> From: Kat Nagel[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 6:21 PM > > Kathy Gill: > >>From another list: > > > >> http://www.cio.com/archive/webbusiness/100198_customer.html > >> > >Frankly, *I* think it's wrong -- it suggests its the UNIX heads who > are > >adding "flash" over sustance -- not the "thirtysomethings on Madison > >Avenue whose primary interest is winning awards for their dramatic > >advertising designs" ... What do ya'll think? > > Second, from the two of the four corporate web groups that I've had > contact with, the UNIX heads (or their NT equivalents) had to be > restrained from animating the company logo, putting weird stuff into > randomly-placed mouseovers, and inserting multiple snazzy Java > applets where a simple Javascript would have sufficed. They tried to > put long VRML vestibules in front of the basic Welcome page, and had > VERY LOUD MUSIC automatically play while the huge graphic files were > downloading. > Hmmm ... good example of YMMV --- cause here at Boeing the "flash trash" comes from NT/MSFT clones. The UNIX guys and gals are pretty darn ... plain. I've not personally met a UNIX head that advocates technology for the sake of technology .... are you SURE those were true UNIX folks? >From what state, may I ask <g>? > >(sidenote: I HATE these sites that I can't copy > >& paste from ... grrrrrrr) > > Did you have trouble copying/pasting from the cio.com site? It > worked for me (Netscape Communicator browser to Word). > Yep. Using Communicator -- the "highlight and copy" wouldn't. We've had discussions on the list before about sites that aren't "copyable." Kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager > 425.568.0195 > The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living > at doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
