Comments on: The good ol’ crappy days of Web 1.0 http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/ Because programming should be fun Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:17:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Hongli http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-421 Hongli Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:44:43 +0000 http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-421 <I>"CSS, XML, XHTML, Javascript and AJAX fought bravely… and won."</I> Only in the west. In South Korea, ActiveX reigns supreme. Even banking websites and government websites there rely on ActiveX. Firefox is unheard of. I've even seen one using Microsoft Vector graphics. (!) Asian websites (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) seem to use Flash a lot more than western websites. *A LOT* more. “CSS, XML, XHTML, Javascript and AJAX fought bravely… and won.”

Only in the west. In South Korea, ActiveX reigns supreme. Even banking websites and government websites there rely on ActiveX. Firefox is unheard of. I’ve even seen one using Microsoft Vector graphics. (!)
Asian websites (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) seem to use Flash a lot more than western websites. *A LOT* more.

]]> By: TD http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-422 TD Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:05:48 +0000 http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-422 I think Rails needs more widgets. Ajax widgets to do mundane tasks such as user authentication and authorisation with drag&drop interfaces. We could group common widgets into modules or components. Someone should write a plugin to automatically extract these modules from existing apps. I mean, how hard can it be? I think Rails needs more widgets. Ajax widgets to do mundane tasks such as user authentication and authorisation with drag&drop interfaces. We could group common widgets into modules or components. Someone should write a plugin to automatically extract these modules from existing apps. I mean, how hard can it be?

]]> By: Alex http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-423 Alex Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:30:15 +0000 http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-423 As a designer, i was shocked by the speed that Frank did some work in Ruby. Way faster than asp.NET and more importantly, it didn't screw up my CSS and XHTML code. Since my priority was the look and feel of the website I was more than happy about the result. So a big hug to Ruby. As for the western market. The cultural aspect of the west made Flash a big plus for their website. South Korea have a wide pool of young gamer, and gamers likes gummy bear interface, fast moving, noisy etc. All that flash have to offer. Here in the dull eastern, we have a wide range of user to please. I think that in the future, both market will merge into one. And who knows, maybe Ruby will rock the house... As a designer, i was shocked by the speed that Frank did some work in Ruby. Way faster than asp.NET and more importantly, it didn’t screw up my CSS and XHTML code. Since my priority was the look and feel of the website I was more than happy about the result. So a big hug to Ruby.

As for the western market. The cultural aspect of the west made Flash a big plus for their website. South Korea have a wide pool of young gamer, and gamers likes gummy bear interface, fast moving, noisy etc. All that flash have to offer. Here in the dull eastern, we have a wide range of user to please.

I think that in the future, both market will merge into one. And who knows, maybe Ruby will rock the house…

]]> By: Alex http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-424 Alex Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:31:49 +0000 http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-424 Oh great. I forgot about my Gravatar thingy. Darn you Franky boy ! Oh great. I forgot about my Gravatar thingy. Darn you Franky boy !

]]> By: Frank http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-427 Frank Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:04:42 +0000 http://www.rubyfleebie.com/the-good-ol-crappy-days-of-web-10/#comment-427 Alex, you don't know how much I laughed when I saw this silly gravatar appear beside this otherwise really thoughtful comment of yours... :D I'm glad to hear you say that RoR is more designer friendly than .NET was. Thanks for the comment! btw I'm still in love with the design you made for this blog. Alex, you don’t know how much I laughed when I saw this silly gravatar appear beside this otherwise really thoughtful comment of yours… :D

I’m glad to hear you say that RoR is more designer friendly than .NET was. Thanks for the comment! btw I’m still in love with the design you made for this blog.

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