Re: OT Web Design

Lorem Ipsum wrote:
> "remco" <whybcuzREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
> > I admire what they have done because it is quite responsive, besides being
> > very slick looking. The clicks are seamless and entertaining - very well
> > done. They are in advertising, right? What better way to show off their
> > skills?
>
> What better way to show that they are more enamored with flash, glitz, and
> obstructive technology than with being effective for the sake of their
> clients. It's the worst, most famous trap of advertising agencies and points
> to the fact that they are full of ***.

I feel your pain. Actually felt the same way I first saw windows (the
16 bit ancient version):

if (bYouAreInterestedInTheLongVersion == true)
{
I couldn't get over the fact (or so I thought) that, when you needed a
button, someone had to create all these stooopid little boxes with all
these colors and shadings. I thought one had to redraw the push, etc.
Just hated the stupid animations, etc.

We were forced to switch to windows from cp/m, mp/m and posix but I'd
stubbornly boot in DOS. "Windows is for pussies" was what I'd tell you.
DOS was a piece of crap too, but already was stubbornly attached to the
unix-like mode of operation so DOS was the lesser of two evils.

My mind changed after I was forced to write a client to control an
instrument I had been working on. Our software department was loaded
with other stuff and could not help me. I had to test if my stuff was
working so had to write something to control it all. All we had to
write stuff for DOS was Borland C++, advanced for its day (in
retrospect).
So started tinkering. Since I hated windows, wanted to see how much of
a pain it was to write something useful. Actually found out quickly
that all that glitz was created with libraries - it actually made my
life a whole lot easier.

Felt the same way when the web interface came up -- had been using
gopher, etc for years before that. I haven't used those tools in years.
You?
} // end long version

It is hard to think of computing without glitz now.
We expect our PC's programs, when they execute something that takes
longer, to have some animation somewhere showing us that the PC is
doing stuff.
A good internet page is visually interesting, interactive and
responsive - any less for a commercial page is not acceptable.

So my basic stance is that I've learned to not kabash anything new that
comes along -- some of it needs to evolve before it is useful.

There - was that was a geeky enough comment? :)

Remco

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