No Free Lunchster!

April 6, 2001 11:33 AM

No Free Lunchster! No discussion is really necessary-- cause this is just plain stupid...(well, ok, we can discuss if you want:)
posted by schlomo (12 comments total)

It's not really a double-post (I don't think), but this particular site was already mentioned here. And boy am I tired of talking about this topic.
posted by starvingartist at 11:42 AM on April 6, 2001

let's talk about the fact that you can't view the site in Netscape 4.7 because of the proprietary code they use.
posted by jpoulos at 11:54 AM on April 6, 2001

you know, at first i really thought it was a joke. whois says otherwise tho. the nofreelunchster.com registration info matches the riaa.org info...
posted by cleetus at 11:58 AM on April 6, 2001

isn't using the Napster logo copyright infringement?
posted by jpoulos at 12:09 PM on April 6, 2001

not if it's a parody of the napster logo, which it seems to be.
posted by o2b at 12:14 PM on April 6, 2001

"let's talk about the fact that you can't view the site in Netscape 4.7 because of the proprietary code they use."

What? People still use Netscape? Surely not.
posted by howa2396 at 12:32 PM on April 6, 2001

Six-Oh is shite, howa, but I feel most comfy in NS. It's a bitch to code for, though.
posted by jpoulos at 12:53 PM on April 6, 2001

Bad coding, and the logo makes me want to buy a cute hamster. IS that weird?
posted by tiaka at 1:13 PM on April 6, 2001

let's talk about the fact that you can't view the site in Netscape 4.7 because of the proprietary code they use.

Huh? Looking at the code, it looks like a bunch of table tags and font face stuff. Any clue about what's so proprietary about this code (other than the <font> tag which Netscape came up with) that it breaks Netscape?

Of course, I just skimmed the code, so maybe I missed something.
posted by daveadams at 2:15 PM on April 6, 2001

The text is still there in Netscape 4.7. But, it is white on a white background. The problem lies in the coder using a directory with spaces in the name ("No Free Lunchster_files/spacer-news.gif"). Netscape has trouble with spaces in file or directory names. So, when trying to get the image to set the background of the table to blue, Netscape bombs out, leaving the bg of the table white. A simple bgcolor attribute added to the background attribute would have solved the problem. But, it doesn't look like the designer was sophisticated enough to understand that...
posted by Neb at 3:16 PM on April 6, 2001

I don't think it is so much proprietary code as it is bad coding. A simple %20 will make it come up.
posted by benjh at 3:20 PM on April 6, 2001

Dunno bout you guys but what impressed me is the vast array of a-list music celebrities they've lined up to support this...
posted by DiplomaticImmunity at 1:48 PM on April 9, 2001