Timeline for Arguments to homologate Firefox in a Company
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| Jan 31, 2011 at 21:53 | comment | added | David Thornley | @Peter: While I approve of standards compliance, and the destruction of unnecessary monopolies, these have to be balanced against business priorities. To switch professions, what the OP has done is design a machine that needs all metric fasteners in an SAE-only shop. I strongly approve of going metric, and ending the stupid Imperial system forever, but this isn't the place to start. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 21:33 | comment | added | Peter Turner | @HLGEM, I'd never have become a programmer if I didn't find the profession to be something special. Every vocation is sacrosanct. I'm not saying that programmers are sacrosanct at all, we deserve to be punished for our misdeeds and questioned when we do something dumb. But software developers do wield the power to influence through their code and should exercise their creativity. And always code towards an ultimate good, like standards compliance instead of IE dominance. Also, almost all web developers do IE compliance as an afterthought, so he's really not lost anything here. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 21:15 | comment | added | HLGEM | @Peter Turner, why on earth woud you think developers are sacrosanct? We aren't any more valuable or better than any other type of employee. And when someone screws up massively, he deserves to be called on the carpet. This is the kind of thing that gets people fired; inexperienced people reading this should understand that so they don't make the same mistake. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 21:06 | comment | added | David Thornley | @Vegetus: If you're experienced, and know what your 400 users have available, why did you choose to ignore that and design your software so it would be useless without a policy change? Why do you think two browsers, that do essentially the same thing, should be homologated, regardless of increases in support costs? | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 19:47 | comment | added | Vegetus | @Peter and @HLGEM, thanks for the reply. On another hand, say I'm not as inexperienced developer. I am a webdeveloper (java, php, mysql, html) for 5 years ... But the question is, as I am employee at a telecommunications company, there are people who use Internet Explorer for the Windows already has the browser application pre-installed. And why try to convince the directors to homologate Firefox. Strengthening the attention that the project was designed for 400 employees using the application. There is a public system, is only an internal network system. Thanks, Vegetus. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 19:36 | comment | added | GrandmasterB | I agree with HLGEM that this is flat out the developer's mistake. I dont think though, that calling it 'cowboy coding' is necessarily accurate. It doesnt sound like its a result of 'cowboy coding', but rather, simple inexperience on the part of the developer. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 19:28 | comment | added | Peter Turner | I mean calling a Cowboy Coder out on the carpet and leveling a Software Developer to the lowest rung instead of holding him high as something sacrosanct. Seriously man, don't tell a person he's a slave. Leave "Authorization" "Money" and "Dictates" to the dude's own program manager. | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 19:21 | comment | added | HLGEM | @Peter Turner what does that mean? | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 19:18 | comment | added | Peter Turner | -1 for asking Callahan to turn over his badge | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 18:55 | history | answered | HLGEM | CC BY-SA 2.5 |