Black Apple¶
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As we all know, Apple are getting a thing or two right, when it comes to computer-related stuff. What really surprised people positively, for example, was that they try to actively work towards equipping the world with standards compliant (gee, I love that word because it’s so close to ‘complaint’) browsers.
When I looked at their claimed number of new features in OS X.4 I already noted that those pages load really slowly. I didn’t even mention that they are wider (or with more non-negotiable left margin) than they used to be – not fitting into my preferred browser window width anymore.
So far so bad. But – thanks to our somewhat slow and unreliable network connection at home – seeing their page fail to load completely, makes their designers look somewhat dumb. Black text on a black background just because an image file didn’t load isn’t what most people consider informative, useful, legible or smart web design.
At least I can’t complain about them claiming to have gazillions of ‘new’ features now.
