On May 17, 2000 at 18:48, Ranjan Grover wrote:
>However, i stand by my view that sites need to be good
>looking so as to attract more and more users and for that
>you have to use stuff not supported by lynx users. Stuff
>like tables, style sheets, javascripts and the likes. I'm
As Philip has already pointed out, it is possible to make a website that
looks good and degrades gracefully. Unfortunately, many so-called
webdesigners don't know what that means. I've seen some pretty atrocious
things...
>also for backward compatiblity and supporting lynx is
>something that i've always done in my web pages.
It's not just Lynx support. You don't have to think about Lynx (although
it is a good representative and it helps to think in Lynx terms) but if
you think the way the w3c recommends, then you automatically design the
Right Way.
>Agreed that content makes the page. But to reach the right
>content in the minimum number of clicks is also important.
And there are too many sites in which the content is hidden behind several
clicks on huge irrelevant and unnecessary images/javascript/foo.
>For example if you have a massive site with a lot of
>categories and sub categories, there might be a case for you
>to use drop down menus or some sorta dhtml navigation so as
>to make it easier for users to reach sections of your site.
No, there isn't a case for that. You need to re-think your design. A
star-connected network might be better in this case.
>good navigation which is also better for low bandwith users
>because they don't have to go thru 7 pages to reach a
>particular page. I'm just waiting to see what Satya has to
>say to this.
See my site :)
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