Hello, On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, steve wrote: > I doubt however, that the contract for making government websites > would ever go to private sector vendors who would likely do a better > job,
Not in my experience! Have a look at the web sites of private telecom companies or various banks. While their "looks" are perhaps slightly better, their "feel" is as 90's as it gets. Full of flash and cumbersome navigation based on un-necessary use of Javascript. The core audience addressed by both sets of web sites is the same --- the bulk of our ignorant upper middle class who can just about use Internet Explorer as it came with their pre-installed system. If a program/web-site is only designed with the generic "customer" in mind this is what you will get --- something that _only_ caters to the least common demoninator. Obviously programs should not be designed with _only_ the "3l33t hax0r"s in mind either! An appropriate balance has to be found. Regards, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
