Web Coder Plus

Penny Arcade is my favourite online comic by far; but, sad to say, the HTML behind their site was still firmly living in the 90’s. Well today that has started to change. I loaded up their site, and it looked completely different and more importantly, it loaded up in a fraction of the time. I viewed the source, and not a single table in sight, and the beautiful neatness that can only come from attempting XHTML compliance.

While the page still doesn’t validate properly, it is definitely a step in the right direction. I do have a sneaking suspicion they upgraded their server at the same time, which could also account for the new blazing fast speed, but the massive shrink in unnecessary markup definitely helps. It’s always nice when you see a extremely popular web site take those first steps towards proper web standards.

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