On 2003-03-04, Nadav Har'El wrote:

> What happens if you take the cheaper company and tell them "don't do me
> any favors - don't write javascript, don't write any flash animations.
> I want every link in the page to be an HTML <A HREF=...>". What do you
> think will happen? They'll increase their price? I seriously doubt that.
> Their work will actually become easier!
>
Good point.  OTOH, perhaps their work will become much harder as they
will have to learn HTML better, instead on relying on some program
that generates javascript when they tell it they want a menu...

> In fact, it takes a lot of effort to make it NOT WORK. I still can't believe
> some people (like the boss you described) don't get it...
>
The problem lies in the tool makers and those who taught the workers
of the cheap companies - they didn't get and now making it NOT WORK is
almost as easy :-).

> Note that sites like Egged's or Bank Leumi are meant to be used, not
> admired (unlike, for example, a site advertising some movie which you
> are supposed to go out and see in the cinema), so if the people in charge
> there asked for "cute" features like sophisticated Javascripts - they
> completely didn't understand the job they were asked to do.
>
Heartily agreed.

-- 
Beni Cherniavsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I'm too lazy to use GUI - why should I click all these things to get
my job done?

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