On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 02:00:59PM -0400, Steve Summit wrote:
Jay Ashworth wrote:
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:27:08PM -0400, Steve Summit wrote:
...The concept of an integrated web "site" that you either wandered around within, or made some kind of a conscious decision to "break out" of, hadn't been developed yet.
Is that really true? I've been using the web since, like, 1995 or so, and I don't recall...
Hey! Whose side you on? Let one of the skeptics question my blatant assertions... :-)
Oh, oops. Sorry.
;-)
I liken it to people having to understand how roads and signs work to be able to drive. Why we enable such people who proudly decline to learn how to use their tools completely eludes me.
It's a tough call, though, because is it the right analogy to compare back-button-challenged web surfers to illiterate drivers who can't read signs and maps, or to ordinary drivers who aren't able to perfectly prevent accidents, and on whose behalf we therefore invent (and require) seat belts and air bags?
Hmmm...
Be that as it may, if the current generation of users (of any technology) is for whatever reason all complaining about some particular annoying problem, the vendors who denounce those users as dumb idiots who just need some education tend to have their lunch eaten by the savvier vendors who pander to those users, right or wrong. (But that's an argument for another day.)
Yeah, the Tragedy of the Commons is pretty tragic, isn't it?
For our current purposes, though, "all" is still highly in question.
Cheers, -- jra