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A website demo using XML and XForms before they were standardized scripted into HTML that's still running at a site per an old friend. Well, at least a few years ago. It was one of about 30 examples in a set. What they couldn't figure out is my site was blank on every browser despite everything organized by a INDEX.HTML file they loaded. The trick: one of the letters in either the file's name or name a preprocessor gives it isn't the English letter it appears to be. ;)

And apparently they didn't delete the shit because (a) they're lazy and (b) people just skip over it assuming it's a browser error instead of typing "INDEX" in their address bar. So, they left it in there as a successful example in a demo set. I got a glowing recommendation, too, since I showed the original ("bleeding-edge, web tech!") to the person in charge who also thought the demo glitched. Funny all around lol.

Note: This was a bullshit project rather than paid or important work. Not what I'd do if someone paid me for quality work haha.



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