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Nice analogy and I totally agree ;-)
Mark Lynch
"Mark Stanton"
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Subject: RE: [WSG]Want a little
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24/09/2003
01:15 PM
Please respond
to wsg
D. Keith Robinson writes at his weblog:
"In my opinion, at this point in time and for the foreseeable future, Web
standards, in and of themselves, have very little to do with the success,
or
lack thereof, of a Web site."
Haven't read the article but I'll pretend to have an informed opinion
anyway....
He has a point, but only just. Web standards do not, 'in and of
themselves',
guarantee the success of a site. Conversely the lack of web standards does
not doom a site to failure.
Right, now that sounds kind of obvious doesn't it?
A little analogy:
"In my opinion, at this point in time and for the foreseeable future, Air
Conditioning, in and of itself, has very little to do with the success, or
lack thereof, of a particular model of car."
Hmmm.... Michael Schumacher's F1 Ferrari does not, as far as I know, have
any air conditioning. But its pretty safe to say the car can be considered
"successful". There are other examples at the other end of the market,
really cheap & popular cars with no AC. Does this mean air conditioning is
evil? Or even a waste of time and effort? Should we turn our backs on air
conditioning forever?
The success, or otherwise, of a web site comes down to many different
factors;
- content & functionality,
- promotion & visibility,
- interface to content & functionality
- hardware & infrastructure
- other bits & bobs
I strongly believe that web standards can really be beneficial in an
interface to content & functionality. Its one extra little thing like air
conditioning that is not essential but should come standard on most models.
Cheers
Mark
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