Do You Really Get What You Want To See?

This message is to the ones who think to be web designer, but are getting confused with the nonsense things we find in Internet. And for those who think they're a web designer, but don't known the real meaning of "designing".

Being a web designer doesn't mean you've to make sites with lots of eye candies. At truth, it will be pretty nice once you're capable to do so. But be careful. If you've no experience and try to do it what you're supposed to get is a dirty website. And it's not anything hard to get. If you want to make some dirty, just follow one or more of these steps:

• Start using an out-to-date WYSIWYG development program. Even better, why not try the cracking stuff called Frontpage? Wow! It's a Microsoft approved program...


• Use HTML. Why would you get started with any new technology, such as XHTML, while the majority of the Internet users still uses MSIE? An out-to-date web browser that doesn't support XHTML completely;


• If you're using HTML, why not to mix it with some XHTML techniques? Even change the header as the document wasn't a HTML one, but a XHTML-anything!


• Don't listen to the minority users. Why would you care about a 5% who can't surf in your site anyway? Wait until they become anything bigger, as 25%. Then ask your client for more money and rebuild the entire site...


• Thinking about following the W3C specifications and recommendations? Come on! Were you invited to join this hypocrite consortium? Microsoft is there. Look at their browser! If the Microsoft is a member of this and doesn't follow, why should you? You, a merely pseudo web designer;


• Why would you use a clear code when you can use "powerful" protections to protect your "stolen" source? Don't forget to hold it beautiful using mixed case tags originally written to be lower-case tags. Blame the modernists! "Art for art. Even in the MarkUp!"


• Flash rules! Use it everywhere! Write a fancy "mail to" button right now! Yeah, you can do it 4 free!


• Once just Flash doesn't work, why not improve the interaction with users using JavaScript boxes pulling down their browsers asking extremely useful information such as:

  "What's your sign?"



• After all, don't let the user leave your site; Put an advertisement at the left side of each paragraph is written... Did you known the Internet is the New America, right? There your dreams come to be true!

All right,
all you need is to follow these steps to become a very known web designer. But don't forget to read the statement below ['cause it can change your web designing life]:

"Don't Believe Everything You Hear"

If you still believe you can get rich by the steps above, I just don't known how to help u. I'm not a physiologist. Nether a psychiatrist. Because what you really need is medical assistance. May be the social service can help you...

Day 14th, October, 2005: I translated this post to portuguese and put an post script note about the big quantity of brazilians who claim to be a web designer, but aren't. The post is Você realmente produz o que acha?

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