DISQUS

Remind me again. How is the open web not a social value? And how are its wristband sporting supporters not part of a movement?

The bracelets are marketing swag. They were fun for a day, but after thinking about them for a bit, they reminded me that people who were wearing yellow bracelets were wearing them for a serious reason and it felt cheap. Stephen Colbert is the latest person to lampoon the whole "bracelet wearing thing" — It's been co-opted by all kinds of people for whatever cause is popular today. If you can think of a charity, they probably have a bracelet and wearing one is often easier than donating time or money.

See also, "Support our..." stickers.

Also, while I'm being a grumpy mozillian, I'll just say a couple of things about the open web as a social movement, I would argue that it's really more of a technological ideal. Sure, I will complain to companies that create non-standards-based websites that make it difficult or impossible for me to use their service in standards-based web-browsers, but I don't normally see organized crowds of people protesting unfair web-sites in the streets. Except during Mozilla summits, anyway.

I'm looking to make the upgrade myself. No breakage to your theme or plugins?

*pudge*

Zabbo (the Software "Princess") totally linked us to that, like, ages ago. Sometime after absurd PC cooling solutions and before gourmet shaving.

mad props, Zabbo! Stay pretty.