Dvorak Rants on CSS 522
John Dvorak writes on CSS after working on redesigning his weblog, the article ended up being extremely funny. From the write-up:
As we move into the age of Vista, multimedia's domination on the desktop, and Web sites controlled by cascading style sheets running under improved browsers, when will someone wake up and figure out that none of this stuff works at all?!
Two problems (Score:5, Funny)
Dvorak, IT's own Andy Rooney (Score:5, Funny)
Ah yes, material for years.
Extremely Funny? (Score:5, Funny)
The only reason I use CSS is because color coordination does not run in my genes.
Whycome? (Score:5, Funny)
Dat jus not fair.
Re:Standard versus Proprietary? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm not so sure that's a coined term yet.
Re:Silly Dovak (Score:2, Funny)
interactive transcript (Score:5, Funny)
John Dvorak: played by a angry, crying, screaming Horatio Sanz
Normal Human: played by you (unless you are John Dvorak)
Dvorak: CSS IS STUPID!! I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK SO IT SUCKS!!! STUPID STANDARDS BODIES!!! WHY DON'T THEY MAKE ALL THE BROWSERS WORK THE SAME?!?!? WHY!?!?!
Normal Human: Uhm, John. The standards bodies aren't in charge of the browsers. And lot's of people use CSS on sites that look practically identical on all the major browsers.
Bvorak: NO THEY DON'T. I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK, SO IT SUCKS!!!
Normal Human: Maybe if you bought a good book on CSS. Something by Eric Meyer...
DVORAK!: BUT IT CASCADES!!!
Normal Human: It's suppopsed to cascade. Just calm down.
DVORAK!!!: A BEAR ATE MY PARENTS!!!!
Normal Human:
DVORAK!?!?!: KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
Normal Human: I hate you.
Re:Two problems (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, IE7 will solve all of your problems.
[insert failed attempt to keep a straight face here]
Re:Two problems (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, he is rather brilliant [slashdot.org], isn't he?
Internet Connection Losing CSS data??? WTF??? (Score:5, Funny)
When does that happen? When the web server times out because the CSS is too big to host out? Or when Dvorak's AOL connection kicks him off because his free 100 minutes has run out?
C'mon...
Re:It's not a "standard" (Score:1, Funny)
As most readers know, I'm a blogger. (Score:5, Funny)
That's like saying, "As most readers know, I am a computer operator."
CSS stands for Conspicuously Sketchy Sheets
Here's a tutorial John - http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_intro.asp [w3schools.com]
Re:Solution (Score:5, Funny)
If the user's running IE, redirect to a page that says something to the effect of:
Turnabout is, after all, fair play.
Re:Standard versus Proprietary? (Score:3, Funny)
What are these strange terms you use here...documentin and comments? These are foreign to us here on /.
Re:The age of Vista? (Score:5, Funny)
It's a logical necessity. Starting with "As we approach the age of Vista" logically predicates the following statements on the assumption we are approaching an "Age of Vista".
This allows us to say anything we please, because of the well known logical rule having to do with statements predicated on falsehood.
Example:
"As we approach the Age of Vista, engines powered by quantum singularities willreplace internal combustion."
"But, the internal combustion engine is still here!"
"Is it the Age of Vista?" "No."
"Well, then."
Savor the irony (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Two problems (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Whycome? (Score:2, Funny)
IMarv
Re:Internet Connection Losing CSS data??? WTF??? (Score:5, Funny)
It's when there's a hole in one of the tubes, all the CSS starts to leak out.
Re:Two problems (Score:5, Funny)
Not running an ACID2 compliant web browser, I see
Re:Two problems (Score:3, Funny)
Every Time Dvorak Speaks (Score:5, Funny)
Mark your calendars (Score:5, Funny)
"Dear Diary,
I don't understand why CSS won't work on my site! OMG, all I want to do is make every div tag on my page 50% transparent, why does it slow things down so much?? Sometimes I think everyone's out to get me. In the end I ended up using Tom's myspace editor, but now I have a link to his page on my page and I don't know how to get rid of it. I hate my life.
-J.D."
Dvorak: visionary (Score:2, Funny)
John Dvorak, San Francisco Examiner, February 1984
Dvorak: Visionary of the Future
Re:Experts should be optional (Score:4, Funny)
You will obey the commands of the Director of Marketing in this, and in all things! Our data shows that the public is not interested in clear, intuitive navigation; nay, they require smileys that appear to trail behind their mouse pointer when it moves! Smileys they shall have, for it has been deemed most Profitable and Right in the eyes of our Lord CEO, He Who Knows All Despite What the IT Dept. Tells Him. He likes the company jingle to play when the pages load, and so does his wife. Praise Him!
My Article: Why Dvorak Bugs Me? (Score:4, Funny)
- His articles don't follow the standards. Typically, and article posted online is supposed to be interesting, informative, and be written by a well educated man. This article follows none of those standards.
- His article was supposed to be dynamic. But every time I read the damn thing it's stil the same old boring Sh!t.
Re:Internet Connection Losing CSS data??? WTF??? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Blame Internet Explorer (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Two problems (Score:3, Funny)
Good thinking, you're almost there. The 'not ready for production websites' is spot on, now change 'It' into 'IE' and you've understoond the problem.