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   The Natural Philosopher to John Ames   
   Re: The Web (HTML) Sux   
   26 Dec 25 19:21:29   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 26/12/2025 16:42, John Ames wrote:   
   > On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:11:25 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Am I supposed to be content with horrible design choices?   
   >>   
   >> You could always design your own, and show us how it’s done.   
   >>   
   >> Anybody can criticize what experts do, not anybody can actually do   
   >> better.   
   >   
   > Many of us *do*, in fact - but having our own particular corners of the   
   > Web designed in a relatively clean and sane manner does nothing to help   
   > with the parts of it we have no control over.   
   >   
   My bank is particularly irritating.   
      
   You log in through a series of steps that go down the page, but end in   
   'is your credit card locked?'   
      
   The button to say 'proceed' is WAY off to the right and, at any level of   
   zoom, off screen...   
      
      
   --   
   If I had all the money I've spent on drink...   
   ..I'd spend it on drink.   
      
   Sir Henry (at Rawlinson's End)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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