EMAIL REMOVED (Todd H.) wrote in news:EMAIL REMOVED:

>
> From an HTML design perspective, the sad news is that the worst site
> on the net also happens to be one of the most visited.
>
> I'm talking of course about the html abomination of myspace.com
>
>

Does this mean that on the business site I am developing, I should toss
the HTML 4.01 strict and go to using some form of tag soup?

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Uncle Pirate wrote:
> EMAIL REMOVED (Todd H.) wrote in news:EMAIL REMOVED:
>
>> From an HTML design perspective, the sad news is that the worst site
>> on the net also happens to be one of the most visited.
>>
>> I'm talking of course about the html abomination of myspace.com
>>
>>
>
> Does this mean that on the business site I am developing, I should toss
> the HTML 4.01 strict and go to using some form of tag soup?
>


I've often wondered if the reportedly excessive costs of running some of
these high-profile sites is simply because of poor architecture &
disregard for standard practices. MySpace appears to be powered by Cold
Fusion, and the HTML output is practically indecipherable. I'd hate to
imagine the hardware it takes to keep that site running!

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David J. Hennessy
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"David J. Hennessy" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote in news:ELv6h.2224$%U.1687
@trndny07:

> Uncle Pirate wrote:
>> EMAIL REMOVED (Todd H.) wrote in news:EMAIL REMOVED:
>>
>>> From an HTML design perspective, the sad news is that the worst site
>>> on the net also happens to be one of the most visited.
>>>
>>> I'm talking of course about the html abomination of myspace.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Does this mean that on the business site I am developing, I should toss
>> the HTML 4.01 strict and go to using some form of tag soup?
>>
>
>
> I've often wondered if the reportedly excessive costs of running some of
> these high-profile sites is simply because of poor architecture &
> disregard for standard practices. MySpace appears to be powered by Cold
> Fusion, and the HTML output is practically indecipherable. I'd hate to
> imagine the hardware it takes to keep that site running!
>

They're actually migrating to .NET now.
The site is plagued by technical problems. If my work went down as often as
MySpace does, I'd get fired, but those chumps are billionaires. Oh, the
humanity.

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Karl Groves
www.karlcore.com

Karl Groves wrote:
> "David J. Hennessy" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote in news:ELv6h.2224$%U.1687
> @trndny07:
>
>> Uncle Pirate wrote:
>>> EMAIL REMOVED (Todd H.) wrote in news:EMAIL REMOVED:
>>>
>>>> From an HTML design perspective, the sad news is that the worst site
>>>> on the net also happens to be one of the most visited.
>>>>
>>>> I'm talking of course about the html abomination of myspace.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Does this mean that on the business site I am developing, I should toss
>>> the HTML 4.01 strict and go to using some form of tag soup?
>>>
>>
>> I've often wondered if the reportedly excessive costs of running some of
>> these high-profile sites is simply because of poor architecture &
>> disregard for standard practices. MySpace appears to be powered by Cold
>> Fusion, and the HTML output is practically indecipherable. I'd hate to
>> imagine the hardware it takes to keep that site running!
>>
>
> They're actually migrating to .NET now.
> The site is plagued by technical problems. If my work went down as often as
> MySpace does, I'd get fired, but those chumps are billionaires. Oh, the
> humanity.
>


LOL... they're migrating to one of the few platforms I like even less
than Cold Fusion. What's that old adage about more money than brains?

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David J. Hennessy
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http://choicesolver.com/
http://davidhennessy.net/