Posted by Travis Newbury on 01/23/08 19:44

On Jan 23, 1:43 pm, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Really not the same thing is it?
> Why do people respond to analogies this way? Is the point of an analogy
> beyond them?

Well the analogy has to be relevant. I don't think it was really.

You were saying that people building buildings can't always follow the
design they want because of catastrophic issues that may result by
pushing the limits of the current technology. You were comparing that
to a fixed width site that may not work exaclty the same on a pda or
cell phone as it does in a browser on a computer. I do not believe
the two are comparable.

A fixed width site will work on everyone's system, including
cellphones and pdas, but it might not be as convenient. For example I
check my gmail or Fox News, or weather.com on my cell phone browser.
It is a ROYAL pain in the ass. But I can do it. If I have a computer
and my cell phone, then the computer wins every time.

Why do you think a website has to be equally functional on a cell
phone as on a computer browser to be successful. This has not been
proven true in real world usage.

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