Posted by Neredbojias on 06/25/07 23:41

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:59:55 GMT rf scribed:

> "Neredbojias" <neredbojias@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns995A1039E8ADBnanopandaneredbojias@198.186.190.161...
>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:25:17 GMT dorayme scribed:
>
>> And don't forget that rf is a fussbudget...
>
> And proud, now that I know what one is :-)
>
> A mate of mine works with one of the Very Very Large multinational
> intermediary consultancies. You know, the guys who marry entire
> Governmental IT departments to potential outsourcers in the scale of
> IBM, EDS etc.
>
> The other day he sat down at my computer and, over a nice merlot,
> proudly showed me their new corporate web site. Probably only cost
> them a $million or so.
>
> I immediately fussbudgeted my font size up two notches and we admired
> how the entire site fell totally apart. White text escaped out of its
> blue boxes and disappeard. The menu bar wrapped under the fixed size
> box and became unusable. Stuff went everywhere. You know the deal.
>
> Mate said: You could make some money showing people like us how their
> web sites break so easily.
>
> Nope, I said and pointed him to alt.html :-)
>
> If each of us continuously fussbudget at the stupidity we see every
> day then eventually the web as a whole might just become a little bit
> easier to use.

Well, I understand your point but would also say that persnickety can
repress creativity. Newbies (-and I use the term liberally here) need
some latitude to err during the process of learning how to accomplish
their aims. The important thing is that once they produce something they
like, they maintain a desire to improve their skills and work by
acquiring knowledge of standards and methods warranted for use in the
craft of pagemaking. It may not be rocket science but it isn't that
simple, either. One has to start somewhere, and nobody makes a "good"
page which is at all comprehensive from the get-go. Somebody who wants
to will eventually learn the techniques. Alternately, someone with an
attitude will learn nothing, and attitudes are enflamed by nitpicking.

--
Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.

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