The most interesting trends in web design I've seen lately aren't aesthetic - they're features engineered into sites that work and feel like native apps.
It's likely that's a remnant from Normalize.css (where each hack is assigned a number and an explanation) that didn't get removed when uglifying the CSS.
That's not "atrocious css", that's minified CSS. They're running their backend code through a resource compression system like JAWR to conserve bandwidth. Who cares if the CSS that's presented to you isn't pretty, it's a declarative language anyway.
It's just minified. The CSS itself isn't terrible besides a couple overly verbose things, but nothing's atrocious. I think the /* 1 */ comment might reveal an issue with the CSS minifier they're using. That's normalize.css, all the other comments are removed besides the one inside a selector.
I feel like this is a joke but if you're interested in the "Coming Soon" schedule, it's actually just commented out in the source. (edit: just noticed it's a design conference. Has to be a joke, edit2: Sessions 2,3,4 are all the same so obviously not finalized!)
Session One
9:00 - 10:45AM
Evan Sharp, Pinterest, in conversation with Brad Wieners, Bloomberg Businessweek
Alon Cohen & Adi Tatarko, Houzz, in conversation with Emma Rosenblum, Bloomberg Pursuits
Break
10:45 - 11:00AM
Session Two
11:00 - 1:00PM
Matias Duarte, Android, in conversation with Joshua Topolsky, Bloomberg Business
Michael Bierut, Pentagram
Tim Brown, IDEO, & Roger Martin, Martin Prosperity Institute, in conversation with Josh Tyrangiel, Bloomberg Businessweek
Susan Kare, Susan Kare Design
Marco Tempest, Technoillusionist
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00PM
Session Three
2:00 - 4:15PM
Matias Duarte, Android, in conversation with Joshua Topolsky, Bloomberg Business
Michael Bierut, Pentagram
Tim Brown, IDEO, & Roger Martin, Martin Prosperity Institute, in conversation with Josh Tyrangiel, Bloomberg Businessweek
Susan Kare, Susan Kare Design
Marco Tempest, Technoillusionist
Break
4:15 - 4:30PM
Session Four
4:30 - 6:00PM
Matias Duarte, Android, in conversation with Joshua Topolsky, Bloomberg Business
Michael Bierut, Pentagram
Tim Brown, IDEO, & Roger Martin, Martin Prosperity Institute, in conversation with Josh Tyrangiel, Bloomberg Businessweek
Susan Kare, Susan Kare Design
Marco Tempest, Technoillusionist
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This in essence is the same thing with http://mahir.faithweb.com/original.htm
I dunno, I wish more sites did that.
True, in a way. Thanks to Electron, quote-unquote native applications now feel, perform, and use resources just like web apps.
Why do they have this in the first block of text: /* 1 */
What's the point to commenting out the number 1?
I guess when they have a good lineup of speakers it doesn't matter? I don't know. I honestly don't know what to say.
So many questions, I don't know where to start.
This seems like a great antidote. I think it's funny. Design needs more humor.
I love the scrolling "BUY TICKETS" and the rollover effect of the cursor gripping a wad of bills. Ha.