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From: Frobernik <nospam@nospam.com>
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Subject: Re: David Mark's Javascript Tip Du Jour - Volume #1 - Tip #1234 - How   to Measure Element Dimensions
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On 03/12/2011 00:08, David Mark wrote:
> On Nov 17, 5:43 pm, Frobernik<nos...@nospam.com>  wrote:
>> On 10/11/2011 21:12, Matt McDonald wrote:
>>> On 11-11-10 12:47 PM, Ant wrote:
>>> The biggest blow is marketing. Take a gander at
>>> "HTML 5 Boilerplate"'s website (won't link). It's chock full of
>>> over-the-top marketing speak. The first time I read it, I was
>>> heavily offended by the textual content. I seriously pondered
>>> if it was written by a prepubescent.
>>
>> Well there are people (apart from the punters on here) fighting
>> modernizer,jQueryand other junk (will link)
>
> I see you have almost *one million* posts on here.  Punter.  :)
>
> And who is fighting what?  Just throw them away.

This should get Platinum Czar Punter post of 2011 I think!

If only it were that simple - most designers and a lot of developers 
would rather copy and paste or be hypnotised by Googled bulls**t than 
actually get familiar with the browser or even do some work :(

>> http://nefariousdesigns.co.uk/archive/2011/05/sniff-my-browser-the-mo...
> I've seen it.  Somebody doesn't like Modrnizer (sp?).  I don't like it
> either.  Imagine, a monolithic feature detection script that
> pigeonholes browsers according to some predetermined series of
> "standard" tests.  Adds a ton of classes too.  No thanks!

Moronizers own website is ridiculous. The custom font typefacing has had 
to be hidden until the page finishes loading (thats assuming the JS 
finishes loading!) *face palm*

Frobernik