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Subject:Re: Front Page Fussy From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:38:08 -0800
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:28:56 -0600, Kris Olberg wrote:
>HTML is a standard. "Crappy" can only describe something that does not
>conform to the standard. Ergo, because FP creates standard HTML, it cannot
>be described as "crappy." Find a different argument.
How about: FP creates unnecessarily bloated, messy HTML, with the
occaisional broken links.
Personally, I call that "crappy".
In a feeble attempt to pull things slightly on-topic, "remember your
audience!" -- your final product is less useful if it's only viewable by a
minority portion of its intended recipients.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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