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Posted by PTM on July 27, 2006, 11:02 am
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>> I suppose if you were a teacher and a kid in your classroom asked how he
>> could make an indelible ink he could use to write on his desk, you would
>> tell him how to make it instead of telling him not to do it?
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> Personally, I don't like taking control from users when I design web
> pages. I've debated many interface design issues with my boss in the
> past; however. I don't view any of my opinions as some
> holier-than-thou, moral principal that I must follow at all cost in
> order to be a REAL human being. I've had more than one instance where
> a manager or client has ask me to do something to the interface that
> limited user control. I made my case, but ultimately lost the argument
> and did it their way in the end. For me, it isn't worth losing my job
> or a large sum of money over something so trivial. So, try to take
> that into mind when people ask these questions. Sometimes they may
> agree with the principal, but their boss doesn't agree.
>
I totally agree with you Matt, I think Harlan was just being pedantic.
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