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There are three pictures at istockphoto.com taken by myself. 1, 2, 3
istockphoto.com is really becoming a great resource for a cheap price.
AltaVista looks different, don't you think?
New logo, new layout, ads free homepage.
:: Sasha, at 11:02 pm on Monday, 11. November 2002
I gave you 5 but I would put McGarbage overthere! That is a pisture for 10!
These pictures of garbage are raw truth about our civilization and why we will be swept out soon.
:: zoka, at 05:36 am on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
The new Alta Vista looks like crap. They should fire their web designer, pronto. Non-validating code, and ugly as cheap home-made sin to boot. OK, the new logo is nice, but still doesn't grab me or anything. WebStandards.org has a writeup on a valid redesign already undertaken by one of their crew: http://webstandards.org/buzz/archive/20...ml#a000109
:: bob, at 05:11 pm on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
Sadly enough, I am so used to this Bob. Even Google doesn't validate. That is sad.
:: Sasha, at 06:10 pm on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
Sasha will you put McGarbage overthere?
:: zoka, at 06:55 pm on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
It won't work:
http://www.istockphoto.com/guidelines.php
"There are no visible Trademarked products, corporate identity, logos, or copyrighted elements . . ."
But, I'll probably send it to http://www.adbusters.org
:: Sasha, at 08:00 pm on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
saw both mentioned on zeldman.com. funny how zeldman likes to point out non-validaing markup at some sites (alta vista) but not others (the 'affiliated' istockphoto).
:: db, at 08:54 pm on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
>> saw both mentioned on zeldman.com
Finally, I posted something before him :o)
Well spotted db!
For some reason, I don't blame big companies for their bad code. I probably should, but we all know what is the reality. The boss, manager, CEO, . . . wants the damn thing up in a day or so, and wants it to look exactly the same in NN4 as in IE6. And don't use that CSS thing anymore, it screws up Dreamweaver! I found myself so many times defending web standards in much smaller companies then Yahoo or Altavista. Without success. Almost each time I sounded stupid. Web Standards? What the hell is he talking about?
I cannot go back. I use Validator daily. I validate my code as religiously as a nun attends mass, but if I am working in a group where absolutely nobody cares about it, what should I do? Keep pushing that rock like Sisyphus?
:: Sasha, at 09:38 pm on Tuesday, 12. November 2002
>Finally, I posted something before him :o)
i only saw it on zeldman first because i went reverse alphabetical order through my favourites list this time :)
:: db, at 06:09 pm on Wednesday, 13. November 2002
Useless scrawling facts:
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