[Zope3-dev] Are there Graphic Designers?

[Paul Everitt]

Note that the goal of "work with whatever browser I am sitting in front 
of" is noble and valid, but thanks to the hell of NS4, it is contrary to 
the goal of modularization expressed by Jeff.

Standards.  I'll leave it at that. :)

--Paul

Matt Behrens wrote:
> 
>>Same idea as Casey's email.  I'll summarize and say +1.
> 
> 
> What?  You're the one advocating Flash.
> 
> I'm right with Jeff, and I'm reading that he's saying the same thing I
> am.  Lean and mean, no fluff.  Minimizes load times, maximizes
> compatibility.
> 
> Bottom line is that everyone has their own little pet thing they want to
> put in to ZopeTop, something they've found useful, attractive, etc. in
> their own work.  That's great, but the audience of ZopeTop is NOT the
> same audience as a site whose goal is marketing.
> 
> If ZopeTop is rendered unusable on any browser I may happen to have
> where I (site manager) am when I need to make a change, it has become
> less useful to me.  Examples of being rendered unusable do not end with
> unclickable links or garbled display.  They also include not being able
> to gracefully deal with bandwidth constraints, or slowing me way down
> because of complex code that tries to do something unnecessary twelve
> different ways because it doesn't know why browser it's on.
> 
> No matter where I am, if I have a browser, I want to be able to fly
> through ZopeTop to get where I have to go, do what I have to do, and
> leave.  Don't slow either my bandwidth or my processor down with complex
> code.  Don't make me look at things that are unnecessary for usability.    
> 
> 
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