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skuinders · Aug 24th, 2005, 4:18 PM

lol. I am inspired to make a new thread...

DaWei · Aug 24th, 2005, 4:19 PM

Criticism is hard to take but falsely praising crap is only a way to keep people self-satisfied while they're standing in the unemployment line. I can tell you from experience that if rejection dranos you, don't try to write professionally. For one of my successes, I got about $300 for 6 months work!

coldDeath · Aug 24th, 2005, 4:24 PM

Here is an example of what i think a good looking website looks like: http://cerulean.pyresoft.com/blosxom.cgi

Except for there is nothing, i repeat nothing worse than a dead link IMO.

EDIT: yay w00t 200th post

OpenLoop · Aug 24th, 2005, 4:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DaWei

...falsely praising crap is only a ...

Well, we don't have to worry about that in shadowhunter case. Everybody was honnest with him about his site. But we should distinguish between constructive and destructive critisism. Destructive="Dude, it totally sucks.", Constructive="Dude, it totally sucks because I don't like the background color"

stevengs · Aug 24th, 2005, 4:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DaWei

Criticism is hard to take but falsely praising crap is only a way to keep people self-satisfied while they're standing in the unemployment line. I can tell you from experience that if rejection dranos you, don't try to write professionally. For one of my successes, I got about $300 for 6 months work!

Damn... bet that experience 'learnt ya". There is nothing like a couple of months with nothing but saltines to eat to drive a point home.

What astonished me, and caused me to be so direct, was the matter-of-fact manner in which he presented his grand design as though it were a masterpiece which could inspire them to greatness, when in fact it is a poster-child for all of the "what you should never do"s of web design.

stevengs · Aug 24th, 2005, 5:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shadowhunter

I agree that MIDI files are terrible and websites shouldn't use them but it was a requirement to have several sound files in it and wav and MP3 files were too big (according to the staff) so had no choice there really.

As for the background it could have been far better than what it is but all I can say to that is lack of Irish themed backgrounds.

I know it is pretty bad I can do much better but if nothing else this website gives Teecha something and that is how NOT to design a website which is what this topic is all about anyway right?

You sure are a good sport shadowhunter. I kinda feel like a heel for draggin' ya through the muck like that. It was in good fun. I had a webprogramming instructor that was similarly 'out of touch'. You should definitely consider confronting the school's staff. You have a right to a certain level of instruction, after all, you are paying them.

DaWei · Aug 24th, 2005, 5:29 PM

I didn't eat saltines. I cashed a stock option and blew it to smithereens. It was cheaper than wife #2, but not nearly as beautiful or satisfying

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uman · Aug 24th, 2005, 5:36 PM

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Ooble · Aug 24th, 2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Teecha

Hi! I'm the girl that Infinite Recursion keeps referring to.

Wow, do I feel sorry for you.

Welcome to the forums. Enjoy yourself. And please, lose the font. :p

OpenLoop · Aug 24th, 2005, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ooble

.. And please, lose the font. :p

What's wrong with her font? It is not against the rules and it sure adds taste to the forums.
What if someone tell you to lose the PENGUIN, what would you do then

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Aug 24th, 2005, 4:18 PM	#31
skuinders Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: MA, US Posts: 204 Rep Power: 4	lol. I am inspired to make a new thread... __________________ "A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." - B. Russell http://web.bryant.edu/~srk2

Aug 24th, 2005, 4:19 PM	#32
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Criticism is hard to take but falsely praising crap is only a way to keep people self-satisfied while they're standing in the unemployment line. I can tell you from experience that if rejection dranos you, don't try to write professionally. For one of my successes, I got about $300 for 6 months work! __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Aug 24th, 2005, 4:24 PM	#33
coldDeath Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 862 Rep Power: 4	Here is an example of what i think a good looking website looks like: http://cerulean.pyresoft.com/blosxom.cgi Except for there is nothing, i repeat nothing worse than a dead link IMO. EDIT: yay w00t 200th post __________________ Programming Tutorials - Linux Installation Guide - Learn Python - Learn C++ Got Slack? Join us at #programmingforums @ irc.freenode.net! My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

Aug 24th, 2005, 5:29 PM	#37
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	I didn't eat saltines. I cashed a stock option and blew it to smithereens. It was cheaper than wife #2, but not nearly as beautiful or satisfying . __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Aug 24th, 2005, 5:36 PM	#38
uman Expert Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 794 Rep Power: 4	post deleted __________________ Few people deserve to be compared to (Rush) Limbaugh, most of them were convicted at the Nuremburg trials. --WilliamSChips on Slashdot

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