Do you ever think about what you would change, if you could change anything? Obviously, making yourself the richest person on Earth is a little materialistic, and rippling biceps just gets you into fights, so I tend to focus more on the things that would make my life easier, or holistically more enjoyable.
First of all, I wish there was no such thing as waking up tired. That just sucks. Being tired is cool because it makes you appreciate sleep that much more, but when you wake up STILL tired, you are just pissed off about a day that hasn’t even really begun.
Secondly, I wish that everyone moved quickly and efficiently along the path of life. That doesn’t mean that you can’t stop and admire the roses, but please stand off to the side while I and the other 6.6 billion people get where we are trying to go. I often wish I had a cattle prod of sorts to relieve slow-movers of their cumbersome consciousness. Same goes for that guy that rides the elevator to the 2nd floor. Also, if you are in the middle of the street while I’m zooming towards you, the worst thing you could possibly do is stand still and look scared. Thanks to this little thing humans are gifted with called “coordination,” we are able to figure out where you are coupled with the rate at which you are moving, and figure out where you probably will be. But when you make erratic movements, like stopping in your tracks, you fuck up my calculations. Stop it.
On the tech front (did you really think you’d get away without some technobabble? Silly you), I get really pissed by inconsistent support for standards. Like, Christ: they are called standards for a reason. Obviously I’ve never built a browser myself, but there are people who can. And they build them. Now, if you want your browser to be the most used, for whatever reason, that generally means that you should not only accept the bare minimum, but also some upcoming standards. Keeps you “relevant.” Here’s an idea: how about a module-style drop-in that accepts an open source library of “approved” standards. This doesn’t have to be w3, but it sure as hell shouldn’t be done on a case-by-case basis, or by the likes of Microsoft. Let’s get some popular votes in there.
My life would be xxx to the yy power easier if the following were true about web development:
- Nobody used IE6 anymore. Please? It’s a free upgrade
- For that matter, nobody used IE# anymore. Please? Firefox is even free-er.
- Ok, I know the first two are a stretch, and a little monopolistic. How about true PNG alpha transparency support across the board. That would be a great start
- The current version of Firefox supported:
- Multiple background images defined for a single div
- The ability to embed fonts (I know, we are close)
- CSS3. XHTML5. Hot new shit. People like new shit.
What would you change about your life? Time-space continuum taken into account. And no bloody coups. Somebody has to do cleanup on that stuff, and I’m pretty sure that clashes with their idea of a perfect world.
on the other hand, its your ability to deal with chaos that often defines your caste in the modern world - whether that be whatever microsoft claims is a finished product or a caffiene, taurine, and b-vitamin enhanced snickers bar.
Mmm.. taurine snickers bar.
Nice post, btw. very heavy handed with the comments.
it’s the only way to get a response out of you. I think a decried the state of your email in a different post. i actually wrote a comment about commenting, but i deleted it as too rosencrantz-and-gildenstern-are-dead.
also, for the record, rippling biceps get you laid as well.