Re: [authors] Alternate page ready.

[Jean Hollis Weber]

Daniel Carrera wrote:

I don't see YOU proposing a lot of page designs. 

That is true. I said on this list a week ago (before the 
discussion about the new front page) that I have little time to 
spare, and I said what my priorities were -- finishing the 
chapters I am writing and editing other chapters.

I was not going to drop everything to spend a lot of time working 
on something else, especially when it was moving along too 
quickly for me to keep up with.

I simply did not have time, and do not have time, to spend 
thinking about better ways to do this. If I had the time, I would 
do so.

... instead of just saying "this is crap, you don't care about 
usability" and not explaining what's wrong or offering a solution.

I did not say "you don't care about usability". I said "you *seem 
to be* totally unaware" of the page's usability problems.

It's obvisous what to do with it, because the page 
doesn't let you do much with it. 

No. It is *not* obvious to everyone. That was my major point in 
the first paragraph of my note.

The latest iteration (front8.html) is much better. Now if someone 
does not understand the image map, or has graphics off, there are 
links that they can recognise and use.

Jean