- From: RUST Randal <RRust@COVANSYS.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:02:07 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> The "suits" need to understand that this is not television, > not radio, not magazines, not billboards, not anything BUT > the web. It has strengths, it has weaknesses. Build on the > strengths, abandon the weaknesses. What is so difficult about this? I just happened to be thinking about something along these lines this morning. The reason they don't get it is because when the Web first exploded, people dealt with it in terms of something they were familiar with. The Web was a new medium to them, so they applied the rules of the media they were already familiar with -- print, broadcast and billboards. This is simply human nature. Take for example a new band that you've heard and you really like. Naturally, you might want to tell someone about it. So how do you do this? You reference other bands that your friend might be familiar with, to give them an idea of what this new band sounds like. In the IT industry, there seems to be a problem with the suits in that they don't necessarily reference the Web with other media, but rather they reference the client-server atmosphere. Which is why there is so much Java and JSP that is pushed for web applications. In most cases, this is like trying to swat a fly with a tank. But that's just my opinion and a completely different topic:) Randal
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