On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 15:03 +0200, Alan Milnes wrote:
> I have seen some articles on the web that say we shouldn't care about
> how our web sites look as long as they use valid mark up language and
> separate content from presentation.

While I think that designing for the web requires a certain looseness
(it may sometimes be possible to produce pixel-perfect cross-platform
designs, but is it worth the effort?* The web is not a medium suited to
precision design), it's silly to argue that looks don't matter.
Thousands of well-paid graphic designers would beg to differ.

> Is this a reasonable philosophy or is there something I have missed in
> this debate?

Your philosophy is reasonable.

Cheers,

Andrew

* I'm as big a fan of k10k as anybody, for example, but jeez, even
thinking about trying to implement something of its visual complexity
and precision gives me shivers.

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