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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote]As far as the line that follows the mouse... Let me start with the fact that I LOVE DHTML, I just wanted the viewer to say hey this isn't just plain old HTML. I haven't quite figured out how to incorporate DHTML into a real world situation. I mean, how can I make DHTML appropriate in the business world? Also it's hard to be creative when you audience is a bunch of doctors?[/quote] Wow, there's so much here I almost don't know where to begin. You sure know how to push my buttons, don't you? ;) I'll start off by saying this: yes, DHTML is cool. I used to mess around with it quite a bit--I just loved making these funky little doodads to put on web pages. You must remember, though, that DHTML is a tool. In other words, it is a means to an end, not an end in itself. If your little DHTML doodads (also sometimes called "bells and whistles") don't serve any real purpose, then they shouldn't be there. I also have a few issues with your perspective here. You are asking how you can make DHTML appropriate in the business world, but I think you are missing the point. What is the point here, exactly? To provide a functional, aesthetically pleasing site? Or to have a bunch of nifty doodads? If you were building a DHTML tutorial/resource/etc. site, I would say "the more the merrier." But you're not. You're building a site for doctors, as you said. And like I said above, DHTML is a tool. When a carpenter builds a house, he doesn't sit down with his nail gun and say, "Now how can I show off this nail gun in my work?" The nail gun is a tool, and it should do what it was created to do without being intrusive. Another issue I have is with your intimation that your creativity is, in fact, stifled by your audience. If this is what you truly believe, then you might need to rethink your definition of "creativity." You may or may not like Shakespeare, but many of the sonnets he wrote are considered masterpieces of the poetic art. As you know, sonnets have a very strict structure they must conform to, including strict guidelines for meter and rhyme. These constraints, however, did not stifle Shakespeare's creativity--they forced him to dig deeper and be [i]truly[/i] creative, and he produced works of art that are that much more meaningful because they were created within such constraints. In the same way, you could look at this site as an opportunity to dig deep down inside yourself and be truly creative. And I would be remiss if I did not mention the problem with your focus--if your site is for a bunch of doctors, then you should be considering what a bunch of doctors would want (and, more importantly, need--since the two are often not the same), not what you would like to put into the site. Like I mentioned above, save your neat DHTML tricks for your personal site, where you can show them off in all their glory. So, to wrap up, I'll address this concern of yours: "I haven't quite figured out how to incorporate DHTML into a real world situation." My answer would be this: you don't need to figure out how to incorporate DHTML into real world situations, just like the carpenter doesn't need to figure out how to incorporate his nail gun into his latest project. Use DHTML when it is the right tool to get the job done. If "plain old HTML" gets the job done, then that's what you should use. In closing, I just want to say that I wasn't trying to get on your case here. You touched on some issues that are very near and dear to me, and I just wanted to give you another perspective. Everything I've said here has been said in the hope that it will be of some help to you. If I have come off as preachy, I apologize. You are free, of course, to ignore what I say. I am a functionalist to the bone, and I tend to be a minimalist as well (except when it comes to writing really long Asylum posts ;-), and this is my perspective. I just thought you might find it useful. ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] Loading...
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