[thelist] targeting effectively (was: navigation through form posting)

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 24 17:17:01 CST 2002


> From: Matt Liotta <mliotta at iname.com>
>
> The is right on the money. While it is certainly possible to develop
> sites that cater to everyone, it is a waste of money. It simple costs
> more to make a site accessible every different browser. If the market

no it doesn't.

there's really no way for me to say that you are wrong and be nice about it...
you're wrong... terribly, terribly wrong... it hurts me to see how wrong you are
and know that i cannot make you see why...

in case i wasn't clear on that point --

you're wrong.

well, ok, maybe by your coding techniques you're right...

> research says 90% of my users have browsers that support my site than
> I am doing fine. It would probably cost me more money than I would
> make to try and get my site to support the other 10%. This is what is
> known as the law of diminishing returns.

while i really don't mind this mentality out there in the development world
(because eventually i get those disenchanted clients anyway), it's hard to
believe this generalized approach to development... not to mention i'm not
satisfied with a piddly 90%... especially when the numbers are likely skewed
from that research...

i highly doubt people are doing real market research, and given how poorly
defined the market is, i've seen too many 'research' firms inadvertently
skewing the results just by the wording and technique of their research...

after all, if i build a site for a client without knowing anything about their
audience, and make it IE6.0-only, then my stats will show all non-IE6 users
fall off after a couple months...  the wrong assumption is that the viewers were
all IE6 users, when in actuality, the site *made* the audience consist of only
IE6 users...

as for laws of anything, it hurts me when 'diminishing returns' is thrown out
when people don't understand the economics behind it...

if you want to talk law, talk section 508 in the US... look at case law in the
UK and Australia regarding accessibility... that's law you are less likely to
apply incorrectly...




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