2011/12/16 Calvin Morrison mutantturkey@gmail.com:
On 16 December 2011 17:42, /dev/ammo42 mickeytintincolle@yahoo.fr wrote:
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:10:31 -0800 (PST) Darrell Anderson humanreadable@yahoo.com wrote:
Enable JS all you want but if functionality is not available without enabling JS then screw people who are not on broadband. Many people today are not on broadband because of cost or lack of availability. If the TDE team wants to target people using older hardware as good candidates for TDE, then consider the overall environment of these people.
JS might be client-side, but the scripts still must be downloaded to function. People on older hardware do not have the CPU or graphics muscle in their machines to tolerate JS. I have older machines here that I use in my testing. Those machines can't deal with all the Web 2.0 bullsh-t.
JS is not a big download, it is just C-like interpreted code. Also, I don't agree at all with the "Web 2.0 bullsh*t" denomination you put on Javascript: actually I learnt it with a computer without Internet access and W98/IE4, well before the real Web 2.0 bullsh*t. The bullsh*t is rather big commercial sites with large ads, fancy graphic effects and large images all the way, that always gonna give c*** should they be made in JS, Flash or any another technology.
That has always been a problem with computers. Devs use bleeding edge hardware and never test their apps or web sites with older hardware. Most of them have high broadband connections and never test with anything else.
I think that the popularity of "smart"-phones will entice/is enticing Web developers to make semi-reasonable sites (but which are still likely to knee down a K6-II).
Speaking of which, web devs need to test their pages on smaller monitors. Most web pages these days are designed on monitors bigger than most TVS and when the web page is viewed on a smaller monitor the text is too small to read by anybody with vision issues.
Like for the above point, "smart"-phones have lower resolutions and smaller monitors.
All I'm saying here is don't be an ass wipe with redesigning the web site. :)
What about developing a mobile site? :-)
Never did this, maybe it would be nice to have one.