Sounds like someone doesn't know how to do "gracefully degrade". Sure, if some web browser doesn't have a feature you NEED, then the advantage of doing what needs that feature won't happen for them. Their bad. But everything their browser can do, in the standard way, without bugs (oh wait, that doesn't leave much for IE) should still work.
Sounds like someone that hasn't had to explain the cost inflation to a client. Graceful degradation is a lovely thing, and in theory doesn't add much overhead. Until you have to write the same feature twice just to make sure that everyone has the same functionality, even if they don't get the same "experience."
Graceful degradation is a lovely idea, and how things should be done, but there is a real cost to it. If you include it in a bid, you come in higher than the useless tools that don't know what it is, if you don't, you deal with the fallout. The unending crap that is IE6 has caused us no end of heartache (and real, hard dollars.)
I do stuff like this all the time, and there is no way in hell I would accept a bid as low as that were I outsourcing it. 6 - 10 hours *may* be a reasonable time estimate, depending on what level of integration you need (is this just auth/capture? Do you need better handling on declined cards than just "didn't work, sorry!") and what you mean by payment API (I'm assuming you mean connecting to something like Moneris or Authorize.net, rather than pasting in some PayPal bits).
For a minimal level of interaction with a well documented gateway, and assuming *your* code base isn't made out of pasta, the time you specify may not be unreasonable, but I wouldn't trust anything related to commerce to someone charging $15 an hour, no matter where they're from. That's just asking for trouble.
And if I was bidding on it? I'd be assuming your code was crap, that you wanted enough time for proper QA before delivery (not just a few hours to slap something together), that you would like a reasonable amount of due care seeing as you're taking credit card payments and allow at least a little bit of time for after-care.
Honestly, what people expect to pay for this kind of thing terrifies me, and is why I'm very careful about where I shop on-line.
While everyone's busy replying to your bit about English....
You are dead-on that most programmers suck. As many here, I've cleaned up more projects than I care to think about done by Indians, Russians, Americans and Canadians. The general level of competence is excruciatingly low.
One thing that's changed, in North America at least, is that the gold-rush mentality has worn off. The only qualification for developers during the dot-com seemed to be "able to breathe." Countries that are still seeing lots of shiny outsourcing jobs coming their way haven't taken that line out of the job adverts yet.
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I'm a long time linux user, and I like Unity, too. I can point to a couple of annoyances, but it's early days. I'm very happy to be done with running the mouse maze with those main menus.
There are a few things I wanted to customize when I first saw it, couldn't, so I learned to work with them and it really wasn't a big deal. Some don't care for it, and that's fine. Welcome to linux, where Sturm and Drang are your first cousins.
Considering the number of online services Google has, I would be very surprised if we didn't start to see them get integrated into G+ in one way or another. Calendar, Docs, Groups, Reader....they could end up with one seriously killer set of functionality, all in one place.
I was starting to wonder, too, if anything would be able to unseat FB. I'm not actually sure if Google+ will, but that's more because it's only superficially similar. If FB is a crowded bar where you can talk to and overhear anyone, G+ is a coffeehouse on open mike night. You can just say hello to anyone, but you and other people have the option of actually entering into a conversation or not. The set up seems to encourage civility - just because I add you to a circle because I'm interested in what you have to say, you're not obliged to do the same, or even talk to me, and that's OK. Being able to choose what you say to whom, and to whom you listen, makes an incredible difference.
On FB I wouldn't interact with anyone I didn't have a previous, external relationship with because there was too much of investment. On G+ you can have the equivalent of an introductory chat, then either move on or engage more fully. It's all up to the participants.
So far this seems to make it a very different atmosphere, so I could see them existing side by side for some time. Some people like noisy bars.
If you're still in need of invite (knowing/., you likely have hundreds by now), let me know and I'll pop you one.
No one is saying having a cared for pet is cruel to the animal. This was originally aimed at puppy and kitten mills. Sounds like it grew after that, into something which may or may not make sense.
To string six entire sentences together, be grammatically correct (or at least enough for understanding) and still be so completely incoherent is truly a feat. I also congratulate you on your use of hyphens.
I just read about The Forever War movie - stumbled across it because I am only now finally reading it. Great story, and I'm excited that R. Scott's directing, and that David Webb Peoples (Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys) wrote the script. There is still hope for another great SF movie.
"Now" looks like it might have potential, if only because it's done by the same guy who wrote/directed "Lord of War" and "Gattacca" and wrote "The Truman Show." Each of those actually got the point of SF.
I'm sold. Yours and other comments below make it sound pleasingly non-stereotypical. And depressing. Perfect. It's been a lot of years since I've read any fantasy, so this is kinda exciting.
Well, this is a happy coincidence. I was going to throw out an "is this series any good?" question to the/. hordes, but, let's be honest, that would probably tell me nothing. But from other of your posts, I think you can give me a good opinion on that.
I'm not generally a fan of fantasy (notable exceptions: Nevèrÿon, selected Michael Moorcock, Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (although that was a _long_ time ago)), but I've liked Martin's SF short stories. Is this series worth the time investment?
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Sounds like someone that hasn't had to explain the cost inflation to a client. Graceful degradation is a lovely thing, and in theory doesn't add much overhead. Until you have to write the same feature twice just to make sure that everyone has the same functionality, even if they don't get the same "experience."
Graceful degradation is a lovely idea, and how things should be done, but there is a real cost to it. If you include it in a bid, you come in higher than the useless tools that don't know what it is, if you don't, you deal with the fallout. The unending crap that is IE6 has caused us no end of heartache (and real, hard dollars.)
