On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, ABorka wrote:
[email protected] schrieb:
If it was not for that small detail, I would not touch web programming
with a long stick. No set standards, different and ever-changing
browsers, a language that sucks big time. But alas...
Michael.
...And it does not matter what platform they are using, it will work without
problems. No drivers needed, no libraries needed, no version issues.
That's a joke ?
[ for those not interested, hit 'delete' now! ]
Let me present: "A year in the life of a web developer"
4 Apps developed and working perfectly in FF 3.6, Chrome, Safari on Mac OS.
Comes along tester with version 5 of FF. Bang, all broken.
Tester comes along with IE 6/7/8 - Bang, all broken.
[test again in ALL versions of ALL browsers]
[1 week later: OK, let's drop IE 6, that's REALLY old]
Comes along tester with version FF 10, bang, app AND Firebug debugger broken.
Apps deployed.
Early adopter user with IE 9. Half the screen does not function anymore.
[searching internet forums] Oh shite, ExtJS 3 does not support IE 9.
[solution found:] Damn, need to upgrade to version 4 of ExtJS.
[reload app with extJS 4] Ow crap, the WHOLE ExtJS api has changed.
[Gradually the truth sinks in:] Backwards compatibility: 0,001% and sinking...
[6 weeks of work reworking 4 apps *from scratch*]
Not to mention all the fine-tuned, pixel-perfect CSS that needs to be reworked
100% and tested in all versions of all browsers - because the web always looks
nice and hip.
We outsourced all that, and that costs us more than the initial development.
Then some braindead safari user on a iPad cannot type a . in a numerical field
because his internationalization settings are screwed up - again problems.
The list continues. And all of this is REALITY, not made up.
[Stay tuned for more fun in webland with our next requirement, problems guaranteed:]
Have the login in the browser work with the Belgian E-ID card.
Meaning: Java needed in the browser, smartcard reader support needed,
at least JDK version XYZ, by default NOT installed in IE and whatnot.
From my point of view, the versioning problem just got a lot worse.
The Windows OS and API is a haven of tranquility by comparison,
and the lord knows we cursed MS many times.
So, no, in my experience, web is definitely not better than desktop.
I guess it depends on the kind of website you're trying to make....
But now I really stop; it's getting really OT.
Michael.
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