Re: ParentsDownUnder

by =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gerhard_Sch=F6ning?= <gerhard.schoening(at)talknet.de>

Date:	Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:02:27 +0200
To:	<karmic(at)xtra.co.nz>
Cc:	<hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
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Karen,

> Please critique my site www.parentsdownunder.co.nz

Almost nothing to add to the other members' comments... nice site... I like
it:) Didn't go beyond Home, though...

However, I have to point out one important fact: you have not added ALT text
to any of your images... not even to your nav buttons:

- Imagine a visually impaired user - and I think that quite alot of them ARE
parents ;-) - trying to find out where to go next on your site if he/she
isn't shown... something like a roulette! At least, you should provide
additional text links.
- Folks turning off graphics will not know what your pictures have to
tell...
- ...and search engines can't see graphics but will collect ALT texts ;-)

BTW: I get a javascript error on loading, right before your "logo" shows up!

> >  ...down to the multiple <BR> tags found throughout the document.  If
you're
> >  like to think how much shorter your page would be if you hadn't used
> >  Dreamweaver.

I have to agree with David: hand-coded, validated (http://validator.w3.org/,
http://www.cast.org/bobby/) pages don't take so much download time (on slow
connections)... and are rendering well in many browsers :-)

Viewed on:
PII 350, 256 MB RAM
Windows 98
IE 5.0
ISDN (64k)
21"
1280x1024
True Color, 32 bit
Java[Script] On
Cookies: session on, permanent off
Active Content on request

Gerhard
gerhard(at)gschoening.de

Web Design for Universal Accessibility
http://www.schoening-online.com

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