Inadvisable Advice

[Mr Initial Man]

What do you do when someone asks you how to do something that most people would say is the wrong way to code a page?

Questions such as "How do I colour my scrollbars" or "How do frames work?" Do you tell them, and give them a warning, or do you just refuse to tell them?

[MstrBob]

If you refuse to tell them, they'll just ask someone else. Someone who might not care as much.

[Ben Rogers]

Whatever you do, if you have a conscience, give them a solution. The general moron will want it done no matter what, and you don't matter, just tell them. :rolleyes: If they ask to colour scrollbars, remind them how ugly it is, and that it doesn't work in every browser. If they ask about frames, tell them about SSI, and about all the Better Stuff you can do with it.

[jeff_archer7]

Originally posted by Mr Initial Man
What do you do when someone asks you how to do something that most people would say is the wrong way to code a page?

Questions such as "How do I colour my scrollbars" or "How do frames work?" Do you tell them, and give them a warning, or do you just refuse to tell them?

Tell them how to colour thier scrollbars, then warn them of the fact it is a crap idea to do so

then go to bed knowing your better than them if they didn't listen, chuckiling yourself to sleepy land......

P.S. IE SUXORS!

[buntine]

Alot of us would have done stupid things like that... Its all part of the learning process.

[the tree]

Originally posted by jeff_archer7
Tell them how to colour thier scrollbars, then warn them of the fact it is a crap idea to do so I'd do it the other way round, warn the first then tell them, although some will just cop+paste your code anyway without caring, this is what we call a crap developer.

[scragar]

and then you have people who mess it up and demand you help them fix it because you know the problem.

I generaly say that the site's better without it and leave it at that.

[wamboid]

I agree, tell them how bad it is, then supply an answer, although my answer would probably be just to point them to a site with the answer to avoid what scragar mentioned.