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Never underestimate the power of underestimation -- the
easy things in life are clearly the most challenging. For
the same reasons that replacing the front door lock takes
the entire weekend and Pete Sampras can overcome bitter
rivals in five set matches but lose in straight sets to
guys who've just learned to shave, web development in the
real world is often a far cry from the 1-2-3 sing song of
tutorials. Outside the
ivory tower of the tutorial, reality becomes quite a bit
more slippery, especially when confounded by client wishes
and development environment constraints (a.k.a. "browser
bugs"). It might be useful, then, and perhaps somewhat
fun, to look at the development of a Dynamic HTML technique
-- namely, pop-up menus -- as a microcosm of the pain, woe,
and triumph of birthing an idea from "sure that sounds
easy" to actual implementation.
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