[thelist] Jumping In With Both Feet

martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com
Tue Dec 11 11:30:35 CST 2001


Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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>>This isn't just about making the developers' lives easier (although that
>>must be a factor in this industry), but the subsequent reduction of
future
>>development times and costs
>How is that making the user's life easier?

>Time that is currently wasted by dorking around the code, trying to make
>something work for old browsers, could be spent developing new site
features
>and content. I'm currently in a very small IT department -- the only
>designer/html person, I hand off the mostly-finished code to the developer
>who slots it into his C program. The company, however, has a LOT of users
-
>$2million plus annual internet sales. Customers who want us to offer all
the
>function and glory that they see at Amazon.com.  But there's only one of
me.
>And I'd realllllly rather spend my time developing requested, needed
>features, function and content than mucking about trying to get things to
>work in NN4.7.

>That's why making the developers' lives easier will make the users lives
>easier.

Which is true, but only on a general level. It doesn't sell the concept to
me as an individual.


Cheers
Martin


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