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Date:      Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:26:15 -0600
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated?
Message-ID:  <41CCC1B7.4090008@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpsm5vcn0j.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <89b41e4704122303546aaa8d83@mail.gmail.com> <20041223133440.GC786@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <41CB9F16.1010405@nbritton.org> <41CBA2D5.4070700@makeworld.com> <20041224142246.GB779@gothmog.gr> <xzpwtv7co1w.fsf@dwp.des.no> <41CC9DE0.6010500@makeworld.com> <xzpsm5vcn0j.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> writes:
> 
>>Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
>>
>>>Responding to Chris: CSS is neither outdated nor a Windows thing.  You
>>>apparently need to get an extra clue or two before you rejoin this
>>>discussion.
>>
>>Not really - Some years back MS made a big issue about CSS. It was
>>then that I lost interest in web devel. Besides - web devel isn't my
>>bag, so I really don't think that I need to have or get a clue.
> 
> 
> CSS is a W3 standard, but was originally designed by the CTO of Opera
> Software, a company which is one of Microsoft's more vocal detractors
> and which recently received a large settlement in a lawsuit regarding
> Microsoft's (alleged) intentional efforts to make their website render
> poorly in Opera's browser.  IE handles CSS1 badly, and CSS2 almost not
> at all.  Calling it a Windows thing severely misrepresents the facts.
> 
> 
>>One does not need to know how to rebuild an engine to know how to
>>drive the car.
> 
> 
> One should not criticize the design of an engine while vehemently
> claiming to have no interest in how enginges are built.
> 
> DES

Technically - I didn't criticize. Allow me to post verbatim;

"CSS? Isnt that a bit outdated? Isnt that more a Windows thing?"

Doesn't look like it to me - looks more like a query or two.
But that's just me tho - perhaps you read something else?

Perhaps too much eggnog? Perhaps not enough?

-- 
Best regards,
Chris




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