neuro-designs

I was just reading my daily dose of news in my RSS reader and I stumbled on this. Congratulations, guys! It appears that our hard work is paying off one step at a time.

After a few weeks of internal discussion, we’ve decided that starting September this year, we will gradually remove support for IE6. Why did we take this step? Simple, toward a better web future. Many websites, even Facebook and 37signal have taken this necessary step as well, and Microsoft has provided a force upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 since February this year. So we believe that this would be the best time to focus on developing real good standards-compliant websites that does not require any IE-specific hacks.

You can find more information about this matter here.

How can you make a 7-page website with a budget under IDR 500.000 (about USD 50)? Well, in Indonesia, market destroyers like these are those who often don’t know what design is, don’t have any self-dignity left inside them, and are shameless. This is where if you want something cheap, then say goodbye to quality.

Earlier today, the team went on a lunch break and decided to go out of the office and find a new place to have lunch at. And while we’re queueing for the ATM, we found this store:

Looks too awfully familiar, doesn’t it? It is. This is what you call a blatant copy of what’s successful. This is the same case as Blenger Burger (a burger restaurant in Jakarta with a Burger King logo rip off, which is the only reason why I refused to eat there). My concern is, are Indonesians really that uncreative? Or are they just blasted thieves that can’t seem to get their hands off anyone’s success? In Indonesia, almost everything rips off anything and they don’t seem to have a problem with it, and truthfully, I’m ashamed of my country. I mean, in regards of pirated softwares or movies, at least they only distributed it and they didn’t actually make those into their own brand.

Here’s some other photos of the store:

It was closed by that time, I don’t know, maybe they got busted? I wish they are.

1. Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
2. Thou shalt not hide content.
3. Thou shalt not clutter.
4. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections.
5. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of vowels.
6. Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography.
7. Thou shalt create immersive experiences.
8. Thou shalt be social.
9. Thou shalt embrace proven technologies.
10. Thou shalt make content king.