Blog entry recovered from MySpace archive, first published Monday August 28, 2006.
Yet another MySpace fuck-up
Yet again, someone has chosen to break what didn't need fixing before. Alright so it's not the end of the world, and the site is still half-way usable, but some halfwit has decided that fixed size pages are the new goal in the message reading section, meaning that message text now strays over margins (particularly if there's embedded HTML), and no matter how big or small you have your browser window, the template displays how they see fit, not the reader. Oh, and the other upshot is that the boilerplate page footer now appears over the top of the last message in the index, or that one has to scroll down through empty space should one wish to find it when reading a message. How is it, that a company worth $580M to Rupert Murdoch can't find a single competent page designer that understands that web pages are dynamic and can be re-sized by the viewer, or at least knows about basic standards and flexibility?! At least if they are going to insist on fixed formatting, they should test the damned things. And I know I keep asking this, but why, oh why, oh WHY are they developing on and constantly breaking a live system? FFS guys - use some of your cash to buy decent staff, and fire the damned chimps.
