Nigerian Web Developers & Latest Technologies

I just pulled this caption from this thread

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-298954.64.html

Does it mean that there is no media or forum through which we are alerted of the latest developments in the industry or is it that we use a different Internet connectivity apart from the known and acclaimed WWW. Still wondering how possible it is that we are at aback when it comes to being informed on latest technologies. Well, I was thinking may be some people are  only informed about this while the others are left to wait decades until the original users are tired of them before we get to know them.

I don't know what you feel about this but if you are really aware of new technologies as they are unravelled then I think you should speak up to counter this misconception.

I wouldn't totally agree with this.  What, between google, various good websites, peers, conferences, etc, no one should ever say that they are behind.  Now of course, there are those who choose to be stuck in time and either not want to learn the latest or stick with what they read 10 years ago but I think that is the exception rather than the norm.

Granted, not all that is posted on this board are up to par but from what I see, there is at least a decent attempt to get with the times - many sites are using CSS, are using the latest javascript libs, etc.

Perhaps I need to ask what you mean by latest technologies.  Expatiate please  

so Afam:

I replied to this as I understood it - from a web developer's perspective (after all, this is a webmasters board ) while you replied to it from a general IT perspective.  Nothing wrong with either approach.  This is more reason why omni needs to explain better what he means.

To lend support to what you just said though: At work, we still use XP and IE6, though IE7 is much better and is in fact more stable and supportive of web standards. You should see how we scratch our heads to get things to work in it.  We have raised the issue with management several times but get the same response, "IE7+ hasn't proven itself well enough to warrant an upgrade".  They say this even after our web logs show that only 15% of our web users actually use IE6.  Go figure!

From a web dev guys perspective, one needs to be ahead of the game though, IMHO.  That is the only way you can remain competitive.  By being ahead of the game, I am not saying use CSS3 when only few browsers support it. What I mean is, at the very least be aware that the technology exists so that when the time comes, you know what's up.

Omni, na u we dey wait for o 

Remember i pulled this from a previous thread which i posted the link. It baffled me even you Afam couldn't contain reading that line where the original poster said he/she will not be happy to get Nigerian developers to meet with better people with new and better technologies. For me, i wondered at what this new technology we don't know was all about. No matter what it may be, i think it was said with regards web development industry and i strongly believe we are abrase of new technologies because they are not and cannot be hidden. Personally, if i were a client and you intend using an unknown technology invented by your team and not posted for standard testing, compatibility issues, security et al, i'll not give in to any advice or whatever you bring up to lure me into letting you work with that technology for me.

Just a little disprove to the original poster from where i drew the topic for this thread, we are well aware of any technology out there on the www. If others say they are not, i am. I make researches, study, integrate and test new techs even if i don't use them to work now, i guess my library is a store room for them until a project that needs them come knocking.