Comic Sans MS is BAD, okay?

I recently had a conversation with a good friend, who’s website is written in Comic Sans Ms. We are working on her new site, and I told her that I absolutely forbid her from using Comic Sans Ms ever again as long as she lives. She promised, but added “I don’t know what’s wrong with it though.” I’m sure she is not alone with this conundrum, seeing how often the font is used in places it has no business being used. So I’ll try to give you a few reasons. Comic Sans Ms is designed to be used in comics,...

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What happens if you take web design too far?

We have all heard, that you should check your code that it is properly generated. Your site should look the same on every browser and every computer. It should also look the same if a colour blind person looks at it. It shouldn’t contain images so that it’s easy to download with slow connection, and you shouldn’t use browser specific markup language. Quite frankly, I personally think all of the above is more or less crap. The thing is, that today most “civilised” countries have a reasonable Internet connection...

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