[thelist] xssi serving up separate css

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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>I understand why people would want to turn javascript off, but don't you
>feel it limits the internet - it holds back programmers and functionality
-

No more than lack of full colour holds back photographers and print
designers.

Creativity happens when you have to work with restrictions - sometimes
you come up with something spectacular, like duotones.

>plus i avoid where ever i can using pop up windows

If only everyone else were the same... I can see the point with contextual
stuff like printable formats, and help, but I don't think the benefits
outweigh
the disbenefits.

>it if you're programming for a corporate site with their standard PC
builds
>you're going to be programming for IE (mainly - there are exceptions as
with
>everything in life), and 8 out of the 10 users don't even know how to
empty
>their cache let alone turn js off.

Assuming that their platforms aren't locked down to prevent it anyway.

But accessibility is somewhat important in a compulsory environment
like an intranet. If a user is forced to use the system because its their
job, and your system doesn't allow them to use it because they're
disabled, you've placed them in an impossible situation (and broken
the law in some places).

>we live in a world that is geared to change yet we try and restrict our
>selves in one of the fastest changing environments in the world - where
will
>it end?
 Actually, I'm not sure that limitless innovation is good. If the sky's the
limit, how do
you know when you've gone too far?

Humans interact with UIs in specific ways which are very difficult to
change. A
key part of supporting that is consistency - without which, innovation is
only
confusion.

Remember that for most of us, the web is not art - a medium for
self-expression.
It's a medium for communicating information and fulfilling tasks. [At this
point
I was going to include a link to the 'Cubist website launched' story on the
Onion
but it seems to have been de-archived. Dammit]

Cheers
Martin

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