Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract? To : comp.programming From : Chris Sonnack Date : Tue Aug 16 2005 07:39 pm blmblm@myrealbox.com writes: >> In the olden days, [gray] was Netscape's default in the absence >> of any of the hated colorizing tags or attributes. >> >> Of course, back then, we only HAD those things.... > > In the very olden days (what, about ten years ago?), one was meant > to use HTML to define the logical structure of one's document, with > choice of background color and font size and other such things left > to the user's browser -- i.e., under the user's control. > > How things have changed. Indeed. It's been "fun" watching the artists and marketers take over the original concept, which was to provide marked up *content*. I suspect "The Web" would never have exploded as it has without that usurping of that original concept. (Not sure if that's a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. I'm still in awe of how The Web has taken over so many corners of our lifes. URLs are *common* on billboards and tv commercials. The presumption of web access is becoming the equal of the presumption of telco access.) I'm solidly on the fence on this one, 'cause, while I appreciate the whole content-based approach, the artist in me likes the idea of giving you MY vision of a webpage. Frankly, I think style sheets are way cool. (-: > (I can also say that I'm getting a whole new perspective from his > posts on my own tendency to rant when things don't work with text > browsers, or when people send me things in MS Office formats, or > otherwise assume that all the world uses new>.) The older I get, the pickier I get about which battles are worth getting my dander up about. -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| .