• 516052 (unregistered)

    Why would development happening on windows only be odd? The vast hypermajority of all users use windows. That includes professional companies that handle development. In fact, in all my decades of work I have not once been in a company where windows wasn't the preferred by IT default option for machines.

    I mean, sure, some nerds always like to use the alternatives. But in my experience they are the exception rather than the norm. Certainly in a professional environment.

  • Álvaro González (github)

    I've developed PHP on Windows for a living and I can confirm everything in the article is accurate and relevant. In fact I had to switch to Linux when I got a vertical monitor, but I still haven't figured out how to get rid of the second body tag.

  • Jaroslav (unregistered)

    TRWTF here is obviously people insisting on browsing the web on their phones in portrait mode (same thing for watching videos -- looking at you, Tiktok). I mean, TVs, screens in movie theaters, laptop monitors and most desktop monitors have a default landscape orientation, so why should it be different with phones? I think this is what this CSS gem is actually trying to say: web should be browsed in landscape mode, regardless of the device you use. And for bonus points if you are on a smartphone, please also enable the setting to force the "computer" version of the website on your browser. You will have to zoom in and out to use the page and it will drain your data plan, sure, but at least you get the full website instead of a simplified version of it.

  • (nodebb)

    the page is setting a PHPSESSID cookie, so clearly the backend is written in PHP.

    Excuse me for a moment, gotta go update my .NET applications to create a PHPSESSID cookie . . . just to mess with people.

  • (nodebb) in reply to 516052

    The last 18 years of my professional experience have been exclusively developing on Windows machines. My apologies for not fitting in your world, Remy.

  • (nodebb) in reply to Álvaro González

    I still haven't figured out how to get rid of the second body tag

    I don't think he's heard of third body tag, Dana.

  • (nodebb) in reply to Álvaro González

    but I still haven't figured out how to get rid of the second body tag

    Could be worse. You could be trying to figure out how to get rid of the second body bag...

  • Opinionated (unregistered)
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  • (nodebb)

    Anyone else notice the contact and submission forms on this website no longer work? I can't find an email address to report the problem.

  • (nodebb)

    I've had a moderate amount of success using a content blocker and/or tampermonkey scripts to "fix" broken behavior on some websites.

    Blocking that responsive stylesheet would probably fix it.

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