[webproducers] Re: New service - feedback required
- From: Michael James Pinto <michaeljamespinto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:35:54 -0700 (PDT)
--- Scott Spence <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> *RANT BEGIN*
> Why do designers consider themselves to be gods within their web
> sites? Don't restrict the user - you have no idea what obstacles
> they are facing! Browser versions, operating systems, poor eye
> sight, (or NO eye sight), slow connection, short attention span,
> no flash installed etc...
> Don't restrict unnecessarily!
> *RANT END*
Ah but you have to look at the root of the problem, which is that the
web has grown away from being a hypertext document system and is
turning into something more like television. I think the proof of this
is that Flash is installed in something like 96% of all browsers, of
course if your in that other 4% you won't like your web experience very
much. Yes if you are a real professional web designer you know about
things like different browser versions and alt tags - but alas the vast
number of websites are don't by professionals!
But this may not be a bad thing as tools like Blog allow
non-professionals to create websites. It was my love of creating
fanzines with a xerox machine that helped me pick graphic design as a
profession (as opposed to say architecture or fashion design) so I
don't see this easy ramp to publishing as a bad thing. In fact the
ability to be able to see the difference between a bad and a good
website is a good thing. I also think that as the medium grows in
sophistication folks will start to realize that it takes a team to
create a good website (just like a magazine or a movie) and not an army
of one.
Michael
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