http://www.westciv.com/style_master/house/good_oil/not_paper/index.html on 2006-11-16
an example of bad web design — publishing good advice but not following it
Page information
Westciv CSS and web standards learning resources - web pages
aren't printed on paper
How I gave up trying to "control" web pages and discovered
adaptability. Examines the difference the web and the design medium
which seems to most influence it: paper. Explains how the
conventions and constraints of this old medium should not be taken
for granted as we "cross over", because many of them were in fact
grave limitations of paper which are overcome on the web. Includes
some basic techniques for building adaptability into web
design.
Assessment
This appears to be an article promoted by a site on web development.
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Fixed widths abound in CSS. At least, when you turn CSS off, there are no
<table>s to contend with. But the page clearly can't fit my perfectly ordinary window. -
The title is good, but the description is a bit poor — it doesn't say much more than the title.
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The font size of the main text is set to 75%. What for?
Looks like they've got someone in to do the site design, but that person hasn't read the content.
