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poi Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: France Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 07-04-2004 21:40 MicroSoft launched its new MSN Search site. The page have a really nice design, but heavily rely on JavaScript which is counter productive for a search engine supposed to help people and be accessible. But another thing puzzles me, and rather makes me laugh. Look at the very first tag : the HTML one. code: <html language="javascript"> It seems they don't even know how to do a correct HTML element in HTML 4.01. In case they update their page, here is an archived version of it.
newbielike Bipolar (III) Inmate From: The Outer Limits Insane since: Mar 2004	posted 07-04-2004 22:11 ugh and their date don't seem to change says it's the 3rd but it's the 4th *-=BmF=- Clan*
Alevice Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Mexico Insane since: Dec 2002	posted 07-04-2004 22:12 errrmmm, ever thought of timezone differences? __________________________________ Sexy Demoness cel
xcFeRiNiZeDcc Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: U.S. Insane since: Jan 2004	posted 07-05-2004 01:06 It seems like a very nice layout, although I do believe GOOGLE is the one who puts up pictures relating to certain special dates Next thing you know they'll have a button that says "I sense luck ahead" or something. "Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative." -Steve Prefontaine
Iron Wallaby Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: USA Insane since: May 2004	posted 07-05-2004 01:24 o.O That is madness, heh. On top of that, I believe it's more correct to say type="text/javascript" or type="application/x-javascript" than language="javascript". Whatever the case, we all know how standards-compliant Microsoft is, heh. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke "Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling
tntcheats Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: BC, Canada Insane since: Jun 2004	posted 07-05-2004 01:57 It does look like they're trying to steal Google's ideas quote: Next thing you know they'll have a button that says "I sense luck ahead" or something. rofl It always makes me shrug in confusion that Microsoft doesn't use standard code, when it was such a large contributer to it! The other other other other other white meat.
newbielike Bipolar (III) Inmate From: The Outer Limits Insane since: Mar 2004	posted 07-05-2004 02:48 well unless they were 15 hours behind me then sure that could be it but even if they're on the west coast it wouldn't be 15 hours *-=BmF=- Clan*
DL-44 Maniac (V) Inmate From: under the bed Insane since: Feb 2000	posted 07-05-2004 03:19 quote: although I do believe GOOGLE is the one who puts up pictures relating to certain special dates Well...them and a few million other sites out there.....
tntcheats Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: BC, Canada Insane since: Jun 2004	posted 07-05-2004 04:33 I think they're probably hosted in Redmond WA, so that'd be GMT -8, -5 from the east coast of America, -9 hours from Germany, and about -14 hours from Japan and Australia ...I think. I probably got atleast one of those wrong. And it was probably the most simple one to know. The other other other other other white meat.
jive Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greenville, SC, USA Insane since: Jan 2002	posted 07-05-2004 14:36 I noticed it immediatly, the simple layout is almost identical to google.

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poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 07-04-2004 21:40

MicroSoft launched its new MSN Search site. The page have a really nice design, but heavily rely on JavaScript which is counter productive for a search engine supposed to help people and be accessible. But another thing puzzles me, and rather makes me laugh. Look at the very first tag : the HTML one.

code:

<html language="javascript">

It seems they don't even know how to do a correct HTML element in HTML 4.01.

In case they update their page, here is an archived version of it.

newbielike
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: The Outer Limits
Insane since: Mar 2004

posted 07-04-2004 22:11

ugh and their date don't seem to change says it's the 3rd but it's the 4th

-=BmF=- Clan

Alevice
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Mexico
Insane since: Dec 2002

posted 07-04-2004 22:12

errrmmm, ever thought of timezone differences?

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Sexy Demoness cel

xcFeRiNiZeDcc
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: U.S.
Insane since: Jan 2004

posted 07-05-2004 01:06

It seems like a very nice layout, although I do believe GOOGLE is the one who puts up pictures relating to certain special dates Next thing you know they'll have a button that says "I sense luck ahead" or something.

"Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative." -Steve Prefontaine

Iron Wallaby
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: USA
Insane since: May 2004

posted 07-05-2004 01:24

o.O That is madness, heh.

On top of that, I believe it's more correct to say type="text/javascript" or type="application/x-javascript" than language="javascript". Whatever the case, we all know how standards-compliant Microsoft is, heh.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

tntcheats
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: BC, Canada
Insane since: Jun 2004

posted 07-05-2004 01:57

It does look like they're trying to steal Google's ideas

quote:
Next thing you know they'll have a button that says "I sense luck ahead" or something.

rofl

It always makes me shrug in confusion that Microsoft doesn't use standard code, when it was such a large contributer to it!

The other other other other other white meat.

newbielike
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: The Outer Limits
Insane since: Mar 2004

posted 07-05-2004 02:48

well unless they were 15 hours behind me then sure that could be it but even if they're on the west coast it wouldn't be 15 hours

-=BmF=- Clan

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted 07-05-2004 03:19

quote:
although I do believe GOOGLE is the one who puts up pictures relating to certain special dates

Well...them and a few million other sites out there.....

tntcheats
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: BC, Canada
Insane since: Jun 2004

posted 07-05-2004 04:33

I think they're probably hosted in Redmond WA, so that'd be GMT -8, -5 from the east coast of America, -9 hours from Germany, and about -14 hours from Japan and Australia ...I think.

I probably got atleast one of those wrong. And it was probably the most simple one to know.

The other other other other other white meat.

jive
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Greenville, SC, USA
Insane since: Jan 2002

posted 07-05-2004 14:36

I noticed it immediatly, the simple layout is almost identical to google.