[WSG] news scroller and standards
I have a client who is insisting on having a newscroller on his front page. While there are many options, Java, Flash, DHTML, open to me to fulfil the scroller request I just wondered what anyone felt was the most standards compatible solution? Many thanks ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
Really there aren't any issues with Javascript and there are more than a few ways you could present the data utilizing different javascript techniques. Flash is a pretty simplistic and very versatile solution also. I think it depends on 1) whether it's important that the news scroller be accessible by search engines (in which case it'd be very important to NOT use flash) and/or 2) whether you mind the possibility of your users needing to download the flash plugin for their browser. - Original Message - From: Giles Clark To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:28:38 - Subject: [WSG] news scroller and standards I have a client who is insisting on having a newscroller on his front page. While there are many options, Java, Flash, DHTML, open to me to fulfil the scroller request I just wondered what anyone felt was the most standards compatible solution? Many thanks ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
I have a client who is insisting on having a newscroller on his front page. While there are many options, Java, Flash, DHTML, open to me to fulfil the scroller request I just wondered what anyone felt was the most standards compatible solution? Many thanks Java has the same problems as flash, with lots less support and it's slower. It's either Flash or Javascript, Javascript being the more accessible and better for the search engines. -- -- C Montoya rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ... montoya.rdpdesign.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
If you mean a vertical scroller that scrolls by hand, you can steal this one I made (CSS) way back: http://www.ventnorcity.org/ If he want marquee scrolling or auto vertical scrolling, tell the client that its just plain bad taste - yuck! Just kidding. Joe Taylor http://sitesbyjoe.com Giles Clark wrote: I have a client who is insisting on having a newscroller on his front page. While there are many options, Java, Flash, DHTML, open to me to fulfil the scroller request I just wondered what anyone felt was the most standards compatible solution? Many thanks ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] news scroller and standards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I think it depends on 1) whether it's important that the news scroller be accessible by search engines ...or, you know...*actual people* trying to use the site... P Patrick H. Lauke Web Editor / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
As pointed out already there are plenty of Javascript options which are standards compliant, try google. However scrollers look horrible, you may want to go for something like they have one the bbc news website, http://news.bbc.co.uk/ (see LATEST:) not only is it easier to read than scrolling text it looks better overall. Giles Clark wrote: I have a client who is insisting on having a newscroller on his front page. While there are many options, Java, Flash, DHTML, open to me to fulfil the scroller request I just wondered what anyone felt was the most standards compatible solution? Many thanks ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] news scroller and standards
Thanks The Visual Process. As pointed out already there are plenty of Javascript options which are standards compliant, try google. However scrollers look horrible, you may want to go for something like not only is it easier to read than scrolling text it looks better overall. I couldn't agree with you more. It's why I said the my client is insisting on I have tried to talk him out of it and still have hopes that I may win. Do you have any idea of a similar system to the Beeb's. As a last resort alternative I could put that to him. Giles ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
Ask him if he can point out any that he *uses* himself on a regular basis. T. On 16 Nov 2005, at 6:07 AM, Giles Clark wrote: Thanks The Visual Process. As pointed out already there are plenty of Javascript options which are standards compliant, try google. However scrollers look horrible, you may want to go for something like not only is it easier to read than scrolling text it looks better overall. I couldn't agree with you more. It's why I said the my client is insisting on I have tried to talk him out of it and still have hopes that I may win. Do you have any idea of a similar system to the Beeb's. As a last resort alternative I could put that to him. Giles ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
Giles Clark wrote: I have a client who is insisting on having a newscroller on his front page. While there are many options, Java, Flash, DHTML, open to me to fulfil the scroller request I just wondered what anyone felt was the most standards compatible solution? Maybe, just maybe, this is something... http://onlinetools.org/tools/domnews/ ...it might be tolerated by some - and shut down by others, Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] news scroller and standards
As a nice looking example: Apple's news ticker www.apple.com. Tim The Visual Process wrote: As pointed out already there are plenty of Javascript options which are standards compliant, try google. However scrollers look horrible, you may want to go for something like they have one the bbc news website, http://news.bbc.co.uk/ (see LATEST:) not only is it easier to read than scrolling text it looks better overall. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
