Conversation
September 25th, 2008
Few days ago, I was chatting with a guy in my office. It goes without saying that the guy is far more experienced than me. Myself and my team mate were showing a prototype UI & this conversation happened. Here’s how it went:
Me: Please check this functionality & let us know if you have questions.
Guy: Keeps his left hand on his chin, turns his head slightly, squints at the monitor, pointing his right hand at the webpage & without checking an ounce of functionality, says … The UI doesn’t look good. Make changes to it.
Me: Okay… We are working on it.
Guy: Suddenly stares at me with a blank expression & says … Hey don’t use “div” tag.
Me: (I’m obviously confused) … Why not?
Guy: Stares again and says … Major browsers don’t support it well !!
That hit me – like a brick – on the head and I was dazed for a second. Team mate and myself burst out laughing and walked out of the room 😀
Oh! did I mention that it was supposed to be a “technical” discussion?
September 26th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Atleast you weren’t told that Windows was written with VB6 😛
September 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
@Yuvi:
There are a few people who are wondering about the same 😉
September 30th, 2008 at 10:59 am
:O
September 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
@thepsychologic:
Happens dude 😀
September 30th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
next what? isn’t supported? css is not supported?
Ask him if Frames are the standard 😉
September 30th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
@sathya: Ofcourse! Frames are the way to ‘maintain consistent UI across the site!’