HW: mission control

[Moonglum .]

May I second all of Arin's sentiments, except the stuff about text-based
browers, of course  :-)

I do think navigability on Mission Control could be improved, but a new
version is in the works & I'm expecting that to address the issue & all the
others that have been raised by various folks... Who knows to what extent
the graphics-heavy nature of MC was what the band wanted, rather than Rik?
Let's not shoot the messenger!

'Tis nice to see people disagreeing in a civilized fashion, though.

Steve


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On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:54:17 -0500, Arin Komins
<akomins at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU> wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>Just to type in my 2 cents on this.
>
>Rik is the official webmaster for the band.  I think Alisa was right
>in asking to not rehash that battle.
>
>In general, rather than yelling at him over his site design, it's more
>useful to drop him email asking for changes (and explaining why.)
>
>He's a really reasonable guy, and has been more than willing to listen to
>me ask for more text-friendly stuff.
>
>I'm a lynx user (lynx is a text browser), and like many of you I've
>had problems with the design.
>
>Rik is a very graphics-oriented person, and he's got lovely pages
>if you happen to share that mindset.
>
>However, it can be a pain for those of us who aren't.
>
>Not a problem, though.
>
>I've been giving him feedback, and he's promised that
>the next version of MC will be more text-browser friendly.
>
>Even now, he's sending out direct URLs to information, rather than forcing
>you into the javascript navigation (like he did originally.)  The hawkfest
>info in his recent message is an example.  Alt tag usage, and a more
>direct path through the subsite.  It's quite nice, really.
>
>Give nice, polite feedback.  It helps.
>
>Arin
>(...and if anyone wants my cheat page navigating the current MC from a
>text browser, just drop me private email.)
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