Re: Grim reality...

With neither quill nor qualm, Travis Newbury quothed:

> Here is the grim reality of the world. The new Georgia Aquarium
> was just built (the largest in the world I might add) Anyway, they
> obviously needed a website.
>
> Starting from scratch they could have done anything. But they
> didn't they did this (warning it may not work in your particular
> browser with yor particular settings):
>
> http://www.georgiaaquarium.org
>
> Or I should say, they hired this company to do it for them:
>
> http://www.spunlogic.com/
>
> Now go look at their list of client's. (Some of them are on the
> front page, but there are more)
>
> So, here in alt.html we read/preach/rant about validation, and
> using CSS, don't require javascript, flash blows, you know the
> drill. But in the real world we seem to find the exact oposite. At
> least the real world as known to Americans (which is obviously the
> target for all these companies).
>
> I am not bringing this contrast up to argue which is better as
> there are more than enough threads in this group that talk about
> that. (Hell I have myself participate in one or two threads like
> that...) But rather to point out how there is a HUGE job market
> for many of the skills frowned upon in this group. As a matter of
> fact in Atlanta, the job market for IT positions is at pre-internet
> bubble burst levels. So what is causing this boom in the "evil
> technology"?
>
> Could the growing number of developers aware of validation etc, be
> shrinking the number of developers heading in the "non validating"
> direction, thus causing a need for these type of developers in the
> companies where the web page is still run by marketing?
>
> Or could it be that more people want the web to be more interactive
> and sites like these are making tons of money, and that is why
> there is a boom for these types of developers?

That's exactly it. However, a fully standards-compatible, usability-
friendly site can be just as attractive, attention-getting, and
"awesome" as any archaic site on the web, -in fact even more so. The
secret is in using javascript.

I know, I know, -what if Joe Blow or Jolene Blowess doesn't have js
turned on? The answer is: who cares? You, as the pagemaker, are trying
to impress the client, not the user. If the client wants spangles, give
him all the js spangles he wants. With just a little acuity, you can
have your cake and eat it, too.

>
> I find this contrast interesting.
>
> Civil comments?
>
>

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