WHY DOS* ALL THE SITE LOOK THE SAME
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- SPECTACULAR
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Every CSS + HTML site out there looks like a cookie cutter wordpress site divided into three columns with the content taking two columns and some other features in the other column (twitter shit, ads...).*and DOS = DOES.
- Akiraprise0
because they usually are just that.
- airey0
cause in the majority that's the easiest way to display content. especially when a client wants 'something like that' with low budget and fast timeframes. it's a business and we'd like to make money out of it which is why we're all miserable frustrated cunts.
- airey0
some of the trend comes in part due to the wider resolution equalling wider screen real estate. when i started it was 640 x 480. with the standard now being safely 950px (1024) we have a lot more room and obviously 1 wide column isn't a solution in general. so to fill the space and still be easy to read the multiple column solution becomes the fastest option.
- that makes centsSPECTACULAR
- 640x480... wow, you must be really old ;-)SimonFFM
- airey0
and also, (i'll stop now) in my experience trying to get actual content from a client (even one that's screaming for a website now!) is increasingly difficult. if they don't want a copywriter yet can't seem to get their shit together you can end up filling space with shit.
- benfal990
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sorry but why did you take the time to write * with the explanation in the post when you could just haved correct it.
iam confuse.
- ********0
I'm more confused about SPECTACULARs sudden grasp of correct spelling.
- Very sloppy work SPECTACULAR - more effort next time please.********
- Very sloppy work SPECTACULAR - more effort next time please.
- benfal990
Anywya* i think ist* weirrd*
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- monospaced0
They don't.
- i_monk0
Give us a superior alternative.
- seeessess0
I blame grids
- monospaced0
Why do newspapers and magazines all have columns? Why do we have to read text from left to right? Why are ads in some columns? All magazines, newspapers and books are cookie-cutter.
- bulletfactory0
Columns are popular because they serve a huge purpose. Readability. The measure of a line (number of characters) can either enhance or diminish the ease in which content can be read and comprehended.
A line that is too long, might cause the user to unintentionally re-read a line multiple times. A line that is too short, will decrease comprehension and flow due to the extreme line-breaks and fragmentation.
Guidelines of efficiencies in how to enhance comprehension and readability have been established for hundreds of years.
Column width is related to your type size, but I usually shoot for an alphabet and a half (somewhere around 40 characters), but it depends on the project and amount of content, and the feel you're going for.- I fucking HOPE you're not addressing my comment above. I was mocking the retard who started this thread.monospaced
- nope.bulletfactory
- i received the sarcasm loud and clear.bulletfactory
- doesnotexist0
because you have developers at a dime a dozen reading the same 'teach yourself css in 4 minutes books' ripping each other off using the same template for every project, getting clients that want to pay $400 for a $10k job.
- scrap_paper0
I blame organized religion
- THE sarcasm on QBN is better then the racism in Mississippi and Texas combined.firewheel