Re: Designing for WebTV

I know quite a number of Web TV users and I wonder if part of the appeal of that system is because
the users of that system (I have trouble calling it a service)  are captivated by graphics?  Also
does the way sites look threw Web TV have anything to do with the set top box the user is viewing
them threw?
Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Hanka" <bluejay(at)starband.net>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: Designing for WebTV


Hummmm...

This is *not* the meaning or direction I intended! Let's refocus:

I just don't care for the way sites look in WebTV. They are squished. It
seems that they would be best approached using a mostly text format, and
forget the graphics. So, because the magic in Internet sites is in the
graphics, and I'd rather not abandon those effects, my thoughts were to
create a simple, text based page(s) separately for WebTV viewers, because
there seem to be a lot of them out there! I just would like to solve this
simple dilemma, and that's why I asked all of you --to see how you all
approach this concern. I'm not interested in getting into "accessibility"
issues at this time, and it was probably the furthest thing from my mind
when I posted my inquiry originally.

Lauren


----- Original Message -----
From: "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>
To: "Lauren Hanka" <bluejay(at)starband.net>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Designing for WebTV


> Lauren,
>
> woops.
>
> You have it exactly backwards.
>
> If the page is written *technically correctly* most all the accessibility
> issues are addressed *automatically*.
>
> It is when "developers" start catering to special minorities (web TV for
> example) that we wind up with site that don't work universally.
>
> The web was text based information, which does happen to work universally
> if coded correctly, long before it was . . . . modified . . . to work for
> those incapable or unwilling to think beyond 'point and click'.
>
> HTH,
> Fuzzy.
>
>
> At 09:12 PM 5/10/01 , Lauren Hanka wrote:
> >Bill,
> >
> >What do I say? and why would you have me go through so much in addition
to
> >my original trouble and frustrations, which was designing for WebTV?
> >
> >I could beat my chest about certain things too... but I choose not to,
> >because I don't expect the entire world to accommodate me. I don't whine
> >about inconveniences --I just deal with them. I participate in the things
I
> >am able to. Everyone has their special cross to bear --their lessons to
> >learn. The Internet is enjoyed by a primarily *viewing* audience. True?
> >It's good to design sites for special users in mind --that's pleasing a
> >*target audience,* but to infer that all sites should be accessible to a
> >favorite minority is unreasonable and even selfish, in my opinion. Why
add
> >to others' burdens?
> >
> >Lauren
> ______________________________________________________________
> Captain F.M. O'Lary
> webmaster(at)canopy.net
> "Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for
> the rest of the day."
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