Re: [school-discuss] Web app innovation vs complication

[Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca>]

Good writing, David.

I like the term "appropriate technology". We sometimes have to be careful
not to overbuild. A laser beam _will_ cut down trees, but a chain saw
works just fine, thank you. (And it's easier to find chainsaw repair
guys...)

Designing an application is very much a matter of "taste" as well as
talent. For example MS apps just have no taste...but they're not
alone.<grin>

Les Richardson




On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, David Bucknell wrote:

> I use Web content apps, all of which are built with php and use mysql or
> postgres databases. Lately, I've found that well-intentioned "innovations" are 
> making it difficult to upgrade. Maybe it's just a transition period, but I
> wonder if the developers, whose good works have destined them for paradise, are
> losing touch with the needs of their users. I've written an article in which I
> try to describe the situation at
> http://opensourceschools.org/article.php?story=20020303154244921
> 
> I didn't say so in the article, but it occurs to me that this may be where
> computer science collides with usability.
> 
> I'd appreciate any comments you might have.
> 
> David Bucknell
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