On Formally Undecidable Propositions Of CSS And Related Systems
March 18th, 2008“Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.
A few months ago, I was casually browsing some forums on web design and helping people that need help, one of my favorite things to do. I came across someone building a layout that obviously had no idea what he was doing (happens all to often). He had divs and lists all over the page with no consistent syntax or formatting, everything had an ID and a class but nothing was working. He couldn’t get a set of images to center in a container.
I made the simple suggestions of “Why don’t you use the align=center attribute, it’s the simplest solution in your case”. Another CSS “expert” and member of the forum vehemently responded, “NO! That is deprecated! He CAN’T use it!” So the poor guy keeps fumbling away trying to make something work that was obviously way over his head.
I’m constantly amazed at how self-declared “experts” can completely ignore one of the most important factors in creative coding: the human element.