I think another part of this is also the fact that web development is moving
towards being a more respected industry and escaping the 'techno-mysticism'
that surrounded it in the late 90s when we were all meant to be snowboarding
designers or propellorheads.
Having standards (and using them!) is a way to make Web Development more of
a serious industry in the same way that having an industry body (like AIMIA)
adds to our credibility.
On top of of all that, Jan's absolutely right - we ARE professionals and we
DO care about providing our clients with the best quality work we can -
otherwise we'd all create web sites in MS word and export them as HTML. Our
clients demand that we give them the best product and if they don't then
it's only becuase they don't know the difference. Thing is, they shop around
and if one developer mentions standards-compliant design in their proposal
and another one doesn't then any vaguely intelligent client is going to ask
the other "do YOU write standards-compliant code?"
Hopefully, it will not be something to look out for in the future, but
rather a base practice - like having a license to drive a taxi.
In the meantime, I think it's still a bit of a selling point, if nothing
else.
R :o)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Brasna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WSG] Text choices on our own sites
I don't think it must be neccessarily a common issue. Many agencies I know
here mostly don't even mention standards or the particular technologies,
they're just selling greatly usable, effective and profitable web solutions
to the clients and since they are professionals and they care the output is
standards-based as an obvious thing.
--
Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com
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