Re: UKNM: to the website designers out there

[Jim Sterne]

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From: Sean Clark <seancheadland [dot] co [dot] uk>

>This discussion raises a wider issue about the use of "new" HTML 

>technologies at the expense of site usability or compatibility.


At a recent Web marketing conference in the States,

there was applause from the audience when one Web

site hosting company presenter recommended the use

of "Least Tech".


>I personally have been having a bit of a CGI "renaissance" recently. Much 

>of what you might use Plug-ins/JavaScript/Java for can be achieved using 

>good old PERL scripts and you rarely need to worry about browser 

>compatibility if you take this route.


Bingo!


That presenter also asked to see the hands of those

who cringed when they saw the words "Starting Java"

because they knew their browser was going to crash.

EVERYBODY's hand went up.


No, you haven't configured your browser wrong.

The emperor has see-through shorts!



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