Tue, 02 Dec 2003
21:13
Bloody hell, you'd think I'd seen the worst of it? Remember those UNRESIZABLE FUCKING
WINDOWS? I actually found a site whose popup comment windows
DON'T EVEN HAVE SCROLL BARS, in my Windows
browser OR Linux. I could fit a few comments in the window by making the font smaller than
lawyer-print, but that was all. But astonishingly enough, one's "Page Up" and "Page Down"
keys still function normally, if not one's arrow keys. No idea what combination of silliness
conspired to cause this; don't particularly care. Just one more example of "web designers"
having TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER STUFF THAT SHOULD BE NONE OF THEIR CONCERN. Here endeth the
rant.
Further Down the Spiral
03:19
I've long since accustomed myself to the typical bleating of various free software
personalities to the effect that, for example, free software development should be
funded by the state. But recently I've become aware of a more disturbing trend.
The Strange Case of Free Software Protectionism
