chris_bcn
11-16-2006, 06:32 PM
Pretty good article from ALA
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/difficultclients
I particularly like this bit
You: You’ll see I’ve removed all the “click here” links…
Mr. Smith: Why?
You: Ah. Well. You see, they’re not considered to be good practice these days.
Mr. Smith: Why?
You: Well, for one thing they don’t mean anything if the website is printed.
Mr. Smith: Well who does that?
You: Right… well, urm… the other thing is it’s not really technically accurate. If the user’s using a keyboard instead of a mouse… if they have a disability for example…
Mr. Smith: Well that’s just political correctness gone mad. You’re being stupid. You’ll be telling me Microsoft’s had to rename itself to “Vertically-challenged-soft” next
You: Contemplates beating the client to death with a handy philosophy textbook…
Mr. Smith: ... why are you looking at that book?
You: I was just thinking how to best explain the virtue of this concept to you. Would you perhaps be persuaded by an amusing and colorful comic strip?
Mr. Smith: No.
You: Oh.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/difficultclients
I particularly like this bit
You: You’ll see I’ve removed all the “click here” links…
Mr. Smith: Why?
You: Ah. Well. You see, they’re not considered to be good practice these days.
Mr. Smith: Why?
You: Well, for one thing they don’t mean anything if the website is printed.
Mr. Smith: Well who does that?
You: Right… well, urm… the other thing is it’s not really technically accurate. If the user’s using a keyboard instead of a mouse… if they have a disability for example…
Mr. Smith: Well that’s just political correctness gone mad. You’re being stupid. You’ll be telling me Microsoft’s had to rename itself to “Vertically-challenged-soft” next
You: Contemplates beating the client to death with a handy philosophy textbook…
Mr. Smith: ... why are you looking at that book?
You: I was just thinking how to best explain the virtue of this concept to you. Would you perhaps be persuaded by an amusing and colorful comic strip?
Mr. Smith: No.
You: Oh.