Re: web design career becoming obsolete? please no!

Martin,

Amen! Absolutely spot on!

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Krzywinski <martink(at)physics.ubc.ca>
To: Liliane Miller <lmiller(at)carolina.rr.com>
Cc: Hwg-Graphics <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: web design career becoming obsolete? please no!



> the career of "web designer" become obsolete or at least be reduced to a
> minimum wage job?     with things changing so much, how does one choose a
> web field to study for the future?

>  but it has the kernel of a real issue in it, in that more and more people
> are looking sideways at me, saying "oh, i set up MY OWN web page...it was
> EASY!"   with html editors becoming more and more "user friendly",  isp's

I disagree completely. Just because everyone CAN design a web page,
doesn't mean every can design a GOOD web page. Just because anyone CAN buy
crayons at the local art shop, doesn't mean everyone is an artist. I can
buy a piano, but this doesn't make me a concert pianist.

Making a web page is not just about using wysiwyg html editors and tossing
together a bunch of links. While technically it's not a difficult task
(unless you plan on adding extensive interaction), it requires an artistic
flair which most people don't have.

mk

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