It definitely happens, but it's very sporadic.
My bosses vista machine does it. 2 of 3 flash objects will crash his browser (chrome, latest, no addons)
I couldnt figure out why
Just because a few lines of code interact with the same database and APIs, they have to be free? I don't think that is really a good way to look at it.
The owners of Wordpress should have no rights over images, stylesheets, and html code created for themes and plugins. These work wiithout wordpress, and are portable to any platform.
If a designer is frequently competing on 99designs, they are probably unemployed. Of course those people are going to get angry.
High-end design is an extremely intricate, time consuming process that you really have to put your heart into. Rather than a proper design process with one on one consultation, concept development, drafting, etc the entrants have to create a design based on a short project summary in hopes that theirs will get picked.
Many of the 99designs entries I've seen are just flashy, trendy designs that really do not serve the marketing purposes they are intended for. They often look great, but do not create an "identity". Artistic but non-professional. That is not the fault of the designer - it's a fault in the system.
In short, if you're a designer and you are using 99designs for anything other than practice, you are wasting your time.
If only it worked that way. Potential clients often come to us with demands and whacky ideas, There is often no talking them down from them, either.
They just don't seem to understand that their gas station doesn't need an interactive photo gallery with 940 photos and a library of virtual tours of the bathroom, all in 1080p streamed to their brand new iPhone app
Price per visitor does not equal price per useful interaction. Many of those visitors probably looked at the website, failed to obtain any useful information, and then drove to the DMV:)
While/, may be considered "libertarian" by some, this story is still useful. The actual monetary costs of web technology on the taxpayers is an interesting figure. The story is not necessarily saying that the money is wasted or that the government is evil for spending it on web2.0 twitter-enabled blogosphere enhancements to their local police station website.
As a web designer / developer I am always bewildered by the obscene costs I hear for government websites, especially given their terribly below level of quality and usefulness.
People with government contracts must really milk it for all it's worth.
Apple's actions in this, and many other cases, are textbook examples of anticompetitive behavior. Third-party developers are being hurt significantly from this.
A contest might save money initially, but does it take into consideration the support, maintenance, updates, etc that the winning developer is going to offer?
In many software business models, the support is much more expensive than the actual application
Clearly, the independent, third-party tests are flawed. Microsoft would never create a biased benchmarking test to promote their own product.
Seriously though? The only people that understand what HTML5 is and what these results actually mean are going to understand that it is complete nonsense.
...I'm going to have to disagree. I know Flash, and have used it, and I hate it. It's awkward to update and maintain, is terrible on bandwidth, and requires expensive software to work with.
I try to implement less flash and more advanced/modernized CSS3/HTML5 techniques paired with ajax. It's not only easier to develop and maintain, but is more accessible and can degrade gracefully if the user disables Javascript.
Most elements on a standard website that currently use flash are either easily converted to CSS and HTML or completely unnecessary. Flashing logos and obnoxious, noisy mouse-over effects do not increase your sales!
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It definitely happens, but it's very sporadic. My bosses vista machine does it. 2 of 3 flash objects will crash his browser (chrome, latest, no addons) I couldnt figure out why
Just because a few lines of code interact with the same database and APIs, they have to be free? I don't think that is really a good way to look at it.
The owners of Wordpress should have no rights over images, stylesheets, and html code created for themes and plugins. These work wiithout wordpress, and are portable to any platform.
If a designer is frequently competing on 99designs, they are probably unemployed. Of course those people are going to get angry.
High-end design is an extremely intricate, time consuming process that you really have to put your heart into. Rather than a proper design process with one on one consultation, concept development, drafting, etc the entrants have to create a design based on a short project summary in hopes that theirs will get picked.
Many of the 99designs entries I've seen are just flashy, trendy designs that really do not serve the marketing purposes they are intended for. They often look great, but do not create an "identity". Artistic but non-professional. That is not the fault of the designer - it's a fault in the system.
In short, if you're a designer and you are using 99designs for anything other than practice, you are wasting your time.
I live in an area with a lot of old people. They all have IE6
Exactly. This is awesome!
Because it's our job to make the website look nice for everyone.
Michigan remains angry throughout the entire day.
So still yes :) just because they are disorganized and beurocratic doesn't make them less at fault for causing the costs :P
I certainly agree!
If only it worked that way. Potential clients often come to us with demands and whacky ideas, There is often no talking them down from them, either.
They just don't seem to understand that their gas station doesn't need an interactive photo gallery with 940 photos and a library of virtual tours of the bathroom, all in 1080p streamed to their brand new iPhone app
Price per visitor does not equal price per useful interaction. Many of those visitors probably looked at the website, failed to obtain any useful information, and then drove to the DMV:)
They wanted all kinds of bells and whistles so they could go to their bosses and show them what an awesome web site they had
That I understand - but it seems true with most of my non-government clients too! :)
Perhaps the categorization is a bit absurd, but I've no problem with some wargarbling :)
>complying with procurement regulations can be insanely expensive.
Aren't costs from regulations created by the government?
While /, may be considered "libertarian" by some, this story is still useful. The actual monetary costs of web technology on the taxpayers is an interesting figure. The story is not necessarily saying that the money is wasted or that the government is evil for spending it on web2.0 twitter-enabled blogosphere enhancements to their local police station website.
(that's just what we collectively imply)
As a web designer / developer I am always bewildered by the obscene costs I hear for government websites, especially given their terribly below level of quality and usefulness.
People with government contracts must really milk it for all it's worth.
That old lady is either a comedic genius or a fool. Good one :D
Apple's actions in this, and many other cases, are textbook examples of anticompetitive behavior. Third-party developers are being hurt significantly from this.
I laughed heartily at that one. good show
Safari's development pushes the development of WebKit forward, and as a result Google Chrome improves.
Browsers have come a long way, and as a web designer/dev, it is really great for the industry.
A contest might save money initially, but does it take into consideration the support, maintenance, updates, etc that the winning developer is going to offer?
In many software business models, the support is much more expensive than the actual application
Clearly, the independent, third-party tests are flawed. Microsoft would never create a biased benchmarking test to promote their own product.
Seriously though? The only people that understand what HTML5 is and what these results actually mean are going to understand that it is complete nonsense.
...I'm going to have to disagree. I know Flash, and have used it, and I hate it. It's awkward to update and maintain, is terrible on bandwidth, and requires expensive software to work with.
I try to implement less flash and more advanced/modernized CSS3/HTML5 techniques paired with ajax. It's not only easier to develop and maintain, but is more accessible and can degrade gracefully if the user disables Javascript.
Most elements on a standard website that currently use flash are either easily converted to CSS and HTML or completely unnecessary. Flashing logos and obnoxious, noisy mouse-over effects do not increase your sales!