AJAX is the New Polyester
Ted says that Meebo is what’s wrong with the internet.
In AJAX development, programmers can’t be held responsible for, say, the amount of memory their giant JavaScript application uses, because hey, that’s the browser’s problem. We don’t care about the browser taking 100% of the user’s CPU to drag a window, because those Firefox & IE developers just need to get off their lazy asses and write a decent JavaScript interpreter. Well, I tell you what: if you develop desktop applications for Windows and your application uses 100% CPU when you drag a window – pack your shit, you’re going home.
I can’t say he’s wrong. AJAX is new polyester: Sure there are some great uses for it, but if you cover yourself it in you will end up looking stupid.
(via Daring Fireball)
Six Steps To Get A Web Developer to Kill You
Alwaysstock.net has posted up a great little article detailing six things you can do during your next meeting with your company’s web developer. I was skeptical at the humor in this at first, but after reading the list I can attest that it is dead on and I would kill you if this happened to me at a meeting.
Don’t need a sample of the article? Want to just finish this post and go read the article in its entirety? Too bad. Here’s a sample:
3) Talk about how you’d like a complicated splash page for the site. Tell the developer you want anyone who tries to skip over the splash page immediately re-directed. Use the phrase “flash intro” and “no skip button” with a smile and pretend like you know what you’re talking about. Shoot down any proposal that does not include a splash page. Offer a tissue when the programmer starts to cry.
Ok, now, if you are so inclined, you can go read the article on your own. After you are done reading it, ponder for a second on how I own your bitch ass and made you read an excerpt you didn’t want to.