Kind of off topic: This is another reason to stay away from javascripts.
But the main reason is that some users have javascripts turned of in their browser, some considers javascripts as security threats. In theory they are right. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5. april 2006 14:12 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT - PESO: Cine Novelty > > David Mann wrote: > > > Making web pages work consistently in all browsers drives me nuts, but > > it is my responsibility to make them work for everyone. I'd better add > > "within reason" to that... I test as far as IE5, and even that causes > > more compromises than I'm really comfortable with. > > The other thing to keep in mind, as a site designer, is how the search > engines will "see" your site. Basically, the "crawlers" for the search > engines will "see" the site very similarly to the way someone viewing it > with a text-only, no javascript, no java, no flash, etc., browser like > Lynx or Links will see it. > > For example, our site (http://www.nutdriver.org) uses javascript to draw > in the menu on the left dynamically. I hadn't thought too much about > it, but that means that the crawlers don't actually see that menu > because it's not actually there until the page is running in someone's > browser. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) >
