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[nycphp-talk] Thoughts on using JavaScript with no progressive fall-back

tedd tedd at sperling.com
Tue Mar 6 13:52:18 EST 2007


At 10:44 AM -0500 3/6/07, csnyder wrote:
>On 3/5/07, Paul Houle <paul at devonianfarm.com> wrote:
>>It always seems that it's the gatekeepers of life who run
>>funky web browsers. It will be the people at your next job interview,
>>the venture capitalists, the thesis advisor, the people on the grant
>>committee, who have cookies or Javascript turned off in their web browser.
>>
>
>+1 brilliant insight.
>
>I'll add that they typically have slower-than-normal internet
>connections, unusual screen resolutions, and strange font size
>defaults in their browsers. Or a projector that can't display certain
>colors.
>
>If anyone on this list is an executive, and you haven't set traps for
>unsuspecting techies, you're really missing out on some good fun. Just
>delete Verdana from your computer and watch what happens at the next
>application demo!
>
>--
>Chris Snyder

And don't forget that the first time you show anyone anything you've 
programmed, it's going to fail regardless of how many times you have 
tested it. Or, at least that's been my experience -- but perhaps I'm 
the only SOB that this happens to. :-)

tedd

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