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For a Beautiful Web
Personal blog · forabeautifulweb.com/blogwebprogramming
For a Beautiful Web is a personal blog at forabeautifulweb.com about web and programming. Since 2009, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Universal IE6 CSS”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link For a Beautiful Web for Andy Clarke's essays on web design, including IE6 support, universal internet explorer CSS, and designing directly in HTML and CSS rather than Photoshop.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Universal IE6 CSS2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-05-21
- The most effective debt collecting email I ever wrote2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-02-02
What Hacker News says?
This is essentially what Andy Clarke suggested: http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/universal_internet_ex...
Comment linking /blog/about/universal_internet_explorer_6_css/
on “IE6 Must Die (along with 7 and 8)”Submitted The most effective debt collecting email I ever wrote as a story · 164 points
HN discussionI would tend to think of HTML semantics as the blueprints, with Photoshop as an artist's sketch, but perhaps that's just me. As to the general feasibility of jumping straight to code, you might find this post by Andy Clarke interesting: http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/designing_the_cannybi... The design was all done in HTML & CSS. And I, at least, find it more compelling than most Photoshopped web designs.
Comment linking /blog/about/designing_the_cannybill_home_page/
on “Ask HN: Do you design your own website?”Submitted Universal IE6 CSS as a story · 11 points
HN discussionI appreciate the technique you are advocating, and I did try something similar based on this link I found on HN a while back: http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/the_most_effective_de... Unfortunately I had no success.
Comment linking /blog/about/the_most_effective_debt_collecting_email_i_ever_wrote/
on “Can anyone recommend a good collection agency?”Submitted Wipe-out as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAgain, what he's really suggesting is this: < http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/universal_internet_ex... . He's just chosen to introduce it with a poor first paragraph.
Comment linking /blog/about/universal_internet_explorer_6_css/&
on “Don't Stop Supporting IE6”Submitted In defense of IE6 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionAbstract: You have those options * Design for better browsers, then design alternative solutions to handle IE6 bugs * Write a remedial IE6 stylesheet to address layout issue * Use JavaScript to bootstrap CSS support in IE * Make your site look exactly the same in IE6 as in any other browse * Develop to better browsers and spend no development time or testing for IE * Block IE6 users from seeing your site's styles Or…
Comment linking /demo/2009/05/21/forabeautifulweb.html
on “Universal IE6 CSS”
