If not, you have no right to deprive me of that same rainbow.
I think you've lost the point almost entirely. Standards don't take the rainbow away from anyone - they help us describe the rainbow and make user experience better.
Designing with standards in mind does not limit multimedia experiences. Nor do standards help vision-impaired people to see a rainbow or hearing-impaired people to enjoy music more. Standards do, however, make sure that people who are impaired get a fuller experience while browsing a website. Standards mean that things work in more browsers, so that you can get the same experience at a website using Opera or Conqueror or Safari or any other browser that doesn't start with "IE" and end in "sucks".
I agree that there are websites that are mostly about sensory experiences. I rush to point out that there are multiple senses and that it is relatively easy to design with that in mind.
You've also expressed a very common opinion that pains me: "people who are disabled should just suck it up because I enjoy this." With a pretty minimal amount of work during the design phase, you can give a disabled person a rich environment and not change the user experience at all for people who aren't disabled. It's people who think that that's not possible that propagate bad design principles.
Hey guys, I noticed that most people can't design or implement for shit. Do we all agree? Don't other people suck? Shouldn't the answer to this be evident?
Designing things with standards in mind is a better idea than not doing so. Any Web Developer worth the capitals (and I'm not talkin about your grandma and her website, or that high school kid that someone paid $50 to do their mom & pop store website, or anything done with Front Page or Macromedia) knows that standards-based is the way to go. The culture of ineptitude around the web is what is really holding us back from having a fully accessible virtual world for everybo...
Waitaminnit, I got sucked in and started complaining about the web! What an insidious Ask Slashdot!
And the Google Countdown to Evil continues... Don't get me wrong, I love Google, but they really need to make sure that they're using their powers for Awesome.
The great land of freedom seems to be moving much more towards a "freedom from" instead of "freedom of". I am greatly saddened by this - what was once one of the best places to live in the world is becoming a place of limitations and loopholes. They have lost most of their credibility with the rest of the world because of their hypocritical stances; "freedoms" are claimed, but not often given, "peace" is desired, but war follows. Online gambling is becoming prohibited, but the most American city on the planet is Las Vegas, the city of excess.
This is the problem that happens when old men who are scared of anything new make decisions that affect other people. I am confident that the main problem with online gambling is that it is harder for the government to regulate than meatspace gambling. When the pie becomes virtual, it's harder for regulators to get their piece.
I'm not a proponent of online gambling (or gambling in general, though I do participate in the occasional poker tournament or hockey pool), but I think that this sort of regulation is a little ridiculous. Legislate elsewhere, O Government, where you can be beneficial to society. Why not start on the patent system? Why not figure out how to respond to natural disasters? Why not just about anything else?
The biggest problem here is that most of the politicans making decisions like this are old men that tend not to understand what they are making decisions about. The great hope for actual freedom in the USA is that, in time, the people will start to become more acclimatized to technology and will be able to make more informed decisions about the uses thereof.
A word of advice: don't just say to a co-worker, "Hey, have you seen the fuzzy lobster?" You might end up talking to the ombudsman about sexual harassment...
It just doesn't seem fair to make people actually admit that they're from New Jersey. Isn't this persection? I mean, think of some poor guy, sitting there of an evening, trying to pick up online, maybe a little bit of troll-on-orc action, when *bam*, the person on the other end figures out that he's from Newark. That guy's just never going to get cyber-ass again.
I'd say Willner's thinking small (if you don't know who Willner is, then RTFA). Why make cures for sick people, when there are rich people out there who want to get fixed, too? I mean, if you can make a computer that would make you thin, or muscular, or change your hair colour permanently, or stop hair production in your legs... then go for it and make a ton of money. Heck I'd pay for something so that I didn't have to wax my back...
Worrisome, though, is the computer that you accidentally ingest that has a real bug, like, say, a Y2K bug (if that had actually been a big deal).
I think lots of "real" programmers think that web designers don't know how to code. I'd like to disagree. I really would. I can't, though, because most web designers don't know how to code. It's a simple fact of life. However... most "real" programmers don't know how to code either.
And no, this isn't a troll either. I'm just citing the fact that 90% of everything is crap, and programmers and web developers both acquiesce to the rule.
I love Ask Slashdots when the answer is really to go to the oracle.
Honestly, there's web developers near you. We have websites. We know what we're doing. I'll do it if you're in my area - send an email to mudformike at yahoo dot ca and I'll get back to you. Give it to any of the other people who replied. We'll even tell you the language you should actually be doing this in for it to be sustainable.
ps - Web 2.0 is what we in the business call a "buzzword". It doesn't really mean anything and you can't program in it. If a client asked me to "program something up in Web 2.0" my fee would climb by 75%.
I thought it was more funny than a troll, personally.
Regarding the design, though: it's not just the whiteness. There's a lot more to design than colour. There's a sleekness and simplicity as well, and both the DS and the iBook have that fold in the middle.
