On Thursday 14 Oct 2004 9:13 pm, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:35:09 +0530, Kingsly John > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I'd mentioned on another mailing list ... > > > > http://dca.nic.in/welcome_queries_2003.htm > > > > They have totally locked out non-IE browsers... and this is supposed to > > be a GoI site offering information to the general public for "free". > > That site brings up another pet peeve of mine - why do almost all the > Indian websites look and work so horrible? Bad fonts/colour > schemes/css, totally unnecessary use of flash and java/javascript, no > thought of usability... the problems are endless.
I think the problem is website designers think themselves as graphics artist and customers encourage such a practice. If you are a web designer and insist on minimal graphics and nicely usable website, I can assure you that you would die out of starvation..:-) Web designers are not programmers. They are artists. They don't have slightest clue about the experience of a flashy site on a dial up line. No wonder nobody prefers blue links on white background with no graphics. IMO India has yet to assimilate electronic culture. Working with local LUG, I came across several instances where say, I could have corrected the X configuration over phone but the guy insists on me driving out there, even if that means no X for a whole week..:-( Can't help it. Geeks would always going to be minority in general population.. Shridhar ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
