Fashion vs Function

basa basi dulu :...
Sepulang dari diskusi kecil antara aku dgn sekelompok programmer Point Of Sales yang sama kalangkabut akan launching Senayan City yang issue-nya sedang dalam percepatan Grand Opening plaza tersebut, yakni rencananya Agustus/September jadi bulan depan (Juli 2006).

Btw, terlepas dari persoalan diatas, dan tanpa bermaxud mengomentari perkembangan plaza tersebut, kita malah jadi sedikit "gaduh" soal Fashion dan Function.

Fashion, istilah untuk menyebutkan elemen antarmuka (interface), yg dianggap menarik perhatian pengunjung.
Function, adalah perkara inti dari desain, yg memuat: kegunaan (usable), manfaat (value add), dan keuntungan (profitable) plus kemudahan transfer (portability).
dan? ya! seperti sudah bisa ditebak diawal, diskusi semacam ini bisa jadi debat yg tak berkesudahan. Karena masing-masing peserta/developer ngotot, bersikukuh dengan teorinya, dan diakui sebagai inovator, trendsetter, accurator, best analist (muluk!!)

ditambah, antara fashion dan function terjadi tumpang-tindih area, artinya kadang fashion merupakan function, dan sebaliknya. pusing!?! `:=|

Kabar baiknya, olok-olok sesama profesi programmer/tekhnisi/desainer ini, lebih terasa sebagai "pembuka cakrawala" dibandingkan diskusi serupa ketika yg dihadapi adalah calon pembeli. --telinga boleh panas, tapi kulkas harus dingin-- wakakaka :)!

hingga sore hari, tidak ada kata bulat, mufakat, atau kompromi. Namun rasanya kita sepakat bahwa kedua unsur tersebut sama penting, satu hal menyangkut harga diri, satu hal lainnya adalah jati diri. hmmmm?

okey, oleh-oleh dari "keributan" tersebut, relevansi untuk blog, kerana aku adalah salah satu yg lebih menitikberatkan "fashion" daripada "function", aku jadi kepikiran: "apakah totally blog-site ku masih diambang wajar?" atau dalam bahasa (sok)-tekhnisnya : "apakah beban appearance cukup imbang dengan performance?"

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URL:	http://x2nie.blogspot.com
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Date:	Report run on Mon Jun 26 13:06:27CDT2006

Diagnosis

Global Statistics

Total HTTP Requests:	41
Total Size:	189086 bytes

Object Size Totals

Object type	Size (bytes)
HTML:	19102
HTML Images:	128286
CSS Images:	594
Total Images:	128880
Javascript:	9132
CSS:	5520
Multimedia:	26452
Other:	0

External Objects

External Object	QTY
Total HTML:	1
Total HTML Images:	26
Total CSS Images:	6
Total Images:	32
Total Scripts:	2
Total CSS imports:	4
Total Frames:	0
Total Iframes:	0

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Connection Rate	Download Time
14.4K	147.35 seconds
28.8K	74.08 seconds
33.6K	63.61 seconds
56K	38.48 seconds
ISDN 128K	12.34 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps	1.80 seconds

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so? wadaw~! blog-site aku banyak rapor merah nih, hmm tapi tuetep (ngotoo) fashion gue bagus lumayan khan, secara gue cita-cita mo jadi seniman (gak kesampaian).
btw, okey. saatnya instropexi! artinya kudu banyak belajar lagi neh, kalau nurutin ego kendiri, artinya enggak "customer care" dunk?
Bagaimana menurut kamu ... ?