Just because something is white doensn't make it look like an iBook. Heck, I'm pretty white, and so is my neighbour's car. Neither look like an iBook.
This article was a lot more awesome during my pre-coffee (mis)reading, when it said " South Korea To Develop Army of Police Robot Luckily, coffee revealed to me the truth.
Well, the first places to check are all the old standards: Workopolis, Monster, LinkedIn. I would also try Orkut now, but I'm a hardcore Google Fanboy (though the countdown to evil began a while ago). The search terms - well, that's easy. I'd try "technical writer" first and nothing second. If someone cannot make their resume found when I type "technical writer" then they aren't that technical and I'm not hiring them.
The second place to check would be any local sites that may post classifieds-ish things.
So here's my general answer to the questions? Where do I check?The place that resumes get posted.
Of course, next time you have a question like this, I suggest that you jfgi...
Probably fungus is the snack of choice for those lingering near the bottom of the chain. There is flora that thrives in the dark - fungi tend to do so, but any non-photosynthetic flora that enjoys the damp could survive or even start to flourish.
I do not like green ham and eggs
I do not like them I'm-not-Craig
I do not like them there or here
Or with Green St.Paddy's Beer
Not with a rat or in a lab
Not with their fat in colours drab
I do not like green ham and eggs
I do not like them, I'm-not-Craig
Can you? Plan you? Right at dawn?
Can you? Plan you? In Taiwan?
Can you? Plan you? If they honk?
Can you? Plan you? Posted by Zonk?
Not right at dawn. Not in Taiwan.
Not if they honk, Posted by Zonk.
I do not like green ham and eggs
I do not like them I'm-not-Craig.
Not in a car. Not on a Yacht.
Not posted nicely on/.
I do not like green ham and eggs.
I do not like them I'm-not-Craig.
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In Soviet Russia, slime bacteria heals you?
I like the sound of that much better. Although then the dirty communists don't get it in the end...
In Soviet Russia, bacteria slimes you!
Actually, in Soviet Russia, I think the bacteria probably killed a lot of people. They don't have the best medical facilities over there.
I feel so dirty.
If not, you have no right to deprive me of that same rainbow.
I think you've lost the point almost entirely. Standards don't take the rainbow away from anyone - they help us describe the rainbow and make user experience better.
Designing with standards in mind does not limit multimedia experiences. Nor do standards help vision-impaired people to see a rainbow or hearing-impaired people to enjoy music more. Standards do, however, make sure that people who are impaired get a fuller experience while browsing a website. Standards mean that things work in more browsers, so that you can get the same experience at a website using Opera or Conqueror or Safari or any other browser that doesn't start with "IE" and end in "sucks".
I agree that there are websites that are mostly about sensory experiences. I rush to point out that there are multiple senses and that it is relatively easy to design with that in mind.
You've also expressed a very common opinion that pains me: "people who are disabled should just suck it up because I enjoy this." With a pretty minimal amount of work during the design phase, you can give a disabled person a rich environment and not change the user experience at all for people who aren't disabled. It's people who think that that's not possible that propagate bad design principles.
Congratulations - you're Microsoft.
I shall paraphrase the question:
Hey guys, I noticed that most people can't design or implement for shit. Do we all agree? Don't other people suck? Shouldn't the answer to this be evident?
Designing things with standards in mind is a better idea than not doing so. Any Web Developer worth the capitals (and I'm not talkin about your grandma and her website, or that high school kid that someone paid $50 to do their mom & pop store website, or anything done with Front Page or Macromedia) knows that standards-based is the way to go. The culture of ineptitude around the web is what is really holding us back from having a fully accessible virtual world for everybo...
Waitaminnit, I got sucked in and started complaining about the web! What an insidious Ask Slashdot!
And the Google Countdown to Evil continues... Don't get me wrong, I love Google, but they really need to make sure that they're using their powers for Awesome.
The great land of freedom seems to be moving much more towards a "freedom from" instead of "freedom of". I am greatly saddened by this - what was once one of the best places to live in the world is becoming a place of limitations and loopholes. They have lost most of their credibility with the rest of the world because of their hypocritical stances; "freedoms" are claimed, but not often given, "peace" is desired, but war follows. Online gambling is becoming prohibited, but the most American city on the planet is Las Vegas, the city of excess.
This is the problem that happens when old men who are scared of anything new make decisions that affect other people. I am confident that the main problem with online gambling is that it is harder for the government to regulate than meatspace gambling. When the pie becomes virtual, it's harder for regulators to get their piece.
I'm not a proponent of online gambling (or gambling in general, though I do participate in the occasional poker tournament or hockey pool), but I think that this sort of regulation is a little ridiculous. Legislate elsewhere, O Government, where you can be beneficial to society. Why not start on the patent system? Why not figure out how to respond to natural disasters? Why not just about anything else?
