I agree totally with Mahesh's view. If you are making a
website, probably the first thing that you should do is
estimate your target audience. If it's a bunch of hardcore
linux/console mode loyalists then of course text
compatiblity is not an option,it's mandatory. Most of the
time, text compatibility can be done quite easily and good
navigation can be provided without recreating the whole site
with some intelligent site design and planning. You know...
stuff like alt tags for image links, etc.
However, i stand by my view that sites need to be good
looking so as to attract more and more users and for that
you have to use stuff not supported by lynx users. Stuff
like tables, style sheets, javascripts and the likes. I'm
also for backward compatiblity and supporting lynx is
something that i've always done in my web pages.
> It's the 'text' that really makes the Web pages their worth. The
> rest is just extra stuff. So if people don't want it, it
> shouldn't be _forced_ on them. Linux users know this best.
Agreed that content makes the page. But to reach the right
content in the minimum number of clicks is also important.
For example if you have a massive site with a lot of
categories and sub categories, there might be a case for you
to use drop down menus or some sorta dhtml navigation so as
to make it easier for users to reach sections of your site.
That's the whole point i'm trying to make.
I'm not much of a fan of bright green text dancing along to
Elvis Pressley numbers myself but it's always nice to see
good navigation which is also better for low bandwith users
because they don't have to go thru 7 pages to reach a
particular page. I'm just waiting to see what Satya has to
say to this.
Grover
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