Given current browser technology, sIFR is a great solution to enhancing the typographic ‘richness’ of the web
By
Jonathan Schofield
on July 18, 2007
Introducing sIFR: The Healthy Alternative to Browser Text
Obviously, as Mike Davidson himself points out, it should be used with care.
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What's your counter argument then, guys? Or are you just one-typeface-fits-all kind of people?
OK, maybe a few more than one font, but you get my meaning.
I personally love sIFR... As for the others, this web is full of Flash haters :/
You did *not* just refer to a web site as a "web".
D'A
Problems with sIFR:
1. Stop mixing my data and presentation, motherfuckers!
2. Don't assume you know how I want to display your web site.
3. Flash abuse.
In other words, sIFR merely perpetuates the three most pernicious evils of the web. If you want to use it, feel free; don't expect any custom from me.
D'A
All use of Flash is abuse of the web. All information on the web should be open for anyone to search and display in their preferred way with any technology.