Why do you still insist on using IE 6 ?

On 07.23.09, In Design, For Clients, daily rant, By gri3fon
  1. Is it because you don’t know any alternative browser? If so, below, is a list of alternative browser in no particular order.
  2. Are you afraid of change or something that you don’t understand?
  3. You don’t care on having better internet experience.
  4. Because you’re my boss and still using IE6?
  5. Are you a web designer? And it’s you job to make my website works on all browser? Yes, it’s my job to make website works on all browser that compliance with html/css standard.
  6. Simply because you don’t want to?
  7. You’re using pirated xp edition. Come on, you could get your hands on pirated edition but don’t know how to pass wga? :D
  8. because I don’t know to solved CSS issue for IE6 or you only know how to make codes that only work on IE 6

I do aware that percentage of IE 6 user based on w3c schools browser stat still around 15.9% and not to support the 15.9% could leads to cutting off potential clients – not that I have many clients :D. But I don’t care, because you don’t care about the nightmare on having to support 3 versions of IE browser, and whining about why are you using 3 different CSS for each browser and not to mention .PNG transparency issue.

Hey you’re the web designer, it’s you job. Now that’s crass naive.

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Craig’s Pissed

On 07.14.07, In Design, For Clients, daily rant, By gri3fon

Post from CraigsList

Every day, there are more and more Craigs List posts seeking “artists” for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of some form of illustrative service.

But what they’re NOT doing, unfortunately, is realizing how rare someone with these particular talents can be.

To those who are “seeking artists”, let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? A dozen? Five? One? …none?

More than likely, you don’t know any. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be posting on craigslist to find them.

And this is not really a surprise.

In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.

So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?

Would you offer a neurosurgeon the “opportunity” to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor? (Maybe you could offer him “a few bucks” for “materials”. What a deal!)

Would you be able to seriously even CONSIDER offering your web hosting service the chance to have people see their work, by viewing your website, as their payment for hosting you?

If you answered “yes” to ANY of the above, you’re obviously insane.
If you answered “no”, then kudos to you for living in the real world.

But then tell me… why would you think it is okay to live out the same, delusional, ridiculous fantasy when seeking someone whose abilities are even less in supply than these folks?

Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.

A few things you need to know;

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