The biggest problem here is that most of the politicans making decisions like this are old men that tend not to understand what they are making decisions about. The great hope for actual freedom in the USA is that, in time, the people will start to become more acclimatized to technology and will be able to make more informed decisions about the uses thereof.
A word of advice: don't just say to a co-worker, "Hey, have you seen the fuzzy lobster?" You might end up talking to the ombudsman about sexual harassment...
It just doesn't seem fair to make people actually admit that they're from New Jersey. Isn't this persection? I mean, think of some poor guy, sitting there of an evening, trying to pick up online, maybe a little bit of troll-on-orc action, when *bam*, the person on the other end figures out that he's from Newark. That guy's just never going to get cyber-ass again.
Wow, I hadn't even thought of the extort... I mean, uh, licence fees that could be had using this system...
Just think about it - you wouldn't want to miss your renewal costs on your "lungputer".
I'd say Willner's thinking small (if you don't know who Willner is, then RTFA). Why make cures for sick people, when there are rich people out there who want to get fixed, too? I mean, if you can make a computer that would make you thin, or muscular, or change your hair colour permanently, or stop hair production in your legs... then go for it and make a ton of money. Heck I'd pay for something so that I didn't have to wax my back...
Worrisome, though, is the computer that you accidentally ingest that has a real bug, like, say, a Y2K bug (if that had actually been a big deal).
Actually, that's appropriate - it's not ironic in the least. It would be ironic if it was static XHTML that validated.
What about Learning? That's quickly getting out of the race at Universities.
I'd wait for at least Moonbase Beta... preferably Moonbase v1.0.
I think lots of "real" programmers think that web designers don't know how to code. I'd like to disagree. I really would. I can't, though, because most web designers don't know how to code. It's a simple fact of life. However... most "real" programmers don't know how to code either.
And no, this isn't a troll either. I'm just citing the fact that 90% of everything is crap, and programmers and web developers both acquiesce to the rule.
I love Ask Slashdots when the answer is really to go to the oracle.
Honestly, there's web developers near you. We have websites. We know what we're doing. I'll do it if you're in my area - send an email to mudformike at yahoo dot ca and I'll get back to you. Give it to any of the other people who replied. We'll even tell you the language you should actually be doing this in for it to be sustainable.
ps - Web 2.0 is what we in the business call a "buzzword". It doesn't really mean anything and you can't program in it. If a client asked me to "program something up in Web 2.0" my fee would climb by 75%.
how's that a troll?
I thought it was more funny than a troll, personally.
Regarding the design, though: it's not just the whiteness. There's a lot more to design than colour. There's a sleekness and simplicity as well, and both the DS and the iBook have that fold in the middle.
Just because something is white doensn't make it look like an iBook. Heck, I'm pretty white, and so is my neighbour's car. Neither look like an iBook.
I'm totally waiting for the little one to get old enough to play games with. Then I'm all up ons the babysitting situation.
"Hon, you want to go out? I'll stay in with the kids. No, we won't just order pizza and play video games."
I mean, who better to play with than your kids? For a while, you can totally school them, and then when they start winning, you can send them to bed.
... that they're also not not making productivity tools for the DS? And is it just me or does this look a little iBookish?
What about my Beloved BeOS?
This article was a lot more awesome during my pre-coffee (mis)reading, when it said " South Korea To Develop Army of Police Robot Luckily, coffee revealed to me the truth.
Well, the first places to check are all the old standards: Workopolis, Monster, LinkedIn. I would also try Orkut now, but I'm a hardcore Google Fanboy (though the countdown to evil began a while ago). The search terms - well, that's easy. I'd try "technical writer" first and nothing second. If someone cannot make their resume found when I type "technical writer" then they aren't that technical and I'm not hiring them.
The second place to check would be any local sites that may post classifieds-ish things.
So here's my general answer to the questions? Where do I check? The place that resumes get posted.
Of course, next time you have a question like this, I suggest that you jfgi...
Probably fungus is the snack of choice for those lingering near the bottom of the chain. There is flora that thrives in the dark - fungi tend to do so, but any non-photosynthetic flora that enjoys the damp could survive or even start to flourish.
While typing this, I contracted no less than 47 different diseases.
I do not like green ham and eggs I do not like them I'm-not-Craig I do not like them there or here Or with Green St.Paddy's Beer Not with a rat or in a lab Not with their fat in colours drab I do not like green ham and eggs I do not like them, I'm-not-Craig Can you? Plan you? Right at dawn? Can you? Plan you? In Taiwan? Can you? Plan you? If they honk? Can you? Plan you? Posted by Zonk? Not right at dawn. Not in Taiwan. Not if they honk, Posted by Zonk. I do not like green ham and eggs I do not like them I'm-not-Craig. Not in a car. Not on a Yacht. Not posted nicely on /.
I do not like green ham and eggs.
I do not like them I'm-not-Craig.
That's a tasty feature. Why isn't there a "Spread Thunderbird" website? mmm... Spread...