(rant) If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It!

ecchi · 2015-02-22, 12:57 PM

OK, so code languages improve with time, and HTML is no exception. But why replace one, perfectly good thing with another command that does exactly the same thing????????

I was happy using "strike", I'm equally happy using "del". But one only works if the browser supports HTML5, and the other only works if it is an older browser. Since I don't know what browser my surfer uses I have to use both, which is messy.

Code:

US Dollars<br><strike><del>$9.95</del></strike> $4.95

Since both do the same thing, changing them just fucks up websites and makes the code ugly. Not to mention the extra work they give us webmasters.

Bastards.

Greenguy · 2015-02-22, 01:06 PM

Oh for fuck's sake! I know I have that all over the place

Cleo · 2015-02-22, 02:55 PM

Do it the correct way and it should work in everything.

Code:

US Dollars<br/><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">$9.95</span>

You can also get fancy with css and make the strikethrough a different color.

Code:

US Dollars<br/><span style='color:red;text-decoration:line-through'><span style='color:black'>$9.95</span>

Even better than doing css inline is to put the style in a stylesheet and call it up with a class.

Greenguy · 2015-02-22, 05:53 PM

I have no "class".

Toby · 2015-02-23, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenguy

I have no "class".

He'll be here all week folks, and don't forget to tip your waitress...

ecchi · 2015-02-23, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleo

Do it the correct way and it should work in everything.

When I learnt HTML I was never taught to use the "style" tag, it was so long ago, it may not have been added to HTML then. (G has no class, I have no style!) I have tried to learn the various attributes, but no one seems to publish a complete list. (Is it a trade secret or something?) So basically what I know comes from "reverse engineering" other people's websites and from board posts like your one here.

All the online tutorials on style expect you to learn CSS or object oriented style, and I am putting off learning CSS as long as possible (which is probably stupid - I did the same thing with Perl, and since I finally got round to learning it I have never worked out how I managed without it).

However, in my own defence: Before writing the webpage that caused this rant I did a Google search for a better method and was told by several websites that the "correct" method is to use "strike" and "del" together.

Cleo · 2015-02-23, 03:55 PM

I use Adobe Dreamweaver that writes much of the CSS for me, but not all of it.

Lots of good references if you Google stuff, but this is one that I use a lot.
http://www.w3schools.com/css/

ecchi · 2015-02-24, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleo

Lots of good references if you Google stuff, but this is one that I use a lot.
http://www.w3schools.com/css/

Thanks for that link.

2015-02-22, 12:57 PM	#1
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	(rant) If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It! OK, so code languages improve with time, and HTML is no exception. But why replace one, perfectly good thing with another command that does exactly the same thing???????? I was happy using "strike", I'm equally happy using "del". But one only works if the browser supports HTML5, and the other only works if it is an older browser. Since I don't know what browser my surfer uses I have to use both, which is messy. Code: US Dollars<br><strike><del>$9.95</del></strike> $4.95 Since both do the same thing, changing them just fucks up websites and makes the code ugly. Not to mention the extra work they give us webmasters. Bastards.

2015-02-22, 01:06 PM	#2
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,814	Oh for fuck's sake! I know I have that all over the place __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2015-02-22, 02:55 PM	#3
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Do it the correct way and it should work in everything. Code: US Dollars<br/><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">$9.95</span> You can also get fancy with css and make the strikethrough a different color. Code: US Dollars<br/><span style='color:red;text-decoration:line-through'><span style='color:black'>$9.95</span> Even better than doing css inline is to put the style in a stylesheet and call it up with a class. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2015-02-22, 05:53 PM	#4
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,814	I have no "class". __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2015-02-23, 03:55 PM	#7
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	I use Adobe Dreamweaver that writes much of the CSS for me, but not all of it. Lots of good references if you Google stuff, but this is one that I use a lot. http://www.w3schools.com/css/ __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289