Re: Hello?

Hi, grumpy ole, Bryan, it's the border troll...

I'm on this list because I have a "hesitated interest," remember? Would you
like me to go away? That would make even fewer interested designers...

I design clean, easy-to-use Web sites that are not loaded with bells and
whistles, however, I do not have a hatred for dazzle used in the interest of
taste and effectiveness.

Perhaps the Web didn't start out as what it has developed to today, but
would you like to go back? --like to all text?

Lauren


----- Original Message -----
From: <bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com>
To: <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:36 PM
Subject: RE: Hello?


> Ah, so you are proposing a "separate but [almost] equal Web" for those
with disabilities?  If you really feel the way you do about this issue, why
are you on this list for people who actually care about these things?  Your
message borders on looking like a troll.
>
> The more I look at the principles of accessibility design, the more I
discover than they also make for a better usability experience for those who
are not disabled.  If you really want to make your Web site successful,
don't spend all of your efforts on bells and whistles.  Instead focus on the
content and create something that the readers need (or at least want) from
you.
>
> A flashy site might get a few spectators to wander in to look at the
fireworks, but it's probably not going to accomplish its true goals if
that's all it does.  I'll let you in on a little secret here: whenever I go
to a site that has a Flash video introduction, the first thing I do is click
on the "Skip This Intro" link, and I'm not the only one.
>
> And furthermore, the Web was not designed to be a visual based medium, and
if you really believe so you should read a little bit of its history.  The
first browsers didn't even support graphics, and were designed for the
exchange of information, not Joe Cartoon animations (and I'm not saying that
I don't enjoy Joe Cartoon).

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