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| author | José Mota <josemota.net@gmail.com> | 2012-04-08 20:32:15 +0100 |
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| committer | José Mota <josemota.net@gmail.com> | 2012-04-08 20:32:15 +0100 |
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diff --git a/_posts/2008-10-20-corrupt-kings-an-approach-to-greedy-people-of-the-web.markdown b/_posts/2008-10-20-corrupt-kings-an-approach-to-greedy-people-of-the-web.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f331abd --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2008-10-20-corrupt-kings-an-approach-to-greedy-people-of-the-web.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: ! "Corrupt kings: an approach to greedy people of the web" +tags: [ design, loadacrap ] +published: true +--- + +This is something that intrigues me pretty much: design companies / people who +claim themselves the trophy for great products and yet they suck. I tag these +guys as _corrupt kings _or _napoleons_ of the web because they think they are +the best at what they do and yet they don't and no one tells them so! + +I met a client a couple days ago. He asked me to retake on a project that used +a very strange platform. "Please take a look at the current launch, José". What +do I do? I browse CSS, accessibility, usability and source code. The apparently +awarded CMS was built on a table based layout and it didn't show the same +results over different browsers. And you say: "OK, so what's the problem with +designing on top of a table layout ?" If it works on many browsers and you +can't afford web standards, well... keep it! But if it comes out as a complete +junk like this, I would be ashamed of myself. The website looks like this in +[Internet Explorer](http://localhost:8888/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ie6.png), +[Firefox](http://localhost:8888/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/firefox.png) and +[Safari](http://localhost:8888/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/safari.png). + +Any _napoleon_ with this level of costumer fidelity - yea, the costumers +say they have _really great_ products! my gosh... — ought to be better +prepared to face the real challenge, when users start to realize there are many +browsers to choose from, new technologies improve user experience and designers +and developers create the web differently with more care for performance, +beauty and usability. Are you a designer reading this? Take a look at web +standards and cross-browser experience. I'm sure you'll like it. |