Yeah, your code might look leaner, but it's a lot more unreadable. Seems like omitting those tags would make debugging way more difficult.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Jon B. - Dec 29, 2009 8:01:12 pm PST #12123 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
evil jimi - Dec 29, 2009 9:42:06 pm PST #12124 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Yoiks! I wouldn't be happy omitting all of those for the simple fact there are still people out there with browsers that would go haywire with the omissions.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2009 1:50:31 am PST #12125 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like the organisational aspect of HTML too much to be able to easily give up even things that might seem as redundant at t body or t html . But I haven't been generating pages where the size differential would be significant and the readability wouldn't be impacted.
And I've had to trawl through some heavily unindented manically nested HTML of late that makes me grateful for extra structure. I'd need a lot of convincing for its removal.
Jon B. - Dec 30, 2009 4:00:07 am PST #12126 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm certain I've run across javascript code (maybe prototype?) that failed in tables unless there was a tbody tag.
Jon B. - Dec 30, 2009 7:11:48 am PST #12127 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I can get Windows 7 Home Premium for $30. Should I? I have no need to install it yet, but the deal expires next week and I'm thinking it might be good to have a cheap copy on hand for the day I do want to install it, even if that day is a year or two out.
Gudanov - Dec 30, 2009 7:16:57 am PST #12128 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Windows 7 has been good for me. There are some definite improvements in the UI, it handles solid state drives better, and it seems very stable. Also, it includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Going 64 will give you access to more than 3GB of RAM.
javachik - Dec 30, 2009 9:02:49 am PST #12129 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Our IT director LOVES 7.
Typo Boy - Dec 30, 2009 9:12:24 am PST #12130 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, I know several people who have 7 and love it. Unlike Vista, don't know anyone using 7 who misses XP.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2009 9:17:12 am PST #12131 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister just got a new machine so I set her up quickly with some apps. Networking her Windows 7 machine was much less painful than the same ritual with her previous Vista box.
But, damn, not shopping for laptops at Best Buy again. We did it for location convenience, but they've tacked services onto all of their laptop prices--they're charging for taking off "manufacturer ads" and for doing OS tweaks to speed up your experience. And, of course, a few Best Buy icons end up on your desktop.
brenda m - Dec 30, 2009 9:21:02 am PST #12132 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm not wild about some Outlook functions in Windows 7. They've virtually crippled the ability to search large trees of personal folders, for one thing. And the calendar layout makes it trickier to navigate. Working with tables in PowerPoint is also a pain in the ass.
But those are my only real quibbles after using it for a few months. Certainly nothing like the horror stories I remember hearing from Vista (which I never used).