A note to web designers
I wrote this post in 2005, more than 19 years ago.
It may be very out of date, partially or totally incorrect. I may even no longer agree
with this, or might approach things differently if I wrote this post today. I rarely edit
posts after writing them, but if I have there'll be a note at the bottom about what
I changed and why. If something in this post is actively harmful or dangerous please get in
touch and I'll fix it.
When a job listing says it requires knowledge of web standards, don’t bother applying if you haven’t changed your markup since 1998.
From the web page of a designer applying for the senior designer position at World Online:
<META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT="Adobe PageMill 3.0 Mac">
Dude, don’t even bother.
(If your markup is better than that and you want to work for the best online news team in the world, why not apply?)