Re: UKNM: peoplesound.com

[Stewart Dean]

At 19:00 24/11/99 +0100, you wrote:

 >yet another site that brings up the 'if you're a Mac user we advise you not

 >to use the site' - it won't let me in AT ALL.

 >

 >What's going on - have people forgotten how to build web sites or what?

 >

<rant>


Old story.


Designer/Techie/Account Handler falls in love with technology X (say some

Javascript routine). Machine + browser Y is later found not to run X.

Rather than go back to simple but not so funky solution designer says 'well

only Z% of users cannot see it'.  Creating two versions of the site is a

lot of hard work so ignored.


Now in real life can you imagine putting up a sign outside a store saying

'only women allowed' even if it sells items usable by men?  I personally

remember the old netiquette saying 'if you don't do it in real life don't

do it on the net'.


A good producer can often stop this happening but I'm supprised how many

projects (or companies) fail to realise the what a producer actually is

there for. Think project manager/ information architect/technologist/jack

of all trades. Apparantly in some companies the account handler are also

project managers. 


Lastly if you're serious about building web sites do at least some HCI

testing. If you've no idea what HCI means I suggest you leave site

production well alone.


</rant>

Stewart Dean -

stewartwebslave [dot] dircon [dot] co [dot] uk

-- for every off switch there's an on switch --

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