[LINK] Not a good morning for email

[David Lochrin]

At 11:53 15-01-2004 +1000, Webb, KerryA wrote:

>> The same consultants who supply code for putting a useless 
>> date and time on web pages? Which time is displayed on the 
>> web page: where the publisher is located or the user? Even 
>> if the time is technically correct, such as on 
>> the ACT Government home page <http://www.act.gov.au>, what 
>> use is this to viewer? 
>> 
>
>From my recollections of the discussions held during the design phase, the
>display of the local time gives the alert reader an idea of whether it's
>currently during the working hours at the ACT government.
>
>Kerry
>(not really speaking on behalf of the people responsible for the portal)

   Que?  What on earth is the connection?  Wouldn't it have been more straightforward to show a little sign saying "The Government is  [IN]  (or [OUT])"

   I couldn't see any clock this afternoon.  But I notice the "Building our city..." slogan box at the top-left is bisected by a vertical white bar when displayed by Mozilla V1.3.1.

ADL

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