Watch Your Code

While I was working on a client project today, I wondered what the new NYTimes CSS looked like. I especially was interested in the new font size and face for articles. So, after locating the CSS file I checked out the source.

Two things struck me. One was the meta data added by the author:

[html]
/*
—————————————————–
NYT CSS file for /css/common/global.css
FileName: global.css
Author: James Duncan
revison date: 2006.04.05
Revised by: James Duncan
Comments: Latest Version
—————————————————–
*/
[/html]

The second was the note at the end:

[html]
/* move this crap to section front if needed, what a mess… – James

ul, ol {
padding-left: 0px;
margin-left: 18px;
_margin-left: 22px;
}

*/
[/html]

Note to self. You work for the NYTimes and people are interested in how you do things. Next time realize that you’re not still working on ricks-smurf-collection.com and remember to remove personal comments from the CSS file.

LOL