Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:59:52AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Tired of government websites that only cater for browsers with non-standard proprietary extensions (cf http://www.gateway.gov.uk. Don't jsut sit there complaining - do something positive about it! http

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Leo Lapworth wrote: 2) Oh, yea, make your designers code and your coders design, that'll make for a good site - honest. Though if the designers have some idea of what is and what isn't possible/easy to implement, maybe we wouldn't have so many image roll-overs, blank one-pixel GIFs, tables

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Roger Burton West
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:41:57AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: Users will say: I don't have Flash and don't want to download it. Therefore, I should leave out the Flash bits of the site. Users will say: I read that JavaScript can expose security holes, so I'll turn it off. Therefore, I will make

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Roger Burton West wrote: Users will say: Ooh! Shiny!. You need to get some better users. Cheers, philip -- Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread will
- Original Message - From: Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: Re: Government Websites Roger Burton West wrote: Users will say: Ooh! Shiny!. You need to get some better users. That could be a viable business

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread Merijn Broeren
Quoting Roger Burton West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Users will say: Ooh! Shiny!. Poing-poing-poing! -- Merijn Broeren | Fact: GPRS does not work if the Mobile Station (your phone, Software Geek | that is) moves faster than 500 km/h. Tip: NEVER drive faster than 450 km/h if you

Re: Government Websites

2001-06-18 Thread David Irvine
- Original Message - From: will [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Government Websites - Original Message - From: Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: Re