Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Web Standards Seminar at OpenCraft

Yesterday I attended a seminar at OpenCraft about Web Standards. It was interesting. The point I liked most in the seminar was what Omar, the presenter and an OpenCraft team member, termed as "the zero principle" or the zero rule. He coined this term to indicate the first rule web developers (and designers) should keep in mind when making web applications or web sites. The princi0ple is: when (and where) to use what. I find it a pity that there are still many making with sites with a dreaded "Flash intro". Yes the customer sometimes insists, but in my opinion it is the duty of the developer/designer to educate him on what professional websites of good companies look like.I really loved Omar's approach of showing us a succession of web sites pointing out to us the good, the bad and the ugly. I'll learn from this approach and perhaps try to use it in one of my next training sessions or seminars. Posted by Picasa