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RE: Alternatives to the W3C

  • From: "Brandt Dainow" <bd@i...>
  • To: "'XML Dev'" <xml-dev@i...>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:14:55 -0000

RE: Alternatives to the W3C
What short memories this industry has.  I can remember programming GUI-like
interfaces on MS DOS 1.0.  I didn't have a mouse, of course, but I had
dialog boxes, menus, etc.  It wasn't much fun manually drawing boxes 1 pixel
at a time, but we did it.  The platform at the time was 8088 with 256K RAM.

Don't automatically reach for the technology when a little creative thinking
and effort can do the job instead.  As my old woodwork teacher used to say,
"It's a poor workman who blames his tools."

Brandt Dainow
bd@i...
Internet Etc Ltd
http://www.internet-etc.com


>In our case, the front-end clearly *is* critical - what they want
>(window-like in MS windows or X-Windows interfaces like they had in
>client-server) can only be done using the latest technologies.
></quote>
>
>???
>
>cheers
>steven
>
>Steven Livingstone
>Glasgow, Scotland.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Ann Navarro [SMTP:ann@w...]
>> Sent:	20 January 2000 16:19
>> To:	Steven Livingstone, ITS, SENM; 'XML Dev'
>> Subject:	RE: Alternatives to the W3C
>>
>> At 04:05 PM 1/20/00 +0000, Steven Livingstone, ITS, SENM wrote:
>> >I think you're missing the point. Are you a content developer or
>> application
>> >developer? From your responses I'd say content (E-Commerce
>based sites
>> for
>> >me are in the main content based sites where you can click
>"buy-me" - not
>> >applications) where I agree your site should be built for multiple
>> browser
>> >types.
>> >
>> >I develop weblications. I don't develop for the latest
>innovations just
>> >because I want to be on the cutting edge. It is practical.
>>
>>
>> No, I'm not missing the point.
>>
>> If you develop for the *convenience* of the developer,
>you're missing your
>> own point -- serving your customers.
>>
>> Ann
>> ---
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>>
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>> Director, HWG Online Education
>> http://www.hwg.org/services/classes
>>
>>
>>
>
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