http://www.pcbsd.org/ on 2007-11-03
an example of bad web design — style dependent on extensions
Page information
PC-BSD is a free, open-source operating system based on
rock-solid FreeBSD
Assessment
The page describes some free operating system.
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font-size: 12pxon<body> -
One of the outer
<div>elements hasmin-width: 760pxon it! That's completely insane! Most objects don't need any help to find their minimum widths. -
Much of the presentation depends on CSS extensions such as
-x-background-x-position, which is used to select regions of a single image used for most of the backgrounds. This will mess up the presentation if the standard background properties are recognised, but not the extensions. -
Furthermore, the text depends on those backgrounds working. No replacement background colour has been specified.
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Headings are not marked up as such, just styled.
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<table>s are nested in<table>s nested in<table>s…, often with only one element.
Not a great way to promote something.
