When I worked for a major online retailer (not as a web developer), I found that most of my standards idealism didn’t really count for much. They still use table layout and spacer gifs. The company culture focused on new revenue and new projects rather than streamlining systems the executives felt were working just fine.

I disagree with their choice to not address the issue, but I do understand some of the reasons.

As you may well have guessed by the name, I’m the Adam from the Molly-blog.

Forgive me for creating an “echo chamber”, but having read your comments, I’d have to say it’s nice to see someone that can look at it from both sides of the fence.

It’s also good to see that, if progress is to be made, the level of elitism that exists among the so-called “forward thinkers” in web standards needs to change too.

Very well-written blog post, and although it wasn’t exactly the most normal of circumstances, a pleasure to make your acquaintance.