Coding for intranets (was RE: [thelist] Color Chooser Review -- c orrection)

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed May 29 08:16:30 CDT 2002


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On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at 04:03  am, Chris Marsh wrote:

> DHTML is "cool", and one can give
> oneself a pat on the back for replicating Windows application-like
> interfaces, but does anyone ever actually analyse the cost of producing
> a DHTML thin client versus a rich client interface? No matter what the
> opinions of various developers on what is or is not intuitive to the
> user, the bottom line is that to Joe User applications that follow
> Microsoft GUI conventions are "intuitive".

I'd also point out that MS have put a *lot* of time and money into
building accessibility hooks into every single product they produce
(hmm, I wonder - is that because they're pedantic extremists wanting to
further their ideology, or just because they won't sell one single copy
of Windows into an increasing number of environments (such as 'any
employer with legal advice') without it).

If you're replicating Windows functionality, unless you use the hooks
provided, you're unlikely to be as effective at this.

Cheers
Martin
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