Let me say here that the ideas I am talking about have as much
application to the sighted users as they do to the blind. I was
trained as a designer, not a programmer. My first approach in any
project is the visual design of it. The CUCAT site looks nice as well
as being useable by those of use who use screen reading technology.
I think we have lost sight of the fact that these are web PAGES, they
are meant to communicate not to see how well we can hid the content in
a sea of links, buttons, coloured banners and other bicker-brac. It
seems that the principles of good design have all been forgotten.
Design is about effective communication not the other way around.
Design is not an end in itself but a means to an end.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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On Jan 30, 2008, at 2:45 PM, John Panarese wrote:
It is interesting that even a lot of sighted folks find a lot of
web designs to be very confusing and cumbersome. I was speaking to
a guy who does a lot of web designs and it was refreshing to hear a
sighted person say a lot of the things about his designs that I like
to hear. He's is in for simplicity and making the company or
products the emphasis and not how the site looks to the browsing
person.
Take Care
John Panarese
On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
