SamFeltus enlightened us with: > 1. Loss of back button > Isn't this really a myth?
No, it isn't a myth. Pressing the back button is the action second most performed in a browser, clicking a link being the first. People want to go back from where they came. > A page with a time dimension, be it Flash, HTML/JS or whatever, > breaks the back button. No it doesn't. If something is interactive and lets the user go somewhere by performing an action, they expect to be able to go back using the back button. People want to be in control over their computer, their time, and their attention. If they aren't, they go away. > Fonts are problematic in Flash, this is a weakness of Flash. > Scaling Fonts is even more problematic, but, fonts are an issue in > any precise design on the web. Websites shouldn't be designed to be pixel-perfect. They should be designed to scale and stretch, and to accommodate a user's wishes. If you want something exactly like you envision it, go direct a movie. > I wouldn't argue Flash is better for text sites at the moment, due > to Search Engine shortcomings. And due to being incompatible with the browser's own search functionality. > As for the blind issue,that makes no sense to me. Is the suggestion > that we should give up using images in web sites since some people > can't see them. Might as well throw out the use of the img tag > while we are at it? Go and read some usability studies, and get acquainted with the HTML standards, before commenting on them. The 'alt' attribute is mandatory, and should describe the image for those who can only interpret text. Sybren -- The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? Frank Zappa -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list