[WSG] Standards-compliant, reasonably accessible survey generator

2006-04-20 Thread Geoff Deering
l the better if I can tweak the markup to make it so. I've pretty much given up on commercial hosting solutions, so am looking at installable options. For my specific needs it would have to run on a Linux/Apache web host using PHP/Perl/Python and MySQL/PostgrSQL. Thanks Geo

Re: [WSG] Good news

2006-04-06 Thread Geoff Deering
Kenny Graham wrote: We have been assured by informed sources that Google will be processing documents served as application/xhtml+xml by this Summer. Well thanks for informing this person asleep at the wheel. I didn't know that they didn't. That astounds me. - Geoff **

Re: Adaptability to Interfaces - was [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Lachlan Hardy wrote: Geoff Deering wrote: I missed this because of the change in thread title. Sorry! I was trying to avoid clogging up your thread... That's fine, it's just me who missed that. No problem in changing it. There are so many possibilities and variables here

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Nick Lo wrote: Hi Geoff, Since you really seem to be after some data to backup the theory versus the actuality have you considered doing some tests yourself? You could for example use Google Analytics and their funnel [1] to test the "click here" versus some of the other methods. I thin

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
other web content usability and accessibility resource I've looked through says it's bad (if it specifically referred to link text). That's not usability studies on this observation of user experience. That is what I am saying I'd be interested to see. Regards Geoff Deering ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **

Re: Adaptability to Interfaces - was [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Lachlan Hardy wrote: I just find this concept to be an exciting indicator of cool things to come - building on the aforementioned conventions creatively to produce stunning, fun, *usable* interfaces Does anyone else feel this or do I need more coffee? Well, if you

Re: Adaptability to Interfaces - was [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Lachlan Hardy wrote: Geoff Deering wrote: > He said children don't > have this problem, they regard the whole interface as potentially > interactive. I think things have evolved a lot since then, but I notice > how quickly young users can learn a user interface, and it prob

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Chris Taylor wrote: Geoff Deering said: I agree with these observations. I also wonder what will happen when the default web interface is SVG driven? I don't know if it will happen, but I'd expect it to be exploited. No HTML, just pure SVG. Well, not so long ago they were tal

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Chris Taylor wrote: Lachlan Hardy said: The implications I see are that as gaming becomes more and more mainstream (which is pretty hard to argue with in Western society, I'd say, but feel free to shoot me down), more children are going to retain these skills into adulthood. This would mean

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Deering
Lachlan Hunt wrote: Geoff Deering wrote: Yes, thanks for that. I'm pretty much aware of these issues. My point goes back to a usability issue and what users are used to interacting with on web sites. It seems to me, and I hate to concede this, that the "Click Here" phenome

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
Ben Buchanan wrote: Hi Geoff, Does anyone know if anyone has done any usability studies on web sites that have well labelled links as opposed to links labelled "Click Here"? I have searched and I can't find anything. "Don't 'click here': writing meaningful link text" http://www.deya

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
Christian Montoya wrote: On 4/4/06, Geoff Deering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm talking about users with intermediate tech skills from 40-55 years of age. That's the main demographic. Not to offend any listers, but my experience with the 40-55 age group is &quo

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
Zero Piraeus wrote: I thought the received wisdom these days was that "call to action" links are more likely to be followed than descriptive ones. Something like: for course ABC or even just I think that is a good point, and that should enhance the usability IMHO. But just u

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
Seona Bellamy wrote: On 05/04/06, *Herrod, Lisa* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: In my observations I really can't say that I've noticed this as an issue. While I haven't studied it specifically, it's not something that stands out as having caused a us

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
Felix Miata wrote: On 06/04/04 18:35 Geoff Deering (GMT-0400) apparently typed: Does anyone know if anyone has done any usability studies on web sites that have well labelled links as opposed to links labelled "Click Here"? I have searched and I can't find anything.

Re: [WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
Herrod, Lisa wrote: I've done plenty of usability studies on sites that have well labelled links (as opposed to 'Click Here'), but it hasn't been the focus of the study and we've never specifically collected data on that. It's a study with that particular focus I am interested in.

[WSG] Usability Studies on "Click Here" Labelling of Links?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Deering
to the WSG because I value their feedback more highly. -- Geoff Deering ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **