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Spliff · Jul 25, 2006, 12:49 AM

http://iconfactory.com/

Can someone explain the joke to me? I'm not a web designer so it's going straight over my head.

dcmacdaddy · Jul 25, 2006, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by Spliff

http://iconfactory.com/

Can someone explain the joke to me? I'm not a web designer so it's going straight over my head.

My guess is this animation is in response to some complaint that their website is not compliant with the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards in some way. Hence, all the arguing and the mooning of the W3C "inspector" at the end of the clip.

Kr0nos · Jul 25, 2006, 12:56 AM

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=302789

brassplayersrock² · Jul 25, 2006, 12:56 AM

please do a search before you post a new topic Spliff

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=302789

edit:
damn it

Apple Pro Underwear · Jul 25, 2006, 01:05 AM

i can't help but wonder that they should be focusing their time on making icons rather than yap about web standards

every site is different, if they use tables or whatnot, who the f*** cares as long as it works. it's not like their site is complicated or anything.

IceEnclosure · 01:58 PM

so you can't even access it now? [removed unkosher comment --tooki]

Kenneth · Jul 25, 2006, 01:35 AM

Google Cache?

IceEnclosure · Jul 25, 2006, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by Kenneth

Google Cache?

was that in response to my question? so ya gotta check the google cache to download icons from iconfactory until they stop being brats? meh, my comment stands. : )

nforcer · Jul 25, 2006, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

please do a search before you post a new topic Spliff

You know, that's actually a good idea for the vBulletin and phpBB people to handle; when a new topic is about to be posted automatically do a search for some of the things it talks about. Use some bayesian comparison in addition to other techniques.

If a post links to an image or other resource (movie, flash file, etc.) not in a signature that is already the first post of another topic, chances are a thread was already started about it. If a particularly long passage or most of the post is the same or almost the same content as another post, chances are another thread exists talking about it. Pretty much before you post the forums should do a quick search and if the content seems similar to other threads, present the top 5 or so threads that could already be about what you are discussing. That way you could either go to those threads or make your own.

Searching before posting might also be done more often manually if you could search more than once every 60 seconds or whatever the limit is here. Often I just do a quick check for a couple of words or something, then realize there is something else I could be searching for in the meantime. I go to try that but cannot due to the timeout so I'm like "fcuk it, I'm posting".

Hey, that's another good idea; uncensor the forums. As long as censored words aren't used excessively they add character and intensity to a post.

RAILhead · Jul 25, 2006, 07:10 AM

Total revamps. Things are looking and going great. It'll be worth the wait, i assure you.

TETENAL · Jul 25, 2006, 07:29 AM

Is one of the Iconfactory guys showing the W3C inspector his naked butt?

RAILhead · Jul 25, 2006, 07:32 AM

Yeah, he slips a moon in there.

Millennium · Jul 25, 2006, 09:20 AM

It looks like it's supposed to be the first in a series. Given that, my guess is that this is the start of some kind of announcement that they're redoing the site in a more accessible, W3C-compliant way. It also sounds as though they're ditching .asp, though there's no way to tell what they means they're going to. Maybe they're switching to an OSX-based server (which would require dumping .asp, since .asp locks you into Windows)?

I'm not sure I quite understand all of the icons, though. There's a square-looking thing that looks like it might be some kind of package format, but I'm not sure what they're trying to get at there.

Doofy · Jul 25, 2006, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Millennium

There's a square-looking thing that looks like it might be some kind of package format, but I'm not sure what they're trying to get at there.

'Tis a .sitx package. Someone might have whined at them for using it instead of .zip (Windows users usually get stumped when you send them a .sitx).

frates · Jul 25, 2006, 10:55 AM

And stuffit expander is not included by default anymore with mac os x (good thing, btw). So .sit and .sitx files are also confusing to mac newbies.

Peter · Jul 25, 2006, 11:16 AM

haha i think its a pretty cool video, i like when he moons the inspector. Looking forward to next video

olePigeon · Jul 25, 2006, 11:21 AM

Microsoft offers some neat integration features with ASP, but you can tell a website is a .asp before it even loads... because, well, they're slow as shite. All of them.

Outside of ActiveX, I just wanna slap someone using .asp. Unfortunately, Washington Mutual switched from Solaris to Windows Server. I'm pretty scared about doing online banking now after both Bank of America and Germany's largest bank were hacked (both running Windows.)

TETENAL · Jul 25, 2006, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Peter

Looking forward to next video

There it is.

Looks like the FBI is shooting at the Davidian sect.

Peter · Jul 25, 2006, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

There it is.

Looks like the FBI is shooting at the Davidian sect.

huh?