A class on UI design...
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My current employer hired a contractor who, himself, contracted out some software to India. It was textbook quality work - in other words, lacking insight. It was, after some debates (read: swallow pride) relegated to the scrap-heap - unused. This would seem to be an even more extreme (and certainly more amusing) example of meeting design specs as would a thoughtless drone. That, assuming these were the given design specs. It could well be (I'd bet on it) that our UI Mage determined this to be the design required due to his calculations - not explicit customer specs. Then, again, what would one expect from a software mill scenario? Management (as a species) often seem to have a special skill at managing to muck things up. Usually on life's grander scales. First there was a make-or-buy -> make was cheaper they said. (until they learned that maintainence, custom modifications, upgrades, etc. cost money, too.). Next, they decided if we have to 'make' our software, let's get it done cheap in some distant land. Turns out that it's not so cheap, after all: once you factor in the extra time in getting the specs understood, and fix after fix on items that should have (would have!) been common sense if it were done home-grown. Can't wait to see what's next! I've heard that some are contracting out the management, too.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
Balboos wrote:
I've heard that some are contracting out the management, too.
Interesting choice. Boneheaded decisions taken 5 timezones later. I suppose that it might be better than instant stupidity.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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You know, I generally dislike stupid questions such as this one and 75% time coming in unmistakable Indian spelling, however after I read "No sir, i mean 25000 columns . it is req. of our software" line my heart went out for him. I truly feel sorry for any guy who has to deal with clients who can think up such idiocracy.
JazzJackRabbit wrote:
truly feel sorry for any guy who has to deal with clients who can think up such idiocracy.
See, thats where you're most likely mistaken. A client would never come up with that _exact_ idea. The client simply wanted to see 25000 pieces of info in screen. This "smart" developer figured that a datagrid would be best for his needs. And now that people have told him that its impossible, guess what he's going to tell the client? "Sir, its impossible to display 25000 pieces of information on screen.".
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I like your screen size estimate. Puts things in perspective very nicely.
In terms of 3 dimensional CGI views, what kind of perspective do you need to view 400m of backdrop? Lousy joke really. I ought to give up... So should he...
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