Re: Map Generator....

From: "Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

"Karen J. Cravens" <silver+news@phoenyx.net> wrote in message
news:8EC2D8D6Ephoenyx@wirebird.com...
> taustin@hyperbooks.com (Terry Austin) wrote in
> <86ata9031kh@enews4.newsguy.com>:
>
> >Yep. And as long as web designers don't have
> >the balls to just tell the marketroids "If we do that,
> >it will suck" and explain - and show - why, that
> >will continue to be the case.
> >
> >I wouldn't hold my breath, were I you.
>
> It's not necessarily that the marketroids haven't been told.  I emailed
the
> marketing department at the bank to explain that, among other things, the
> following was a Really Bad Idea:
>
> <bgsound src="Sounds/Musica%20Exclamation.WAV" loop="20">
>
> Oh, and here's what our front page looks like in Lynx (yes, they really
did
> put the file name in two of the alt tags):
>
>    [INLINE]
>    [1][LINK]
>    [2][LINK]
>    [3][LINK]
>    [4][LINK]
>    [5][LINK]
>    [6][LINK] [7]wpe3.jpg (1517 bytes)
>    [8][LINK]
>    [9][LINK] [10]wpe1.jpg (1284 bytes)
>    [11][LINK]
>    [12][LINK]
>    [13][LINK]
>    [14][LINK]
>    [15][LINK] [16][LINK]
>
> I explained this and many other things to them.  They haven't answered,
and
> nothing has changed on the site.  Of course, it still says we're tested
and
> ready to go into the year 2000.  Apparently they're not there yet.
>
> Sigh.  We're going to hack it for them if they don't have it fixed next
> week.  No doubt they haven't changed the password, so we don't expect a
> challenge.
>
Told _and shown_, m'dear.  Told and shown.
Forced to sit down in front of a 14.4 connection
and navigate their own site. As an incentive, put
the location of their next paycheck at the end,
and refuse to tell them where it is any other
way. And make it out to cash, so if someone
else finds it first, it's theirs'.

Terry Austin

References

Re: Map Generator....
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
silver+news@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000