Comments on: Why these names? http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/coding/why-these-names/ Web design and development in Calgary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mike http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/coding/why-these-names/#comment-7 Mike Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:55:55 +0000 http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/?p=8#comment-7 That is very true, although dealing with companies that are tossing these terms around can be very dangerous. If one guy in the company has heard the term AJAX but doesn't know what it means suddenly changes our roles. This is where the education comes into play and our role becomes teacher. So even though it would be a great match when a designer/developer knows the techniques or technologies the company is asking for it doesn't mean they should be used. That is very true, although dealing with companies that are tossing these terms around can be very dangerous. If one guy in the company has heard the term AJAX but doesn’t know what it means suddenly changes our roles. This is where the education comes into play and our role becomes teacher.

So even though it would be a great match when a designer/developer knows the techniques or technologies the company is asking for it doesn’t mean they should be used.

]]> By: Nathan Smith http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/coding/why-these-names/#comment-6 Nathan Smith Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:44:40 +0000 http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/?p=8#comment-6 While a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, I agree - on the 'net, it's all about the name. Sometimes I think that companies tend to find an acronym and work backwards to make it fit, but I think in the case of AJAX, it was a web-technique/system/technology that is very pervasive across the 'net, but was begging for a more concise name to help, like you said - make it a household term for the working-man. Now every Tom, Dick & Harry businessman wants his company website to have a Blog, Flash, and AJAX, even though when hard-pressed, he has no idea what that really means. In steps the web developer / designer, who is savvy enough to keep up on internet trends, and bada-boom, a match is made and a successful site is launched. While I don't like to throw around terms just for the sake of it (my blog is labeled Journal, thank you very much), I think that it is important to recognize trends and at least work with them to help clients. The iPod on the other hand, still perplexes me. :) While a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, I agree - on the ‘net, it’s all about the name. Sometimes I think that companies tend to find an acronym and work backwards to make it fit, but I think in the case of AJAX, it was a web-technique/system/technology that is very pervasive across the ‘net, but was begging for a more concise name to help, like you said - make it a household term for the working-man.

Now every Tom, Dick & Harry businessman wants his company website to have a Blog, Flash, and AJAX, even though when hard-pressed, he has no idea what that really means. In steps the web developer / designer, who is savvy enough to keep up on internet trends, and bada-boom, a match is made and a successful site is launched.

While I don’t like to throw around terms just for the sake of it (my blog is labeled Journal, thank you very much), I think that it is important to recognize trends and at least work with them to help clients. The iPod on the other hand, still perplexes me. :)

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