RE: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

[Mike Pepper]

Chris, look at it this way: they're all going to be tripping, anyway, so you're just doubling up on the psychedelic experience :o)   Don't do it. Go standards. My stepson's heading a D & B/Jungle unit so I've got to dip more than a toe into that environment very shortly. I didn't even consider using anything but standards-compliant accessible markup when the build request arose. Yes, it is challenging to go standards when the glamour of Flash beckons but consider this: if you want to send SMS alerts to cell phones you're gonna use text. And when they hit the site they're gonna want quick access and not huge cell phone bills. Consider the practical commercial aspects of what you're looking to achieve. Give them what they really want: a list of what's on and where in the clubber scene in Sydney. Make it useful; make it functional. Then you can consider all the 'Wow, that's cool' bits with CSS rollovers, etc.   (Incidentally, well written Flash does not mean inaccessible; it's just another tool.)   Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer (on a roll) www.seowebsitepromotion.com www.gawds.org