OFF: The HW WWW Site

[Andy C]

Actually you should always have a text only version and not just as a
courtesy to the lynx users but because people with visual difficulties
often rely on text readers to read the web pages.  Pictures and fancy
texts (especially the blink tag) can through these readers a real curve
making the page impossible to read.  Apart from that a visually impaired
reader may have the text size really big making a complete mockery of
your formatting.

Andy C


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From:   Stephen Swann
Sent:   23 October 1996 20:53
To:     Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
Subject:        Re: Site updates

Hawkwind writes:
>
> Sorry for the problems guys, just trying to make a good page - anyone want a
> 'text only' version?
>

Having that as an option is never a bad idea - most of the really big
sites have graphics-intensive/low-bandwidth toggle switch for people
using older browsers, or slow modems, or whatever.  I realize that's
not precisely analogous to the java/no-java problem, but it has a
similar effect on the "usability" of certain sites.

Steve
swann at panix.com

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