:08 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-poorly-designed-websites-persist/#comment-125 Until web browsers decide to stop being backwards compatible with early versions of Netscape, I can’t see the situation improving. I think browsers should abolish “Quirks Mode”, because only when people see that their sites are broken, will they (hopefully) attempt to fix them. And don’t get me started on MySpace! ;o) Until web browsers decide to stop being backwards compatible with early versions of Netscape, I can’t see the situation improving. I think browsers should abolish “Quirks Mode”, because only when people see that their sites are broken, will they (hopefully) attempt to fix them.

And don’t get me started on MySpace! ;o)

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