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[nycphp-talk] Thoughts on using JavaScript with no progressive fall-back

Alvaro P. apg88zx at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 14:55:08 EST 2007


Same happens to me. It works and looks great until I show my boss or client.

Alvaro

tedd wrote:
> At 10:44 AM -0500 3/6/07, csnyder wrote:
>> On 3/5/07, Paul Houle <paul at devonianfarm.com> wrote:
>>> It always seems that it's the gatekeepers of life who run
>>> funky web browsers. It will be the people at your next job interview,
>>> the venture capitalists, the thesis advisor, the people on the grant
>>> committee, who have cookies or Javascript turned off in their web 
>>> browser.
>>>
>>
>> +1 brilliant insight.
>>
>> I'll add that they typically have slower-than-normal internet
>> connections, unusual screen resolutions, and strange font size
>> defaults in their browsers. Or a projector that can't display certain
>> colors.
>>
>> If anyone on this list is an executive, and you haven't set traps for
>> unsuspecting techies, you're really missing out on some good fun. Just
>> delete Verdana from your computer and watch what happens at the next
>> application demo!
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Snyder
>
> And don't forget that the first time you show anyone anything you've 
> programmed, it's going to fail regardless of how many times you have 
> tested it. Or, at least that's been my experience -- but perhaps I'm 
> the only SOB that this happens to. :-)
>
> tedd
>




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