So, yeah, pretty thrilled about this,
Oh, yeah! Best. Christmas gift. Ever.
I do stuff like this all the time, and there is no way in hell I would accept a bid as low as that were I outsourcing it. 6 - 10 hours *may* be a reasonable time estimate, depending on what level of integration you need (is this just auth/capture? Do you need better handling on declined cards than just "didn't work, sorry!") and what you mean by payment API (I'm assuming you mean connecting to something like Moneris or Authorize.net, rather than pasting in some PayPal bits).
For a minimal level of interaction with a well documented gateway, and assuming *your* code base isn't made out of pasta, the time you specify may not be unreasonable, but I wouldn't trust anything related to commerce to someone charging $15 an hour, no matter where they're from. That's just asking for trouble.
And if I was bidding on it? I'd be assuming your code was crap, that you wanted enough time for proper QA before delivery (not just a few hours to slap something together), that you would like a reasonable amount of due care seeing as you're taking credit card payments and allow at least a little bit of time for after-care.
Honestly, what people expect to pay for this kind of thing terrifies me, and is why I'm very careful about where I shop on-line.
While everyone's busy replying to your bit about English....
You are dead-on that most programmers suck. As many here, I've cleaned up more projects than I care to think about done by Indians, Russians, Americans and Canadians. The general level of competence is excruciatingly low.
One thing that's changed, in North America at least, is that the gold-rush mentality has worn off. The only qualification for developers during the dot-com seemed to be "able to breathe." Countries that are still seeing lots of shiny outsourcing jobs coming their way haven't taken that line out of the job adverts yet.
Pandering, poorly written and not very funny?
Within a week of Netflix announcing they were coming to Canada, Rogers lowered their usage caps.
Are you hiring?
I'm a long time linux user, and I like Unity, too. I can point to a couple of annoyances, but it's early days. I'm very happy to be done with running the mouse maze with those main menus.
There are a few things I wanted to customize when I first saw it, couldn't, so I learned to work with them and it really wasn't a big deal. Some don't care for it, and that's fine. Welcome to linux, where Sturm and Drang are your first cousins.
I live in Okotoks and can confirm that it is still here.
I am sad that this is likely a hoax. For a moment I thought I was actually close to such an event!
I don't know, I hear Somalia's quite the libertarian paradise.
Considering the number of online services Google has, I would be very surprised if we didn't start to see them get integrated into G+ in one way or another. Calendar, Docs, Groups, Reader....they could end up with one seriously killer set of functionality, all in one place.
I was starting to wonder, too, if anything would be able to unseat FB. I'm not actually sure if Google+ will, but that's more because it's only superficially similar. If FB is a crowded bar where you can talk to and overhear anyone, G+ is a coffeehouse on open mike night. You can just say hello to anyone, but you and other people have the option of actually entering into a conversation or not. The set up seems to encourage civility - just because I add you to a circle because I'm interested in what you have to say, you're not obliged to do the same, or even talk to me, and that's OK. Being able to choose what you say to whom, and to whom you listen, makes an incredible difference.
On FB I wouldn't interact with anyone I didn't have a previous, external relationship with because there was too much of investment. On G+ you can have the equivalent of an introductory chat, then either move on or engage more fully. It's all up to the participants.
So far this seems to make it a very different atmosphere, so I could see them existing side by side for some time. Some people like noisy bars.
If you're still in need of invite (knowing /., you likely have hundreds by now), let me know and I'll pop you one.
Cooker spaniel?
No one is saying having a cared for pet is cruel to the animal. This was originally aimed at puppy and kitten mills. Sounds like it grew after that, into something which may or may not make sense.
To string six entire sentences together, be grammatically correct (or at least enough for understanding) and still be so completely incoherent is truly a feat. I also congratulate you on your use of hyphens.
Doesn't give me the warm fuzzies either!
I just read about The Forever War movie - stumbled across it because I am only now finally reading it. Great story, and I'm excited that R. Scott's directing, and that David Webb Peoples (Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys) wrote the script. There is still hope for another great SF movie.
"Now" looks like it might have potential, if only because it's done by the same guy who wrote/directed "Lord of War" and "Gattacca" and wrote "The Truman Show." Each of those actually got the point of SF.
would also love to see a film from the Foundation series, or a Riverworld film that doesn't suck.
I have good news and I have bad news. There's a Foundation movie in the works. Roland Emmerich is directing
http://www.scifimoviepage.com/upcoming/previews/foundation-movie.html
I'm sold. Yours and other comments below make it sound pleasingly non-stereotypical. And depressing. Perfect. It's been a lot of years since I've read any fantasy, so this is kinda exciting.
Well, this is a happy coincidence. I was going to throw out an "is this series any good?" question to the /. hordes, but, let's be honest, that would probably tell me nothing. But from other of your posts, I think you can give me a good opinion on that.
I'm not generally a fan of fantasy (notable exceptions: Nevèrÿon, selected Michael Moorcock, Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (although that was a _long_ time ago)), but I've liked Martin's SF short stories. Is this series worth the time investment?
Me, too. Now I'm just annoyed because I discovered the quality of the answers.
I wish more designers would make up with ems. If it's all about text, the only sane way to specify sizes is relative to the font size.
Which should default to "1em" as the base size. I know what's comfortable reading on my screen, don't screw with it.
I also really appreciate not having fixed headers. Messes with page up/page down something awful.
Heh. Just the former GG (Michaelle Jean). She has less security. Seems like a nice lady.
I occasionally see her on my morning walks. Never had the balls to mention that, though.
Meet you in New Zealand. First round's on me.