Is it okay to add our own personal style to our profile?

October 17, 2001 6:27 AM

Is it okay to add our own personal style to our profile?
posted by gleemax to Etiquette/Policy at 6:27 AM (26 comments total)

I'm not sure what the answer to your question is...

But that, sir, is horrific.
posted by Marquis at 7:48 AM on October 17, 2001

hmmm, doesn't look bad in netscape
I think you need some blink tags, an embedded wav file, and an animated gif for the complete geocities effect.
posted by machaus at 7:57 AM on October 17, 2001

Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow.
posted by jennyjenny at 8:44 AM on October 17, 2001

Ow - Retinaburn!

Must..fashion...crude...blindfold...device!
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:06 AM on October 17, 2001

In your case gleemax, definitely not!
posted by Markb at 9:17 AM on October 17, 2001

damn. why didn't I think of this before, I love style hacks like this. I figure if it remains just in the profile, it won't be hurting anyone.

Damn, now I know I'm going to be playing with this tonight :)
posted by mkn at 9:20 AM on October 17, 2001

eww. I wouldn't have a problem if you didn't kill the top nav and logo (so at least people can find their way back).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:51 AM on October 17, 2001

Actually, doesn't really matter if the top nav is there or not, since the first instinct many people would have would be to power off their computer. Anything to get away.
posted by EatenByAGrue at 11:01 AM on October 17, 2001

dunno ... it's kind of retro
posted by walrus at 11:06 AM on October 17, 2001

...what do I win?

Dubious fame? The groans of the public?
posted by BT at 11:43 AM on October 17, 2001

I wouldn't have a problem if you didn't kill the top nav and logo

Okay!

Muahahaha...ahem.
posted by gleemax at 2:13 PM on October 17, 2001

Gleemax, you're going to Hell. I've decided.
I literally screamed when that popped up on my screen.
posted by Su at 2:37 PM on October 17, 2001

Say, Gleemax, could I have your mother's address? I'd like to slap her for the breast milk you were so obviously deprived of as an infant.
posted by dong_resin at 5:35 PM on October 17, 2001

Someone call Jakob! This calls for an exorcism!
posted by jpoulos at 8:36 PM on October 17, 2001

that profile makes me happy. it's all huge and comforting. the pepto bismol color helps.
posted by bargle at 8:50 PM on October 17, 2001

I don't understand how this works. You stuck a style element in the middle of the body and it took? On what browsers? I have to try this.
posted by rodii at 8:57 PM on October 17, 2001

Inline styles, I'm guessing, rodii.
posted by Hackworth at 9:04 PM on October 17, 2001

oh wait, that wouldn't work...

I braved it again and you're right, <style> </style> right in the profile.
posted by Hackworth at 9:10 PM on October 17, 2001

don't forget that metafilter likes to insert the br line break...
posted by bargle at 9:13 PM on October 17, 2001

This is bad. I just totally screwed up [another site]. Browsers shouldn't do this.
posted by rodii at 9:23 PM on October 17, 2001

in the way of reference material, here is a screenshot archive of some of the css 'battles' from dreamless.org (back when it existed)

(background info at rhizome, however as i type this they appear to be having some backend trouble)


posted by sawks at 6:21 AM on October 18, 2001

Yet another good reason for standards in our browsers, rodii.

Say, Gleemax, could I have your mother's address? I'd like to slap her for the breast milk you were so obviously deprived of as an infant.

My mother is dead. :'(
posted by gleemax at 8:18 AM on October 18, 2001

Well.
That'll teach her.
posted by dong_resin at 9:14 AM on October 18, 2001

Have you no heart?
posted by gleemax at 10:28 AM on October 18, 2001

Is this thread a cat-joke? You know: when all the cats in the room suddenly look in the same direction, as if an ogre were clumping up the front walk to wreak havoc on the household. Alarmed, because they appear to be, you look too. There's nothing there---nothing, NOTHING! You turn back to see that every cat is now washing or sleeping or eating or looking studiously at some speck on the floor. You know, deep down, they are all laughing themselves sick. Ha, ha! Made ya look!
Okay, I looked. There's nothing there---nothing, NOTHING!
Cat-jokes. *sigh* Cats are so slap-stick!
posted by realjanetkagan at 7:35 PM on October 18, 2001

You never know when it might appear again, like an ugly aurora borealis.
posted by rodii at 7:54 PM on October 18, 2001