Comments on: The Web 2006 http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2006/12/21/the-web-2006/ XHTML/CSS and other interesting Articles Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:32:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ross Johnson http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2006/12/21/the-web-2006/#comment-85 Ross Johnson Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:35:06 +0000 http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2006/12/21/the-web-2006/#comment-85 I think a lot of the javascript library problems stem from the MASSIVE small brochure website sector. Many of these companies want a competitive website to promote themselves and establish a worthy web presence - but don't want to foot the bill of 100% custom solutions. They would rather save the several hundred dollars and throw a library in vs having a more compact and clean solution coded. To them it is pretty much all the same, by the first time they have cached the page in their browser loading time is hardly a sub thought. AJAX is very cool, but seldom the right answer. Unfortunately like flash, many companies want "cool" over "the best fit." It becomes our jobs to communicate the ROI of a user centric website vs an egocentric website. I think a lot of the javascript library problems stem from the MASSIVE small brochure website sector. Many of these companies want a competitive website to promote themselves and establish a worthy web presence - but don’t want to foot the bill of 100% custom solutions.

They would rather save the several hundred dollars and throw a library in vs having a more compact and clean solution coded. To them it is pretty much all the same, by the first time they have cached the page in their browser loading time is hardly a sub thought.

AJAX is very cool, but seldom the right answer. Unfortunately like flash, many companies want “cool” over “the best fit.”

It becomes our jobs to communicate the ROI of a user centric website vs an egocentric website.

]]> By: Dan Shields http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2006/12/21/the-web-2006/#comment-86 Dan Shields Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:12:36 +0000 http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2006/12/21/the-web-2006/#comment-86 Thanks Ross for such good input on the matter. I think your absolutely correct about both subjects. Most companies could care less about the under workings of their website as long as the end result works and they spent as least amount of a budget they could to get a professional looking product, that matched or topped their competitors, then their happy. Thanks Ross for such good input on the matter. I think your absolutely correct about both subjects.

Most companies could care less about the under workings of their website as long as the end result works and they spent as least amount of a budget they could to get a professional looking product, that matched or topped their competitors, then their happy.

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