I do totally agree with what you have written, however sometimes in the heat
of frustration sometimes even the experienced can get stumped. Even if they
are developing on their own and have know else in the team to help out.
But you are right, a lot of the time its people who have not bothered to
read the documentation. Which btw is the best Application Software I have
seen with great reference material both in print and in IDE tools
Homesite/Studio, a lot of the simple questions can be answered by fiddling,
playing, experimenting knowing the functions backwards.
And even in these times if you thing you understand what is happening, you
sometimes don't. And you ask for help in what is going wrong, so sometimes
don't excuse these people either. But people need to slow down and explain
things alot more, and people on this list will recall a few that I got
going. Not because I was an ass, and not because I wanted to cause trouble.
But deadlines are deadlines, and sometimes you need help there and then and
don't have a great deal of time to explain it. Well this happens all the
time, I have been on this list now for nearly the beginning of its time.
I have seen the most stupidest questions! Questions that can be answered,
but people also have to remember that CF is great for the beginner and for
those Advanced Senior Programmers its a godsend. To be an Advanced/Senior
developer takes time, and a lot of hard work and understanding of lateral
thinking and logic. These don't come easy and some people on this list think
it does, but sometimes it can be a writers block so to speak and we need a
third person to look at it to see why we can't see the logical problem.
This is why such publications as Dr Jobbs and such publications are great,
the use the information to teach and show new logic. Wouldn't it be good for
a mailing list like this to behave like that as well, instead of so much
people with big heads and there the people who tend to rub people up the
wrong way.
Anyway enough said, just a few thoughts I had after reading this!
regards
Andrew Scott
ANZ eCommerce Centre
* Ph 9273 0693
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-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Bader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 August 2000 09:40
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Browser / desktop resolution
What have you tried?? Ever looked into JavaScript??
I am going to be frank and apologize to everyone for this. I have been
watching this list for 2 weeks and the mass of amounts of email being sent
on a daily basis is annoying. There are some really good subjects in some
of them but reading through them all is difficult to say the least. Maybe I
will just look through the archives if I need anything. Now, comes my
*whining*.
This is a developers email list, right? more or less... if not then I am
sorry.... but in mailing lists where development and programming goes,
people just don't ask how and what can and where and so forth without trying
to find what they need, playing with the code and then posting. But also
posting what they tried and what they got and what they really want to do.
I find though, on this list, messages such as Lucas' (sorry, you just happen
to be the one that broke the camel's back). You ask how, but you don't
state what you have tried, what you think is supposed to happen, what you
think you should try, so forth... no info given but you need this/that....
personally Lucas, I would go look to some JavaScript sites and books, I am
99.9% sure that I saw one (shoot I probably have it in my personally
repository) out there and where there is one there are more.....
Again, forgive me... most of the messages posted here are by very serious
and very good developers and I applaud them. But they got that way by
putting a lot of effort into their work and asked questions after trying
stuff out (usual they figured it out on their own though)......
I will be un-subscribing tomorrow, so if you wish to wait on hazing me
without hurting my feelings (which you couldn't anyway) I would wait till
tomorrow.... Any personal hate mails can be sent to me directly, which of
course I will probably delete anyway.....
To all the serious learners and programmers, excellent job......
Terry Bader
Web Developer
EDO Corp - Combat Systems
(757) 424-1004 ext 361
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http://www.cs.odu.edu/~bader
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucas Sherwood [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 7:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cfaussie
> Subject: Browser / desktop resolution
>
> Hi All,
> Is there a way from CF to work out what resolution a users browser is set
> to?
>
> Thanks,
> Lucas.
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Lucas Sherwood
> Technical Sales Consultant
> FirmwareDesign
>
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